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Par Bill Kovach, Clayborne Carson, David J. Garrow, Carol Polsgrove. 2003
Presents firsthand accounts drawn from newspapers, magazines, and book excerpts of the civil rights movement in the United States. Contributors…
include Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, George S. Schuyler, James Baldwin, John Steinbeck, George W. Collins, and more. Violence. 2003Par Sally Quinn. 2017
Journalist and widow of legendary newspaper editor Ben Bradlee reflects on her life as a spiritual quest. Describes her early…
years in Georgia, moving around the world with her Army officer father's career, exploring different spiritual practices, personal relationships, and more. Some strong language. 2017Par Michael Finkel. 2015
Journalist recounts his experience investigating the story of Christian Longo. Longo was convicted of and sentenced to death for the…
killing of his wife and three children, and he appropriated the author's identity while on the run from law enforcement in Mexico. Basis for 2015 movie of the same name. Some violence. 2005Par Ginger Zee. 2017
Memoir of chief meteorologist for ABC News. Discusses growing up in Michigan, her interest and studies in meteorology, challenges faced…
in the science and broadcasting professions, personal and romantic relationships, and more. 2017Par Harold Evans. 2017
A newspaper editor provides a guide to proper English usage in writing. Discusses writing formulas, shortcuts to clarity, making every…
word count, the art of revision, and the increasing importance of precision in a digital age. 2017Par Kwame Alexander, Marjory Wentworth, Chris Colderley, Ekua Holmes. 2017
A collection of twenty poems by Kwame Alexander, Chris Colderly, and Marjory Wentworth, written in tribute to well-known poets from…
around the world. Pays homage to Langston Hughes, Sandra Cisneros, Maya Angelou, Rumi, and more. For grades 4-7. 2017Par Rebecca Smith. 2016
Par Susan Faludi. 2016
Journalist and author of Backlash (DB 34053) examines the life of her father, who transitioned from male to female at…
the age of seventy-six. After years of estrangement, she delves into her father's story, including his family history in Hungary and transsexual identity issues. Some strong language. 2016Wartime reportage over five years by New Yorker writer Liebling (1904-1963). Includes The Road Back to Paris; Mollie and Other…
War Pieces, which contains an eyewitness account of Omaha Beach on D-Day; Normandy Revisited; and twenty-six previously uncollected New Yorker articles. Collection edited by Pete Hamill. 2008Five classics of mid-twentieth-century American journalism by a writer closely associated with The New Yorker. Includes The Sweet Science, a…
portrayal of the world of boxing in the early 1950s; The Earl of Louisiana; The Jollity Building; Between Meals: An Appetite for Paris; and The Press. Collection edited by Pete Hamill. 2009Par Megyn Kelly. 2016
Journalist and political commentator reflects on the enduring values and experiences that have shaped her, including her father's death when…
she was young. Kelly shares stories and struggles from her career, recalls abandoning a thriving legal career to become a journalist, and explains her personal motto to "settle for more."2016Par Lisa Yaszek, Patrick B. Sharp. 2016
Selection of short fiction, essays, and poems by women working in the genre in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Includes…
fiction by C. L Moore, poems by Julia Boynton Green, and journalism by L. Taylor Hansen. Also provides commentary documenting women's contributions to the pulp-magazine community. Some violence and some strong language. 2016Par Ian Hargreaves. 2014
Journalist-turned-academic sums up the history of journalism and the challenges it faces in the twenty-first century. Discusses the upheaval caused…
by the rise of "born-digital" news and advertising platforms, the "mediatization" of war, the tension between news and public relations, and the growing popularity of celebrity-focused infotainment. 2014Par Michael F. Land. 2014
Traces the evolution of the marvel of biological engineering that controls vision. Describes how vision works in humans and other…
creatures, the eye's parts, how it moves, what happens in the brain, and what can go wrong. Discusses loss of vision and restoration procedures in those not blind from birth. 2014Par Ken Cuthbertson. 2015
Biography of journalist William L. Shirer (1904-1993), who rose to prominence in the late 1930s as a broadcast partner of…
Edward R. Murrow, based in Nazi Germany. Discusses his early life in the Midwest, work for the Chicago Tribune, fall from grace during the McCarthy era, and eventual redemption. 2015Par Lillian Ross. 2015
Collection of thirty-two pieces by Lillian Ross (born c. 1918), previously published in The New Yorker, dated between 1947 and…
2005. Includes works about the famous, infamous, and non-famous, including Maggie Smith and Judi Dench, Ernest Hemingway, and a school teacher instructing students on folk dancing. 2015Par Simon Critchley, Peter Catapano. 2016
A philosophy professor and the online opinion editor for the New York Times collaborate to edit that paper's philosophy blog,…
The Stone. Here they collect essays from the blog discussing a variety of topics, including the nature of philosophy and why it matters today. 2016Par Nancy Loewen. 2016
Guide to writing powerful persuasive articles to influence the way people think. For example, use rhetoric to persuade your parents…
to let you have a pet. Learn how to gather strong evidence, organize content, and use techniques to capture your audience's attention. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2016Par Richard Engel. 2016
Chief foreign correspondent for NBC chronicles his experiences reporting in the Middle East since 1997, when he was a young…
man fresh out of college. Recounts stories of the people he has encountered, including everyday people, rebels, and dictators. Discusses the political changes he has seen. Some violence. Bestseller. 2016Former editor and reporter for the Chicago Defender examines the history of the publication which was founded in 1905 and…
spoke out on many race issues in the twentieth century. Its writers across the decades included Ida B. Wells, Langston Hughes, and Martin Luther King, Jr. 2016