Book : Reporter A Memoir - Hersh, Seymour M.

-Titulo Original : Reporter A Memoir

-Fabricante :

Vintage

-Descripcion Original:

Reporter is just wonderful. Truly a great life, and what shines out of the book, amid the low cunning and tireless legwork, is Hershs warmth and humanity. This book is essential reading for every journalist and aspiring journalist the world over. -John le Carre “A master class in the craft of reporting. -Alan Rusbridger, The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling author and preeminent investigative journalist of our time-a heartfelt, hugely revealing memoir of a decades-long career breaking some of the most impactful stories of the last half-century, from Washington to Vietnam to the Middle East.Seymour Hershs fearless reporting has earned him fame, front-page bylines in virtually every major newspaper in the free world, honors galore, and no small amount of controversy. Now in this memoir he describes what drove him and how he worked as an independent outsider, even at the nations most prestigious publications. He tells the stories behind the stories-riveting in their own right-as he chases leads, cultivates sources, and grapples with the weight of what he uncovers, daring to challenge official narratives handed down from the powers that be. In telling these stories, Hersh divulges previously unreported information about some of his biggest scoops, including the My Lai massacre and the horrors at Abu Ghraib. There are also illuminating recollections of some of the giants of American politics and journalism: Ben Bradlee, A. M. Rosenthal, David Remnick, and Henry Kissinger among them. This is essential reading on the power of the printed word at a time when good journalism is under fire as never before. Review A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018 | A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year“What a story. What a life. It’s hard to read this book without a tinge of envy and a lot of admiration.” -Charles Glass, Times Literary Supplement“A master class in the craft of reporting. -Alan Rusbridger, The New York Times Book Review“Reporter is a miracle. . . The stories brim with humor, wit, poignancy, pointillist portraits of brilliant color-above all, [Hershs] own voice.” -Andrew Meier, Bookforum “One of the most compelling and significant books ever written about American journalism.” -Jon Schwarz, The InterceptIntimate without ever turning to confession . . . Like all good memoirs, this one shows more than it says, and is a work of conscience as well as memory. -David Bromwich, Times Literary Supplement “Books of the Year”“[Hersh] is a classic American archetype-the lone warrior on a quest for truth and justice . . . good books about the making of journalism are few and far between, and Hersh’s memoir is a welcome addition.” -Glenn Frankel, The Washington Post“Cinematically-detailed and warmly human storytelling thats at once reminiscent of vintage Hersh and also tonally unlike anything else hes ever written . . . Ultimately the book yields up a warts-and-all picture not just of Hersh but of an entire era of journalism.” -Steve Donoghue, Christian Science Monitor“Riveting.” -James Bovard, American Conservative “When it comes time for the next generation of journalists to re-discover what this job is supposed to be about, they can at least read Reporter. Its all in here.” -Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone“Hersh has been one of America’s premier investigative journalist . . . an untethered operator whose scoops have resulted from veering from the pack. Reporter offers a best-practices guide to journalism as well as an implicit critique of the way it’s practiced today.” -Michael Massing, The Nation “The experience of reading Hersh’s memoir is like visiting a lost world . . . To put it in a callow way, this stuff is cool.” -Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic “In Reporter, even the footnotes are priceless . . . [the book] has more juicy background, action-packed storytelling and name-drops per page than any book in recent memory, all told in straightf