I’ve Got News For You . . .

With almost four decades of experience in the television industry, Miles Resnick has painted quite a fascinating life story. A naked-eye witness to some of the most critical events of the 20 th century- including the 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle tragedy and the crumbling of the Berlin Wall in 1989- Resnick is also an adventurous soul who has gone skiing with Dan Quayle, shook hands with Harry Truman, and played golf with Jack Nicklaus.

Now, thirty-eight years after he first landed a job in New York City—as a production assistant for Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather and Harry Reasoner at CBS, Resnick helms up a fascinating autobiography that recalls the unforgettable that combined to make his life one giant, colorful, collage of experiences. In I’ve Got News For You . . ., Resnick, who has gone from gofer, writer, producer, to news director, his career mainstay, recounts the triumphs and defeats that he encountered along the way and takes the reader on an inside look behind scenes of television broadcasting, from national to the local level.

At approximately 80,000 words, this book covers the behind-the-scenes stories of the author’s experiences in a career that spans sixteen different television markets and sixteen different jobs. The many memorable events, places, and personalities, - Tennessee Williams, Alfred Hitchcock, Jimmy the Greek Snyder, Reverend Jesse Jackson, and hundreds more make cameo appearances- are vividly recalled by the author in this memoir, who also spews out quite a few fascinating stories about celebrities without holding punches. This is one memoir you’ll have a hard time putting down.