Review: Two Books in One
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 8, 2012
Whenever someone goes from watching the news to living it, and having other people record it, and still others interpret or comment on it, it can be a sobering thing.  Lori Gertz has lived that very thing and in the wake of it has given us a gift based on what she learned from it.Most of the book is about "the news."  What makes a human interest story?  Who's entitled to an opinion?  How do you stay out of the tabliods?  My favorite advice:  stay true to your mission and make sure it's other-centric, not ego centric.The other part of the book is the "be."  Lori and her family became the news that started multiple ongoing conversations - some constructive, some not (SURE you want those 15 minutes of you-know-what?).  But there would be no "news" in this case without the "be."  And the person you choose to be when you are the news will often set the tone for how that news gets interpreted.Looking for practical tips?  It's in there.  Wisdom from both experience and from the profession of an industry insider?  All there.  My one question would be whether the book should send the reader to the epilogue first if no one knows Lori's story.  Or perhaps make lead with the epilogue as background and introduction to set the table for the rest of the book.Regardless, this is not the kind of book you need to wish you had when it's too late.  You need this wisdom and clear, practical advice now.  Thanks, Lori, for leaving a map from the trail you have blazed.