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Rebel Reporting : John Ross Speaks to Independent Journalists by Amy Goodman (2015, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHamilton Books
ISBN-100761866604
ISBN-139780761866602
eBay Product ID (ePID)215987269
Product Key Features
Number of Pages134 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameRebel Reporting : John Ross Speaks to Independent Journalists
SubjectEditors, Journalists, Publishers, Journalism, Educators
Publication Year2015
TypeTextbook
AuthorAmy Goodman
Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines, Biography & Autobiography
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight7.4 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2015-947882
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsThe book . . . is a tribute to the long string of independent journalists who have helped right many wrongs throughout history., Rebel Reporting is a posthumously published series of lectures first delivered at San Francisco's New College in 2006, and quite unlike anything previously produced by Ross., [This is] a slim but powerful new volume titled Rebel Reporting. . . .These are lectures every journalist should sit through, whether or not they choose to follow his [Ross'] example., This book passes on his [Ross'] creative knowledge as a poet and journalist to inspire a new generation of reporters., This book is Ross's final gift to independent journalists. . . .Rebel Reporting is an important counterweight to traditional journalism education. The book is inspiring and realistic. It is both a useful tool and a beautiful story. Most of all, Rebel Reporting is a must-read for any journalist committed to changing the world., John Ross was uncompromising in his dedication to the poor, the downtrodden and the victims of empire. He was not welcome on the television talk show circuit frequented by journalistic elites andpolitical players, nor was he invited to the cocktail parties of the rich and powerful. He was always most at home among the people in the slums and barrios of the world. John Ross was the personification of the peoples' reporter, a troubadour for justice who chose to cast his lot of conscience with those who have the will to live and the heart to resist against all odds. Simply put, John Ross was the Robin Hood of journalism., John Ross was a man who lived as he chose and wrote it as he damned well pleased. A reporter with a cause in the time-honored leftwing American tradition of John Reed and I.F. Stone, Ross chose to live most of his life in Mexico in a kind of exile from his native United States. He documented the last half century from the perspective of that country's callejones, its ejidos and pueblos, and we have been enriched by his effort. Ross was a political outlaw of the utmost integrity, and this book, Rebel Reporting, is the maximum legacy of a man who fought injustice all his life with poetry, and with passion. There are some pearls of true wisdom here for the next generation, and for that handful of reporters who may choose to be defiant and brave, and to live like John Ross., [John's] state of self-exile gave him a huge gift, that of imagining and describing the potential truth of things beyond the rational boundaries of journalism. His Tonatiuh's People [1998] is one of the greatest political novels I ever read, with abiding insights into the soul of a writer and a revolution., John Ross was uncompromising in his dedication to the poor, the downtrodden and the victims of empire. He was not welcome on the television talk show circuit frequented by journalistic elites and political players, nor was he invited to the cocktail parties of the rich and powerful. He was always most at home among the people in the slums and barrios of the world. John Ross was the personification of the peoples' reporter, a troubadour for justice who chose to cast his lot of conscience with those who have the will to live and the heart to resist against all odds. Simply put, John Ross was the Robin Hood of journalism., John Ross was Jack Kerouac, Hunter Thompson, Roque Dalton and Che Guevara all rolled up together, but most of all he was himself, observer and participant at once, listening carefully to the poorest, challenging hypocrisy wherever he detected it oozing from the mouths of the powerful. John's spirit permeated the stories he covered so thoroughly that his writing dazzled like that of no other reporter I know. The inimitable, take-no-prisoners voice of John Ross rings clear on every page of this book. In writing a primer for the rebel reporter, John Ross has written a primer for life., [John's] state of self-exile gave him a huge gift, that of imagining and describing the potential truth of things beyond the rational boundaries of journalism. His Tonatiuh's People [1998] is one of the greatest political novels I ever read, with abiding insights into the soul of a writer and a revolution.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal070.4
Table Of ContentEditors' Preface Foreword Introduction PART I Handing It Down-Four Lectures on Rebel Journalism Lecture One: What Are We Doing Here? Lecture Two: The Global Beat: Covering Global Resistance to Globalization Lecture Three: How To Be an Anti-War Correspondent Lecture Four: Our Words Are Our Weapons: The Language of Rebel Journalism Photos and Illustrations PART II Who Killed Brad Will? Appendix A John Ross's Published Works Appendix B Links and Resources for Independent Journalists Endnotes Index About the Editors
SynopsisRebel Reporting is part autobiography, part "manual of style" for independent journalism. The book outlines the basic responsibilities of a journalist and provides instructions on how to document injustice and poetically pitch stories to audiences in order to create change in society., John Ross believed that journalism is not a profession, but rather a moral obligation. His bottom up investigative reporting made him an ally to the underrepresented and an enemy to the overrepresented. This book outlines the basic responsibilities of a journalist and provides instructions on how to document injustices and poetically pitch stories to audiences in order to create change in society. When Ross passed away many said he was the last of a dying breed, but this book passes on his creative knowledge as a poet, and journalist to inspire a new generation of reporters.
LC Classification NumberPN4731
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