Edward Bliss

EDWARD BLISS, JR. spent 25 years at CBS News as editor, copywriter, and producer, serving as the first news editor of the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite. His books include Now the News and Writing News for Broadcast.

Bliss received the Paul White Award and was named Distinguished Broadcast Journalism Educator. He graduated from Yale University in 1935 and began his career as a print journalist in Ohio before joining CBS News in 1943.

Born in Fuzhou, China, Bliss left CBS in 1968 to found the broadcast journalism program at American University, retiring from teaching in 1977. His textbook and broadcast history reflect a career spent shaping how news was written and taught.

Edward Bliss’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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