Journalists in the War
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Byron Price
Byron Price was born near Topeka, Indiana, in 1891. He had a career as a journalist and by the time World War II began, he was a leader at “Associated Press”. After Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt asked Price to be head of an organization to control civilian censorship. In 1942, Price became the director of the Office of Censorship in Washington, after Roosevelt agreed to his terms. Byron Price asked all press to ask itself one question, “Is this information I would like to have if I were the enemy?” The Office of censorship shut down as the war began to come to a close in 1945. Price then became the Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations. Later in life, Price became the vice-president of the Motion Picture Association of America. Price died in 1981.
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Works Cited
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Simkin, John. "Spartacus Educational." Spartacus Educational. Spartacus Educational Publishers Ltd., 2014. Web. 08 May 2016.
<http://spartacus-educational.com/2WWpriceB.htm>.
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