Re-Imagined Radio | Proximity Effect

Re-Imagined Radio explores Edward R. Murrow’s efforts to help American listeners understand "The Blitz," fifty-seven consecutive days of German air force bombing of London during World War II. With his broadcasts, Murrow sought to bring listeners in America closer to the war in London than reports read by other news commentators from their studios. Radio historian Jeff Porter calls the unmatched immediacy Murrow provided listeners, "the proximity effect," and says it prompted a new form of radio storytelling.