Edward Alwood is a former CNN correspondent who reported on the White House, Congress and various federal agencies. Prior to that, he reported for WTTG-TV (Channel 5) in Washington, D.C. Alwood is published in several academic journals and has written two books, including “Dark Days in the Newsroom: McCarthyism Aimed at the Press,” traces how journalists became radicalized during the Depression era, only to become targets of Senator Joseph McCarthy and like-minded anti-Communist crusaders during the 1950s.
