journalists

"Journalist Billy Jensen spent fifteen years investigating unsolved murders, fighting for the families of victims. Every story he wrote had one thing in common, they didn't have an ending. The killer was still out there. But after the sudden death of a friend . . . Billy became fed up. Following a dark night, he came up with a plan. A plan to investigate past the point when the cops had given up. A plan to solve the murders himself"--Adapted from dust jacket.

In 1926, nine-year-old Darby Carmichael stirs up trouble in Marlboro County, South Carolina, when she writes a story for the local newspaper promoting racial equality.

"Eight-year-old Ava Murray lives in a Bronx neighborhood filled with music, art, and people from all over the world. It is very different from the Bronx she sees in the news. When her mother explains that the power of stories lies in the hands of those who write them, Ava decides to become a journalist. She shows everyone the world as she sees it, inspiring children to use the power of their own voice"--OCLC.

A biography of journalist Nellie Bly, who proved that women could be newspaper reporters.

"Reporter is just wonderful. Truly a great life, and what shines out of the book, amid the low cunning and tireless legwork, is Hersh's warmth and humanity. This book is essential reading for every journalist and aspiring journalist the world over." --John le Carr??"A master class in the craft of reporting."?--Alan Rusbridger,?The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling author and preeminent investigative journalist of our time--a heartfelt, hugely revealing memoir of a decades-long career breaking some of the most impactful stories of the last half-century, from Washington to Vietnam to the Middle East.Seymour Hersh's fearless reporting has earned him fame, front-page bylines in virtually every major newspaper in the free world, honors galore, and no small amount of controversy. Now in this memoir he describes what drove him and how he worked as an independent outsider, even at the nation's most prestigious publications. He tells the stories behind the stories--riveting in their own right--as he chases leads, cultivates sources, and grapples with the weight of what he uncovers, daring to challenge official narratives handed down from the powers that be. In telling these stories, Hersh divulges previously unreported information about some of his biggest scoops, including the My Lai massacre and the horrors at Abu Ghraib. There are also illuminating recollections of some of the giants of American politics and journalism: Ben Bradlee, A. M. Rosenthal, David Remnick, and Henry Kissinger among them. This is essential reading on the power of the printed word at a time when good journalism is under fire as never before.

Paul Faustino, known as the best soccer journalist in the business, reluctantly investigates the disappearance of eighteen-year-old Ricardo, a soccer prodigy known as "El Brujito, " while in alternate chapters a slave in old San Juan becomes a powerful voodoo priest.

Presents an illustrated history of the writers and photographers who exposed the ugly side of life in America, such as dangerous conditions in Chicago's stockyards and the poor treatment of patients in insane asylums, with information about modern versions of muckrakers and a glossary.

College student Mike Mavic, having traveled to Steepleton to follow up on news that the body of Christopher Creed, who disappeared four years earlier, was found, realizes the people in the town have underlying streaks of meanness and the only person who cares about Christopher anymore is his younger brother, Justin, who is teetering on the edge of sanity.

A photo-illustrated biography of American journalist, author, industrialist, and charity worker Nellie Bly.

Details the arrest, torture, and killing of Steve Biko, a black South African leader, and the persecution of his white journalist friend, Donald Woods.