Record Nr.

UNINA9910780824203321

Autore

Boyd Gerald M

Titolo

My Times in black and white [[electronic resource] ] : race and power at the New York times / / Gerald M. Boyd

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Chicago, IL, : Chicago Review Press, 2010

ISBN

1-56976-556-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (425 p.)

Disciplina

070.92

Soggetti

Journalists - United States

African American journalists

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Prologue: "This Is Really Hard"; 1. Loss and Love; 2. Seeds of Ambition; 3. From Uganda X to Cub Reporter; 4. Growing but Restless; 5. Fresh Starts; 6. D.C. Grind; 7. Fast Tracked; 8. My Times; 9. Shifting Priorities and Alliances; 10. Joy and Heartbreak; 11. The Outsiders; 12. The Greatest Story; 13. Managing Up, Managing Down; 14. The Makings of a Scandal; 15. Inquisition; 16. Free Fall; 17. A Time for Good-byes; Afterword by Robin D. Stone; Postscript; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A rags-to-riches story of the climb from urban poverty to the New York Times, this insider's view of struggle and change at the nation's premier newspaper reconstructs the most controversial period in the paper's history and records how journalists reported and edited the biggest events of the past two decades. A candid discussion on race, this memoir is the inspirational story of a man who covered presidents, documented extraordinary social and cultural challenges, led his team to an unprecedented number of Pulitzers, stumbled disastrously dur

Record Nr.

UNINA990009026320403321

Titolo

Post-Soviet geography

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Silver Spring, Md., : V.H. Winston & Son

ISSN

1060-5851