University of Wyoming
Jay Bushinsky was a journalist. He received an MS from Columbia University in 1963. He worked as a foreign news correspondent for United States newspapers. He was based in Israel from 1966-2005. He was the Middle East Bureau Chief for Washington Broadcasting Company (1966-1977) and Infinity Broadcasting Company (1969-1977). He was CNN's first Jerusalem Bureau Chief (1980-1985).
The Jay Bushinsky papers contain files about his articles for United States and Australian newspapers. These files contain correspondence, telexes and drafts of radio broadcasts that he made for United States newspapers regarding wars in the Middle East, armed conflicts between Israel and Palestinians, the Gulf War, Wars in Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, and in the Balkans (1966-2001); files which contain notes and research for his articles (1966-2001); correspondence and scripts for INN radio broadcasts (1985-1986). There are also newspaper clippings of his articles. Some the newspapers that he wrote for are : "The Christian Science Monitor" (1971-1977), "Chicago SunTimes" (1969-1987), "Chicago Daily News" (1966-1974), "Atlanta Constitution" (1979), and "Miami Herald" (1967-1977). Radio stations that carried his broadcasts include KYN, WBC, WMAQ, and KFWB.
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There are no known other archival collections created by Jay Bushinsky at the date of processing.
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