Out of the news
Subtitle: former journalists discuss a profession in crisis
By: Celia Viggo Wexler
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780786469895
Subjects: Reporters and reporting; Journalism; Television broadcasting of news; History
Description: "This is a work of media history and criticism . It presents profiles of 11 journalists who left some of the country's biggest mainstream media outlets, and took on new challenges. Their stories give the reader a sense of what it means to be a reporter and to cover big news. But this book goes beyond media memoir"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Burned out and pissed off; title: Leaving Mount Olympus; title: The Book of Simon; title: Bullets and balance; title: Divine intervention; title: Globetrotter; title: The quiet "race man"; title: Collateral damage; title: Lady justice; title: From times man to roadmonkey; title: The path not taken; title: Thinking about journalism.