Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Joyce Purnick, 1994.
Creator: | Purnick, Joyce | Project: | Edward I. Koch Administration Oral History Project. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 72 pages Sound recording 1 audiocassette | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteJournalist.
Scope and ContentsEducation and journalistic career; coverage of 1977 New York City mayoral campaign for New York Post; Rupert Murdoch's favorable coverage of Edward I. Koch [Koch]; comments on press censorship and journalistic freedom; coverage of Koch administration for the New York Times: New York City transit strike, various corruption scandals; Koch's relationship with the press and desire for publicity; Koch and the African American community.
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1994.
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