Into the field
Subtitle: a foreign correspondent's notebook
By: Tracy Dahlby
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780292729131
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Journalism; Americans; Journalists; Biography
Description: "In this lively memoir of covering the Asian Pacific Rim, a veteran reporter for National Geographic and Newsweek tells "the stories behind the stories" that reveal the hard work, skill, and luck it takes to be a successful foreign correspondent. His real-world advice about everything from successful travel planning, to finding a great local fixer, to dealing with circumstances that can range from friendly to formidable makes this book a practical how-to guide for aspiring journalists"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Prologue: Something Like a Calling; title: Part One: Navigating the China Seas; title: Working the Coast; title: Plying the Waters; title: Part Two: Snapshots of the Island Kingdom; title: Hitchhiking in Kyushu; title: Reimagining Tokyo Bay; title: Japan's Magic Mountain; title: Part Three: Across the Floorboards of Asia; title: Vietnam Reconstructs; title: Living (Semi-)Dangerously in Indonesia; title: Appendices; title: Acknowledgments.