Words of Fire : : Independent Journalists who Challenge Dictators, Drug Lords, and Other Enemies of a Free Press /

Words of Fire : : Independent Journalists who Challenge Dictators, Drug Lords, and Other Enemies of a Free Press / / Anthony C. Collings.

If journalism is the first draft of history, then independent journalists are surely its most daring composers.Along such celebrated and high-profile figures as Christiane Amanpour and Wolf Blitzer, there exists a stratum of journalists self-employed, working under dire conditions, and with minimal...

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Collings, Anthony C.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2001]
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Year of Publication:2001
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • PART I. LOOKING FOR TROUBLE
  • 1. “They Are the News”
  • 2. She Had to Be There
  • 3. Opening the Door
  • 4. Guerrilla Journalists
  • 5. A Precious Pen
  • PART II. PUSHING THE ENVELOPE
  • 6. The General’s Mercedes
  • 7. A Veiled Woman
  • 8. Brother against Brother
  • 9. In the Thick of It
  • 10. Money at Stake
  • 11. The President’s Mistress
  • 12. We Are Not Amused
  • PART III. SHOOT THE MESSENGER
  • 13. We Have Ways
  • 14. We Have Other Ways
  • PART IV. THE MESSENGER REACTS
  • 15. Chilled or Defiant
  • 16. Cat and Computer Mouse
  • 17. The Great Firewall
  • 18. Send in Uncle Walter
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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