Cathy Trost
Journalist
Cathy Trost, co-author of "President Kennedy Has Been Shot," shares details about the book. She discusses how it combines spoken and printed word, featuring vintage broadcast and rare audio from the JFK assassination.
Cathy Trost
on
the JFK Murder
About Cathy Trost
Cathy Trost is a journalist and author who served as a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal covering labor, politics, and family policy. She co-authored books on major news events including "President Kennedy Has Been Shot" and "Running Toward Danger: Stories Behind the Breaking News of 9/11." She held senior leadership roles at the Newseum and Freedom Forum Institute, including Senior Vice President of exhibits and programs and Chief Engagement Officer, overseeing initiatives including the Power Shift Project on behalf of women in news.
In this interview
- Describes book as fusion of spoken and printed word with vintage broadcast audio.
- Discusses finding rare Dallas police dispatch transmissions from assassination day.
- Explains discovering National Archives tapes of ground-to-air communications with Kennedy's Cabinet.
- Notes audio puts listeners in middle of behind-the-scenes history that day.
“We had both found all this incredible vintage broadcast that we had never heard before.”— Cathy Trost, in this interview
