Journalism category: 1922 books
by Norman Mailer
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
In 1974 in Kinshasa, Zaïre, two African American boxers were paid five million dollars apiece to fight each other. One was Muhammad Ali, the aging but irrepressible “professor of boxing.” The other was George Foreman, who was as taciturn as Ali was voluble. Observing them was Norman Mailer, a...
24 Days
How Two Wall Street Journal Reporters Uncovered the Lies that Destroyed Faith in Corporate America
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
This is the story of Rebecca Smith and John R. Emshwiller, the two reporters who led the Wall Street Journal's reporting on Enron and uncovered the unorthodox partnerships at the heart of the scandal through skill, luck, and relentless determination.
It all started in August 2001when Emshwiller...
Morning Miracle
Inside the Washington Post A Great Newspaper Fights for Its Life
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2010
An in-depth look at the Washington Post from a Pulitzer Prize–nominated Post veteran. Morning Miracle definitively answers the question “Do newspapers still matter?” with a resounding yes.
What The Kingdom and the Power did for the New York Times, Morning Miracle will do for the Washington...
Newsonomics
Twelve New Trends That Will Shape the News You Get
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010
The New News
Reports of the death of the news media are highly premature, though you wouldn't know it from the media's own headlines. Ken Doctor goes far beyond those headlines, taking an authoritative look at the fast-emerging future.
The Twelve Laws of Newsonomics reveal the kinds...
by Mike Royko
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Mike Royko: The Chicago Tribune Collection 19841997 is an expansive new volume of the longtime Chicago news legend’s work. Encompassing thousands of his columns, all of which originally appeared in the Chicago Tribune, this is the first collection of Royko work to solely cover his time at the...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
With the work of reporters under fire worldwide, this year’s anthology of National Magazine Award finalists and winners is a timely reminder of the power of journalism. The pieces included here explore the fault lines in American society. Shane Bauer’s visceral “My Four Months as a Private Prison...
Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin
Forty Years of Funny Stuff
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
For at least forty years, Calvin Trillin has committed blatant acts of funniness all over the place—in The New Yorker, in one-man off-Broadway shows, in his “deadline poetry” for The Nation, in comic novels like Tepper Isn’t Going Out, in books chronicling his adventures as a happy eater,...
Froth and Scum
Truth, Beauty, Goodness, and the Ax Murder in America's First Mass Medium
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
Two notorious antebellum New York murder cases--a prostitute slashed in an elegant brothel and a tradesman bludgeoned by the brother of inventor Samuel Colt--set off journalistic scrambles over the meanings of truth, objectivity, and the duty of the press that reverberate to this day. In 1833 an entirely...
by Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
“The work that brought down a presidency...perhaps the most influential piece of journalism in history” (Time)—from Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Final Days.
The most devastating political detective story of the century: two Washington Post...
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
This cult classic of gonzo journalism is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one of the strangest journeys ever undertaken.
Now...
The Accidental Life
An Editor's Notes on Writing and Writers
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
**An Amazon Best Book of 2016
A celebration of the writing and editing life, as well as a look behind the scenes at some of the most influential magazines in America (and the writers who made them what they are).**
You might not know Terry McDonell, but you certainly know his work. Among...
by David Quantick
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
How To Write Everything is the ultimate writer’s handbook. It tells you about every aspect of writing, from having an idea to getting the idea out into the world (and getting paid for it too). It covers everything from journalism to screen-writing, from speeches to sketches, from sitcoms to novels....
The Return of the Moguls
How Jeff Bezos and John Henry Are Remaking Newspapers for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
The Return of the Moguls chronicles an important story in the making, one that will affect more than just the newspaper business—it has the power to change democracy as we know it. Over the course of a generation, the story of the daily newspaper has been an unchecked slide from record profitability...
The Fox Effect
How Roger Ailes Turned a Network into a Propaganda Machine
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
Here is comprehensive overview of the tumultuous career of former Fox News president Roger Ailes and a must-read for anyone looking to understand his legacy and impact on news media.
Based on the meticulous research of the news watchdog organization Media Matters for America, David Brock and...