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Edwin Diamond

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Chicago, The United States

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Journalism, History, Nonfiction

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Edwin Diamond was born in Chicago and was a reporter, writer and senior editor at Newsweek from 1958 to 1970, where he covered the space program. He later worked at The New York Daily News, Adweek magazine, New York magazine, The Washington Journalism Review and in television in Washington.

Among his professional awards was the Page One Award, which he received from the Newspaper Guilds of Chicago, Washington and New York.

Diamond received bachelor's and graduate degrees from the University of Chicago. He wrote 11 books, including The Rise and Fall of the Space Age (Doubleday, 1964), The Spot The Rise of Political Advertising on Television (M.I.T. Press, 1984), and Behind The Times Inside the New New York Times (Villard Books, 1993). His arti Edwin Diamond was born in Chicago and was a reporter, writer and senior editor at Newsweek from 1958 to 1970, where he covered the space program. He later worked at The New York Daily News, Adweek magazine, New York magazine, The Washington Journalism Review and in television in Washington.

Among his professional awards was the Page One Award, which he received from the Newspaper Guilds of Chicago, Washington and New York.

Diamond received bachelor's and graduate degrees from the University of Chicago. He wrote 11 books, including The Rise and Fall of the Space Age (Doubleday, 1964), The Spot The Rise of Political Advertising on Television (M.I.T. Press, 1984), and Behind The Times Inside the New New York Times (Villard Books, 1993). His articles appeared in many publications, including Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, Esquire and The Nation.

Diamond was also a professor at the Department of Journalism at New York University from 1984 to 1997. He was a fellow, lecturer and professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1970 until 1985, where he was also head of the news study group and a frequent contributor to The New York Times.

Edwin Diamond, PhB'47, AM'49, a journalist, author, and NYU professor, died due to heart failure on July 10, 1997 at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. He was 72. After starting his career as a science writer with the International News Service in Chicago, he joined Newsweek in 1957, becoming a senior editor in 1962. He was an on-air commentator for the Washington Post Co., editorial director of Adweek, and cofounder of the Washington Journalism Review. A WWII veteran and a Korean War Army intelligence officer, Diamond received both a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. An associate editor of the New York Daily News in the early 1980s, and a media columnist for New York magazine for 10 years, Diamond was a visiting professor of political science at MIT before joining NYU's faculty in 1984. He wrote a dozen books and won numerous awards for writing, editing, and classroom teaching, as well as a 1994 Professional Achievement Award from the U of C's Alumni Association. He is survived by his wife, Adelina Lust Diamond, AB'47; three daughters, including Ellen Diamond Waldman, AB'73; a sister, Natalie Diamond Peiser, AB'50; and six grandchildren. ...more

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Average rating: 3.32 · 38 ratings · 4 reviews · 15 distinct works

	The Spot: The Rise of Political Advertising on Television by Edwin Diamond, Stephen Bates 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1984 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Behind the Times: Inside the New New York Times 3.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Science of Dreams 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1962 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White House to Your House: Media and Politics in Virtual America 2.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rise and Fall of the Space Age really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Media Show: The Changing Face of the News, 1985-1990 it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1991	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Good News, Bad News 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1980 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tin Kazoo: Television, Politics and the News 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1975 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Telecommunications in Crisis: The First Amendment, Technology, and Deregulation by Edwin Diamond, Norman Sandler, Milton Mueller 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1983	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sign Off: The Last Days of Television 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1982 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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