| Description |
xvii, 366 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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still image sti rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-351) and index. |
| Contents |
A glamorous existence? -- Palaeojournalism -- Genesis of a news story -- Getting there -- Journeys -- M.O. -- Scoops -- Facing the dictators -- Taking risks -- The playground of war -- Civilian targets -- Back-up -- Getting involved -- Sacrifice and survival. |
| Summary |
In corners of the globe where fault-lines erupt into bloodshed and civil war, foreign correspondents have, for hundreds of years, been engaged in uncovering the latest news and--despite obstacles bureaucratic, political, and violent--reporting it by whatever means available. It's a working life that is difficult, exciting, and undeniably glamorous. These stories celebrate an endangered tradition. Where once despatches were trusted to the hands of a willing sea-captain, telegraph operator, or stranger in an airport queue prepared to spirit a can of undeveloped film back to London, today the digital realm has transformed the relaying of the news--even if the work of gathering it in the field has changed little. |
| Subject |
Foreign news.
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Foreign correspondents.
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Foreign correspondents. (OCoLC)fst00931759
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Foreign news. (OCoLC)fst00931863
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| ISBN |
9781408872222 (hardback) |
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1408872226 (hardback) |
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9781408872239 (paperback) |
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1408872234 (paperback) |
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