Editing Harry Reasoner (section)

==Early life==
Reasoner was born on First Street North in [[Dakota City, Iowa|Dakota City]], [[Iowa]]; he and his older sister, Esther, were the children of Eunice (Nicholl) and Harry Ray Reasoner, who married in 1911.{{sfn|Daniel|2007|p=2}} Harry Reasoner was taught to read by his parents before entering school, gaining a broad vocabulary from his mother.{{sfn|Daniel|2007|p=5-8}}

Reasoner attended [[West High School (Minneapolis, Minnesota)|West High School]] in [[Minneapolis]], where he developed an interest in journalism. He authored a story titled "The Wench of the Week," which garnered the attention of the principal, who expelled Reasoner, but later let him return following a plea from a fellow student. Reasoner graduated in January 1940, having missed the 1939 class graduation ceremony. He studied [[journalism]] at [[Stanford University]] and the [[University of Minnesota]], receiving a journalism degree from the latter's [[University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication|School of Journalism]] in 1989 at the age of 66.<ref>{{cite web |title=Harry Reasoner bio |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harry-reasoner/ |website=CBS News |date=20 August 2012 |access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref>{{sfn|Daniel|2007|p=17-18}} Reasoner served in the [[United States Army|Army]] during [[World War II]] and after the war, he resumed his journalism career with ''[[The Minneapolis Times]]''. His novel ''Tell Me About Women'', about a fading marriage, was written partly during his war service and was first published in 1946.