Capturing the news
Subtitle: three decades of reporting crisis and conflict
By: by Anthony Collings.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780826218810
Subjects: Collings, Anthony; Journalists -- United States -- Biography; Television journalists -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: From AP correspondent to Newsweek bureau chief to CNN reporter, Anthony Collings covered the Middle East, Rome, Moscow, London, Paris, and Washington. Now he has gathered stories about his work in a book that is both a journalist's memoir and a commentary on the current ethical crises in the news media and how to address them.--[book jacket].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : Beirut 1981; title: Overseas. No building collapsed; title: Christmas presents; title: The Pope has VD; title: Line of death; title: Welcome to Tripoli; title: Call the palace; title: You said that yesterday; title: Two endings; title: Washington. Face down in the mud; title: All the earmarks; title: Scoop; title: What's wrong. Dead baby; title: Down, down; title: Firewall; title: Only time will tell; title: Epilogue.