Reporting under fire : 16 daring women war correspondents and photojournalists /
"The tremendous struggles women have faced as war correspondents and photojournalists A profile of 16 courageous women, Reporting Under Fire tells the story of journalists who risked their lives to bring back scoops from the front lines. Each woman--including Sigrid Schultz, who broadcast news...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago, Illinois :
Chicago Review Press,
[2014]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Women of action (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Summary: | "The tremendous struggles women have faced as war correspondents and photojournalists A profile of 16 courageous women, Reporting Under Fire tells the story of journalists who risked their lives to bring back scoops from the front lines. Each woman--including Sigrid Schultz, who broadcast news via radio from Berlin on the eve of the Second World War; Margaret Bourke-White, who rode with General George Patton's Third Army and brought back the first horrific photos of the Buchenwald concentration camp; and Marguerite Higgins, who typed stories while riding in the front seat of an American jeep that was fleeing the North Korean Army--experiences her own journey, both personally and professionally, and each draws her own conclusions. Yet without exception, these war correspondents share a singular ambition: to answer an inner call driving them to witness war firsthand, and to share what they learn via words or images"-- |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 249 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-239) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781613747100 (hardback) 1613747101 (hardback) |