Don Swaim is an American journalist, writer, and broadcaster. He has a degree in broadcast journalism from Ohio University. He has worked as an editor, writer, producer, reporter, and anchor at WCBS-AM in New York and CBS-TV in Baltimore. Journalism is a discipline of collecting, verifying, reporting and analyzing information gathered regarding current events, including trends, issues and people. ... Ohio University is a public university located in Athens, Ohio, enrolling almost 20,000 students on its main 1,800 acre (7. ... Editor has four major senses: a person who obtains or improves material for a publication; a film editor, a person responsible for the flow of a motion picture or television program from scene to scene a sound editor, a person responsible for the flow and choice of music, voice, and... Though anyone who creates a written work may be called a writer, the term is usually reserved for those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... In the entertainment industry, a producer is generally in charge of, or helps to coordinate, the financial, legal, administrative, technological, and artistic aspects of a production. ... A reporter is a type of journalist who researches and presents information in certain types of mass media. ... The purpose of a ships or boats anchor is to attach the vessel to the ground at a specific point. ... WCBS-AM 880 is a Class A 50,000 watt radio station broadcasting from New York City featuring an all news and format. ... radio and United States. ...

His radio programes on books and authors, "Book Beat," nationally syndicated by the CBS Radio Stations News Service. He is author of The H.L. Mencken Murder Case. Born in Kansas and lives in Pennsylvania.

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[* Author Interviews by Don Swaim, http://wiredforbooks.org/swaim]