We are starting a new series of video interviews with journalists who have gotten really interesting stories, how they did it and what the impact has been on them. The first in this new series is with Kelly Kennedy, a reporter for Army Times. Her first book is, They Fought for Each Other: The triumph and Tragedy of the Hardest Hit Unit in Iraq (St. Martin's). The book is unrelenting in its depiction of the stomach-churning stress the troops live under, and shows the same kind of detail and respect for soldiering found in Michael Herr's Dispatches. I interviewed Kelly after she spoke to our Paul Miller fellowship group, on July 7, 2010. The interview is on YouTube here. (Bob Meyers)
Currently Reading
Kelly Kennedy: They Fought for Each Other: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Hardest Hit Unit in Iraq
Roy J. Harris Jr.: Pulitzer's Gold: Behind the Prize for Public Service Journalism
Lou Cannon: Reagan's Disciple: George W. Bush's Troubled Quest for a Presidential Legacy
Ted Gup: Nation of Secrets: The Threat to Democracy and the American Way of Life
Marc Sandalow: Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi's Life, Times, and Rise to Power (*****)
John Harwood & Gerald F. Seib: Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles in Backroom Power
Eric Boehlert: Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush (*****)
Books
July 01, 2010
July 08, 2009
Terrific Crime Thriller by Ex-Wash Post Editor
Former Washington Post Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr. has written a terrific newsroom-based crime novel that should be must-reading for anyone who wants a pretty realistic view of power and influence in the nation's capital. "The Rules of the Game" (Knopf, $26.95) is a great read as well as an X-ray view inside a big-city newsroom that deals with money, corruption and all the other things that make life worthwhile.
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