Some of the bravest actions of journalists are unknown, obscured
by the passage of time, hidden by veils of anonymity or buried by
systematic repression. "Profiles in Journalistic Courage" corrects
this imbalance. With few exceptions, the stories told in this
collection are unfamiliar. In the words of Richard Whelan on Robert
Capa's vision of the Spanish Civil War, these tales are drawn from
the edge of things. Most of the people highlighted here are
journalists who worked on the margins of popularity, who blazed new
and solitary paths, and who left fleeting legacies.
Courageous journalists were not always thanked for their
pioneering efforts. Jealousy, political disagreements, and
differing conceptions of journalism sometimes fueled criticism of
some of those dealt with in this volume. To complicate the subject
further, brave journalists do not always act for reasons that win
popularity or acclaim. Actions with laudable consequences are
sometimes the result of egoism, stubbornness and ignorance, no less
than selflessness, prudence, and principle. These psychological
dimensions are not avoided in these profiles.
In "Yesterday" David Copeland examines the tangled legacy of
the trial of John Peter Zenger. Graham Hodges unearths the story of
David Ruggles, an African-American journalist and abolitionist.
Pamela Newkirk recalls the life and work of Ida B. Wells-Barnett.
Pierre Albert explores the journalism of the French Resistance.
Bernard L. Stein and Hank Klibanoff describe the work and motives
of the civil rights movement. The volume covers the journalism of
commitment from Northern Ireland to Native American tribes. It
closes with an extended essay by James Boylan on varied
perspectives on different aspects of courage in journalism, from
the capacity to resist threats to the courage to tell people what
they may not want to hear or read.
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