William Addison

Crimean, and Other Short Stories. William Addison

Publisher Marketing: Title: Crimean, and other Short Stories. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Addison, William; 1895. 161 p.; 8 . 012628.m.13. Contributor Bio:  Addison, William Bio of William Addison Bill's background has threads running through radio, television, and print media's over several decades. His career spans more than fifty years, beginning in radio news where he was awarded 28 United Press and Associated Press Outstanding News awards for reporting in and around the St. Louis area. The awards were received over a period of 14 years. Addison moved into television, both anchoring and as news director for an independent television station in St. Louis. He and his news department received four national news awards from the Associated Press in the same year for their reporting on illicit drug testing on mental patients at Missouri state institutions. That investigation led to changes in the rights of mental patients on state and national levels. The late Senator Ted Kennedy authored the bill following hearings based on the stories from Addison's news operation. That is the only time before or since that four out of five major national awards went to the same news operation in one year. Bill was credited with developing the concept of a five minute news report, five times a night in prime time, for television. Called "Update News" Addison anchored those newscasts for seven years. His operation was one of the first to use a new media for news gathering called "portable video camcorders" instead of shooting events on film. The station and Bill were lauded by the FCC for "The Most Innovative Programming of News." Bill moved from the independent station to CBS where he served as Executive Producer for News in the St. Louis CBS station. His responsibilities included overseeing all newscasts and street coverage for the #1 rated news station in St. Louis. Addison left CBS after being offered a position doing investigative reporting for Jack Anderson's organization in New York. Bill worked with the North American Newspaper Alliance covering such stories as the Buford Pusser "Walking Tall" trials in Tennessee, investigating the UFO's of southern Missouri, and deliberate violations of drug testing by Serile Labs. Bill has produced television programs for CBS, NBC, ESPN, HBO, Showtime, and others for independent distribution. He also worked for several years as a stringer for ABC News. .