Clifton Daniel — American Editor born on September 19, 1912, died on February 21, 2000

Elbert Clifton Daniel Jr. was managing editor of the New York Times from 1964 to 1969. Before assuming the top editorial job at the paper, he served as the paper's London and Moscow bureau chief... (wikipedia)

I would say that President Roosevelt probably was more intimately in touch with the press corps at the White House than President Truman was.
Write about society as news and treat it like sociology.