Magale Library Friends and staff are pleased to welcome author, professor, broadcaster and journalist Bill Mercer as guest and speaker at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 20, 2014 in Foundation Hall of Southern Arkansas University\u2019s Reynolds Center.<\/p>\n
Mercer\u2019s presentation is entitled, \u201cWe Reported the Kennedy Assassination\u201d in which he will share his experiences during this tragic event. This event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n
It was while Mercer was working at Dallas CBS affiliate KRLD, Channel 4, that he became a witness to and reporter of history at the time of President John F. Kennedy\u2019s assassination, November 22, 1963.\u00a0 This event was the first time such breaking news was covered spontaneously, something we now take for granted. Mercer and fellow reporters Bob Huffaker, George Phenix and Wes Wise were responsible for covering the assassination and the aftermath for KRLD. They provided news and footage to Walter Cronkite and other CBS affiliates around the country. \u201cWhen the News Went Live: Dallas 1963,\u201d published in 2013, provides photos, insights, and reflections on the events these four reporters covered.<\/p>\n
For more information about the exhibit at SAU\u2019s Magale Library, call (870) 235-4170, e-mail: library@saumag.edu<\/a>, or read more online https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/library\/bill-mercer\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Magale Library Friends and staff are pleased to welcome author, professor, broadcaster and journalist Bill Mercer as guest and speaker at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 20, 2014 in Foundation Hall of Southern Arkansas University\u2019s Reynolds Center. Mercer\u2019s presentation is entitled, \u201cWe Reported the Kennedy Assassination\u201d in which he will share his experiences during this… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":791,"featured_media":3996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3990","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-magale-library","8":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/791"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}