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The nickname's origins are unclear. Cloud and Olson interviewed Janet Murrow and set out to determine who exactly fell under the definition of a "Murrow Boy". They primarily included those hired by or associated with Murrow during World War II, with some exceptions.
Few people know today that Janet Brewster Murrow became a successful BBC and CBS correspondent, wrote scripts, articles, stories and reports, and assisted her husband in his broadcasts especially during World War II.
It is why Breckinridge eventually left to get married, as Janet Brewster Murrow mentioned in one of her letters at the time. It is why Betty Wason, who had covered Scandinavia and done courageous and outstanding broadcasts about the invasion of Norway as a stringer, was asked to find a male colleague to replace her.
It is why Breckinridge eventually left to get married, as Janet Brewster Murrow mentioned in one of her letters at the time. It is why Betty Wason, who had covered Scandinavia and done courageous and outstanding broadcasts about the invasion of Norway as a stringer, was asked to find a male colleague to replace her.
1 The eleven Murrow Boys were identified by Janet Brewster Murrow during her interviews with Stanley Cloud and Lynne Olson, authors of 'The Murrow Boys.' (1996) The origin of the term is unknown but is in use by the late 1940s.
Janet Murrow eventually became executive chairman of its London Committee and, in fall of 1941, she returned to the U.S. ahead of her husband to give a series of lectures about Bundles for Britain and the war.
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Janet Huntington Brewster (September 18, 1910 – December 18, 1998) was an American philanthropist, writer, radio broadcaster and relief worker during World War II in London. She was the wife of broadcaster Edward R. Murrow.
