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Investigative journalist Peter Laufer is back with his third book
in a trilogy that explores the way we humans interact with animals.
The attack of a trainer at Sea World by a killer whale in February
2010 is the catalyst for this examination of the controversial role
animals have played in the human arenas of entertainment and
sports. From the Romans throwing Christians to lions to
cock-fighting in present-day California, from abusive Mexican
circuses to the thrills of a Hungarian counterpart, from dog
training to shooting strays in the Baghdad streets, Laufer looks at
the ways people have used animals for their pleasure. The reader
travels with Laufer as he encounters fascinating people and places,
and as he ponders the ethical questions that arise from his quest.
Interviewing: The Oregon Method is a collection of practical and
analytical essays from more than three dozen professional
interviewers, scholars, and teachers. This revised and expanded
second edition of the popular professional tool features a new
foreword and a dozen new chapters designed to aid journalists
navigating the contemporary 'fake news' and 'enemy of the people'
media landscape. The book's chapters take focused looks at a wide
variety of issues, including interview ethics, the sanctity of
quotes, interviewing in the virtual world, negotiating identity,
and building rapport. The art of the interview has been taught at
the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication for
generations. This foundational text binds those years of experience
into a collection of vibrant essays designed to train novices and
invigorate old hands. Interviewing is edited by Peter Laufer, the
University of Oregon's James Wallace Chair Professor of Journalism.
As he tells his students, 'The interview is intimate, immediate,
and often an entree toward the soul. Conducting interviews can be
both great fun and an art form.' This is a primer for the digital
age, yet one embracing age-old lessons that make clear the crucial
importance of successful interviewing techniques for speaking truth
to power along with other productive forms of civic engagement.
With this provocative and concise book, journalist Peter Laufer
launches a Slow News movement, inviting us to question the value of
the perpetual empty-calorie news that accompanies our daily lives.
"Slow News: A Manifesto for the Critical News Consumer" examines
the nature of news in the context of the increasingly frenetic pace
of modern life in the twenty-first century. Taking a cue from the
slow food movement, Laufer suggests that we step back from the
constant barrage of instant news to consider news thoughtfully and
thoroughly. He argues that it is valuable for both the journalist
in the field and the news consumer at home to take the time to
ruminate on most news events.
Inspired by Michael Pollan's "Food Rules," Laufer offers
twenty-eight rules--including "Trust accuracy over time," "Know
your sources," and "Don't become a news junkie"--to guide us in a
gradual quest for slower news.
These days everyone has something to say (or declaim ) about the
U.S.-Mexico border. Whether it's immigration, resource management,
educational policy, or drugs, the borderlands are either the
epicenter or the emblem of a current crisis facing the nation. At a
time when the region has been co-opted for every possible
rhetorical use, what endures is a resilient and vibrant local
culture that resists easy characterization. For an honest picture
of life on the border, what remains is to listen to voices that are
too often drowned out: the people who actually live and work there,
who make their homes and livings amid a confluence of cultures and
loyalties. For many of these people, the border is less a
hyphenated place than a meeting place, a merging. This aspect of
the border is epitomized in the names of two cities that straddle
the line: Calexico and Mexicali.
A "sleepy crossroads that exists at a global flashpoint," Calexico
serves as the reference point for veteran journalist Peter Laufer's
chronicle of day-to-day life on the border. This wide-ranging,
interview-driven book finds Laufer and travel
companion/photographer on a weeklong road trip through the Imperial
Valley and other border locales, engaging in earnest and revealing
conversations with the people they meet along the way. Laufer talks
to secretaries and politicians, restaurateurs and salsa dancers,
poets and real estate agents about the issues that matter to them
the most.
What draws them to border towns? How do they feel about border
security and the fences that may someday run through their
backyards? Is "English-only" a realistic policy? Why have some
towns flourished and others declined? What does it mean to be
Mexican or American in such a place? Waitress Bonnie Peterson
banters with customers in Spanish and English. Mayor Lewis Pacheco
laments the role that globalization has played in his city's labor
market. Some of their anecdotes are humorous, others grim.
Moreover, not everyone agrees. But this very diversity is part of
the fabric of the borderlands, and these stories demand to be
heard.
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