USA: Writers; Richard Rovere: Journalism as an Art

National Educational Television and Radio Center · July 3, 1966

Senator Jacob K. Javits of New York made an unusual television appearance, taking a break from news and public affairs television appearances to appear in this episode of USA: Writers. He is the subject of a profile by Richard Rovere, leading political analyst, author of "The American Establishment" and "Senator Joe McCarthy," and a regular contributor to the New Yorker. For this episode, demonstrating his literary art, Mr. Rovere describes his intentions for his piece on the Senator, interviews him in-depth, and then with his own insights gives his "writer's" view of Senator Javits as a man and politician. USA Writers #7 - Richard Rovere: Journalism as an Art is a National Educational Television production. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche) USA: Writers is part of an assessment of the state of the literary arts in the United States, which concentrates on contemporary prose writers across many genres. The half-hour episodes that comprise the series were originally recorded on videotape.