Joe Urschel
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Biography of Joe Urschel, author of THE YEAR OF FEAR Machine Gun Kelly and the Manhunt that Changed the Nation Joseph Urschel is the executive director of the National Law Enforcement Museum in Washington, DC. He is an award-winning journalist and television documentary producer, with 25 years’ experience in the news business. He was part of the editing team that conceived and launched USA TODAY in 1982. He held a variety of positions at the paper including Senior Correspondent, Managing Editor and op-ed columnist where he covered a variety of political and social issues. He also served as Supervising Producer of the paper’s syndicated television production, USA Today on TV. Urschel led the team of historians, journalists and producers that conceived, designed and created the Newseum on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, a 250,000 square-foot museum of news events and history. He served as its executive director from 1996-2011. He is the former chairman of the George Foster Peabody Awards, the oldest and most prestigious awards in electronic media, and currently serves as a member of the National Advisory Board of the College of Media at the University of Illinois, his alma mater. His journalism honors include awards from the National Association of Newspaper Columnists and the National Association of Sunday and Features Editors. He won an Emmy Award for a news documentary on campus crime that he wrote and co-produced. As an interview subject on issues of news and journalism, he has appeared on ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America, CBS Early Show, Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, CNN American Morning, Al Jazeera, BBC World News, AP-TV as well as many local network affiliates. THE YEAR OF FEAR is his first book.
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    • Machine Gun Kelly and the Manhunt That Changed the Nation
    • By: Joe Urschel
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    • Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 09-08-15
    • Language: English
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