We chose to speak of war and strife : the world of the foreign correspondent /
In corners of the globe where fault lines seethe into bloodshed and civil war, foreign correspondents have, since the early nineteenth century, been engaged in uncovering the latest news and, despite obstacles bureaucratic, political and violent, reporting it by whatever means available. It's a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury,
[2016]
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| Summary: | In corners of the globe where fault lines seethe into bloodshed and civil war, foreign correspondents have, since the early nineteenth century, been engaged in uncovering the latest news and, despite obstacles bureaucratic, political and violent, reporting it by whatever means available. It's a working life that is difficult, exciting and glamorous. These stories from the last two hundred years celebrate an endangered tradition. Where once dispatches were trusted to the hands of a willing sea captain, telegraph operator or stranger in an airport line prepared to spirit a can of undeveloped film back to New York, today the digital realm has transformed the relaying of the news, if the work of gathering it in the field has changed little. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 366 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781408872222 1408872226 9781408872239 1408872234 |