We Chose to Speak of War and Strife - JOHN SIMPSON
The World of the Foreign Correspondent
KORTE INHOUD
In corners of the globe where fault-lines seethe into bloodshed and civil war, foreign correspondents have, since the early nineteenth century, been engaged in uncovering the latest news and - despite obstacles bureaucratic, political, violent - reporting it by whatever means available. It's a working life that is difficult, exciting and glamorous. ..These stories from the last two hundred years celebrate an endangered tradition. Where once despatches were trusted to the hands of a willing sea-captain, telegraph operator or stranger in an airport queue prepared to spirit a can of undeveloped film back to London, today the digital realm has transformed the relaying of the news - if the work of gathering it in the field has changed little.. .How to Be a Foreign Correspondent brings us the pivotal moments in our history - from the Crimean War to Tiananmen Square and Sarajevo - through the eyes of those who witnessed them, and the astonishing tales of what it took to report them. And weaving the history of the gr...
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[Auteur: Simpson, John] [Pagina's: 366] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: London, Bloomsbury] [Jaar: 2016] [Titel: We Chose to Speak of War and Strife: The World of the Foreign Correspondent]
