Who are the greatest reporters in history?
This unique book is the first to try and answer this question.
Author David Randall searched nearly two centuries of newspapers
and magazines, consulted editors and journalism experts worldwide,
and the result is The Great Reporters---13 in-depth profiles of the
best journalists who ever lived. They include nine Americans and
four Britons, ten men and three women, whose lives were full of
adventure, wit, and the considerable ingenuity required to bring
the story home. Among chapters are those on the reporter who:
Booked himself onto a ship likely to be sunk by the Germans so he
could report its torpedoing Was called out to a multiple shooting,
who interviewed 50 witnesses, went back to the office, and wrote a
Pulitzer Prize-winning story of 4,000 words in two and a half hours
Was deemed useless by her teacher but who went on to become the
greatest crime reporter in history Wrote a story that changed the
map of Europe Out-bluffed a top Soviet official to get into Russia
so he could cover the appalling famine there Feigned madness to get
herself locked up in an asylum so she could expose its terrible
conditions Was the best ever to apply words to newsprint Became a
national hero in America because he stood up for the little guy and
his war reporting told it like it really was At the age of 63, and
after three major operations, went under-cover in Iran so she could
report on the regime's repression Was nearly fired for fouling up
his first major assignment, but went on to shock his nation with
his courageous war reporting Wrote faster than anyone who could
write better and better than anyone who could write faster
Single-handedly tookon the tobacco industry Said no to William
Randolph Hearst
Each profile tells of the reporter's life and his or her major
stories, how they were obtained, and their impact. Packed with
anecdotes, and inspiring accounts of difficulties overcome, the
book quotes extensively from each reporter's work. It also includes
an essay on the history of reporting, charting the technologies,
economics, and attitudes that made it the way it is---from the
invention of the telegraph to the Internet. The Great Reporters is
not just the story of 13 remarkable people, it is the story of how
society's information hunter-gatherers succeed in bringing us all
what we need to know.
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