The Nebulous Cloud of World War II Journalism Ethics and Pulitzer Prize Winner William Laurence
Mark Wolverton's third article for Undark is a blazingly informative read
Imagine, in today’s scrutinized world, a journalist being on the payroll of a major national outlet while having their expenses separately covered by the enterprise to which they are embedded. Such was the case in 1945 for New York Times reporter William Laurence, a.k.a. “Atomic Bill,” as he chronicled the Manhattan Project.
In a long and fascinating piece in Undark magazine, Mark Wolverton tries to decipher lines of demarcation that were heavily governed by circumstances of World War II.
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