James Alonzo "Jim" Bishop (November 21, 1907—July 26, 1987) was an American journalist. November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, he dropped out of school after eighth grade. In 1923 he studied typing, shorthand and bookkeeping and in 1929 began work as a copy boy at the New York Daily News. Location Location of Jersey City within New Jersey. ... Daily News Building, Raymond Hood, architect, rendering by Hugh Ferriss. ...

In 1930, he got a job as a cub reporter at New York Daily Mirror, where he worked until 1943, when he joined Collier's Magazine. He remained until 1945. The New York Daily Mirror was an American morning tabloid newspaper first published in 1924 in New York City by the William Randolph Hearst organization as a contrast to their mainstream broadsheets, the Evening Journal and New York American, later consolidated into the New York Journal American. It was created... Colliers Weekly was a United States magazine that was published between 1888 and 1957. ...

His plans to write for Hollywood producer Mark Hellinger ended with Hellinger's death. Bishop later wrote a Hellinger biography. Mark Hellinger (March 21, 1903 to December 21, 1947) is primarily known as a New York theatre critic and reviewer. ...

From 1946 to 1948, he was executive editor of Liberty magazine, then became director of the literary department at the Music Corporation of America until 1951. He was then founding editor of Gold Medal Books (the juvenile division of Fawcett Publications) until 1953. The Music Corporation of America was a United States based corporation in the music business. ... In addition to their lines of magazines and comic books, Fawcett Publications was also an independent newsstand distributor, and in 1949 the company negotiated a contract with New American Library to distribute their Mentor and Signet titles. ... Fawcett Publications was an American publishing company founded in 1919 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota by Wilford H. Captain Billy Fawcett (1883-1940). ...

His book The Day Lincoln Was Shot was published in 1955 and became an instant best-seller.

In 1957, he started his column, "Jim Bishop: Reporter" with King Features Syndicate, which continued until 1983. It also landed him on the master list of Nixon political opponents. King Features Syndicate is a syndication company owned by The Hearst Corporation; it distributes about 150 comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games to thousands of newspapers around the world. ... A master list of Nixon political opponents was compiled to supplement the original Nixons Enemies List of 20 key people considered opponents of President Richard Nixon. ...

The remainder of his career was spent writing biographical books about notable figures, and Christian-themed books.

References

• Jim Bishop Chronology by Michael Spencer