List of war correspondents in World War I explained

Press coverage of World War I was affected by restrictions on the movement of non-combatant observers and strict censorship. This raises the question of the role the media plays in selecting news about such conflicts. Events which support the position of either one of the protagonists in a conflict are understood as instrumental factors in the modern mediated conflict, and the publication of information on these events is construed as one of the major goals of the conflicting parties and one important activity of journalists.^[1]

In Britain, there were initially five official accredited war correspondents: Philip Gibbs, Percival Philips, Henry Perry Robinson, Herbert Russell, and William Beach Thomas. Their reports were vetted by C. E. Montague. Other writers and journalists who later received official accreditation from the British government were John Buchan, Robert Donald, Hamilton Fyfe, Henry Nevinson, and Valentine Williams.

Select list

• Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, The Times (London)
• Charles Bean, Sydney Morning Herald (New South Wales, Australia).^[2]
• Valery Bryusov, Russkiye Vedomosti, (Moscow).^[3]
• Richard Harding Davis, Wheeler Syndicate (USA), Daily Chronicle (London)^[4]
• Rheta Childe Dorr^[5]
• Granville Roland Fortescue, Daily Telegraph (London)
• Hamilton Fyfe, Daily Mail (London).^[6]
• Floyd Gibbons, Chicago Tribune
• Philip Gibbs, The War Illustrated (London); Daily Chronicle (London).^[7]
• Louis Grondijs, Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant (Rotterdam); L'Illustration (Paris); Daily Telegraph.^[8]
• Henry Gullett (Australia)
• Bertie 'B J' Hodson, Central News Agency
• Peggy Hull, She was published in the Chicago Tribune(Army Edition), along with the Junction City Daily Sentinel and Home Journal. She reported on the Western Front in France. She also covered the Siberian intervention.^{[9] [10]}
• Will Irvin, Collier's
• F. Tennyson Jesse, Collier's^[11]
• Robert Scotland Liddell, The Sphere^[12]
• Louise Mack, The Evening News & Daily Mail
• Gerald Morgan Collier's
• Keith Murdoch Melbourne Herald & Sydney Sun (Australia)
• E. Alexander Powell, New York World;^[13] 'Scribner's; Daily Mail.^[14]
• Mikhail Prishvin, Rech, (Saint Petersburg).^{[15] [16]}
• Charles à Court Repington, The Times.
• Mary Roberts Rinehart, The Saturday Evening Post.^[17]
• Charles Patrick Smith, The Argus (Melbourne)
• Hermann Alfred Tanner, Basler Nachrichten
• William Beach Thomas, Daily Mail.^[13]
• Aleksey Tolstoy, Russkiye Vedomosti, (Moscow).^{[3] [16]}
• Frederick Villiers, Illustrated London News.^[18]
• Alice Waterman.^[19]

See also

• List of participants to Paris Peace Conference, 1919
• Military attachés and observers in the Russo-Japanese War
• United Nations Military Observer

References

• Kepplinger . Hans Mathias . Brosius . Hans-Bernd . Staab . Joachim Friedrich . Instrumental Actualization: A Theory of Mediated Conflicts . European Journal of Communication . September 1991 . 6 . 3 . 263–290 . 10.1177/0267323191006003002 . 3650646 . 145150113 . 0020-2754.
• Book: Strachan . Hew . The First World War: To Arms . 2001 . . Oxford . 978-0-19-926191-8 . en. I.
• Book: Stringer . Harry R. . Heroes All!: A Compendium of the Names and Official Citations of the Soldiers and Citizens of the United States and of Her Allies who Were Decorated by the American Government for Exceptional Heroism and Conspicuous Service Above and Beyond the Call of Duty in the War with Germany, 1917-1919 . 1919 . Fassett Publishing Company . en . 394536.

Further reading

• Web site: Luckhart . Tim . War Correspondents . encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net . International Encyclopedia of the First World War (WW1) .

Notes and References

1. Kepplinger, Hans Mathias et al. "Instrumental Actualization: A Theory of Mediated Conflicts," European Journal of Communication, Vol. 6, No. 3, 263-290 (1991).
2. Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (1879-1968) . Inglis. Ken. Ken Inglis. 1979. 7. A070225b. 226-229.
3. Eyduk. Dmitriy. 2008. Война и печать: к истории военного репортажа в русской газетной периодике 1914-1915 гг.. ru. War and press: to the history of war reportage in Russian periodical press 1914-1915. Известия Российского государственного педагогического университета им. А.И. Герцена. Аспирантские тетради.. 32. 387. 1992-6464.
4. "With the Allies" by R.H. Davis Scribner's, 1914.
5. Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Moore, F., eds. (1905). "Rheta Childe Dorr". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
6. Great War in a Different Light: Fyfe bio
7. Great War in a Different Light: Gibbs bio
8. Great War in a Different Light: Grondjis bio
9. News: Only Girl Correspondent . Abilene Daily Chronicle . 8 April 1920 . 4 . Newspapers.com.
10. News: Hull . Peggy . How Peggy Got To Paris . 13 July 2020 . Gallica . Army Edition . The Chicago Tribune . 14 August 1917 . Paris, France . 3 . EN.
11. Jesse, F. Tennyson. "A Woman in Battle at Belgium's Last Stand," Collier's. November 14, 1918.
12. Web site: greatwardifferent.com - Diese Website steht zum Verkauf! - Informationen zum Thema greatwardifferent.. ww1.greatwardifferent.com.
13. Great War in a Different Light: Powell bio
14. News: Times . Special to The New York . E. A. Powell Dead; Explorer was 78; World Traveler Wrote About Remote Areas of Globe -- Reporter end Soldier . The New York Times . 14 November 1957 .
15. Eyduk. Dmitriy. 2008. Война и печать: к истории военного репортажа в русской газетной периодике 1914-1915 гг.. ru. War and press: to the history of war reportage in Russian periodical press 1914-1915. Известия Российского государственного педагогического университета им. А.И. Герцена. Аспирантские тетради.. 32. 388. 1992-6464.
16. Candidate of Sciences. Eyduk. Dmitriy. 2008. "Образ врага" и перспективы войны в русской периодической печати в 1914-1915 гг.. ru. "Image of the enemy" and prospects of war in Russian periodical press 1914-1915. Saint Petersburg State University.
17. News: Mary Roberts Rinehart Is Dead; Author of Mysteries and Plays; Mary Roberts Rinehart Is Dead; Author of Mysteries . The New York Times . 23 September 1958.
18. Great War in a Different Light: Villiers bio
19. Web site: A Wanderer in War Lands . Fyfe . Hamilton . 16 February 1918. 2022-03-10 . www.greatwardifferent.com.