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Max Jordan (later, Father Placid Jordan - April 4, 1895 - November 1977〔) was a pioneering radio journalist for the NBC network in Europe in the 1930s. He later became a Benedictine monk.〔 〕〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 Thomas Merton's Correspondence with: Jordan, Placid, Fr., O.S.B., (Max Jordan) 1895-1977 ) 〕〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 Gordon Zahn Papers (ZHN 131), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556 ) Finding aid, ZHN 131 〕〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 Gordon Zahn Papers (ZHN 028), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556 ) Finding aid, ZHN 028 〕 He was born around 1895 in Europe.〔〔〔 He got a PhD in Religious Philosophy.〔 He worked for William Randolph Hearst's newspapers in the 1920s.〔 ==Europe, 1930s, and the war== He covered many important stories (and had many scoops) in the 1930s when the medium of radio was still relatively new. His first report for NBC was on a 1931 speech by Germany's president Paul von Hindenburg. He also reported on the first Atlantic flight of the Hindenburg in 1936,〔 the Anschluss of Austria in 1938, the text of the Munich Agreement in the same year (giving Hitler Czechoslovakia), the 1940 invasion of Paris,〔 and the 1945 surrender of Japan.〔 He also hired Martin Agronsky in 1940 to cover the war.〔 Horten writes that part of Jordan's success was due to his networking with the governments of Germany, Austria, and Hungary, who provided NBC 'privileged use' of their broadcasting facilities.〔 During the war he worked on NBC's religious shows, which included prayers, bible stories, and a series about military Chaplainship, Chaplain Jim.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Max Jordan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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