What happens to journalists who expose uncomfortable truths? How far are journalists prepared to go in order to report a difficult story? This work provides answers to these questions with the stories of journalists who risked their careers so that the public might be informed. It aims to be a reminder of risks accepted by the media on our behalf.
Broadcast Spectacle and Rowing Gold at the Nazi Olympics
How one race spanned the globe and changed history
The Berlin Olympics, August 14, 1936. German rowers, dominant at the Games, line up against America's top eight-oared crew. Hundreds of millions of listeners worldwide wait by their radios. Leni Riefenstahl prepares her cameramen. Grantland Rice looks past ......
For thirty-three years Robert Curley worked as a reporter and photographer for newspapers in Rome, Oneida, and Syracuse, New York. This memoir recounts the many remarkable events and personal encounters of his long career and rich family life.
An Investigation of Facebook and Twitter Higher Education Web Pages
This book investigates whether Facebook and Twitter have become a genre, particularly for higher education institutions. The author examines the purpose, form, and functionality of higher education's institutional web pages on these platforms through a combination of content analysis and interviews.
Follow one of the first women network news producers as she climbs the career ladder right through the headlines of American history. Mason recounts career highlights of working side-by-side with media giants such as Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather, covering history-in-the-making as she smashed the glass ceiling of the network news world.
Sports Journalism Second Edition introduces students to sports reporting careers and to the writing style, technology and social media skills sports writers and media relations professionals use. The book stresses the importance of basic writing fundamentals and high ethical standards, essential values for sports journalists.
Sports Journalism Second Edition introduces students to sports reporting careers and to the writing style, technology and social media skills sports writers and media relations professionals use. The book stresses the importance of basic writing fundamentals and high ethical standards, essential values for sports journalists.
How the Mormon Church Tried to Silence the Salt Lake Tribune
This disturbing expose examines how the powerful Mormon Church tried to destroy the Salt Lake Tribune, a voice that had long been critical of many of its activities and its secrets. The author, a Mormon and a journalist who once worked for the Tribune, tells a story of secret deals, behind-the-scenes backstabbing, and manipulation of the political ......
