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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787040303321

Autore

Dahlby Tracy

Titolo

Into the field : a foreign correspondent's notebook / / Tracy Dahlby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, Texas : , : University of Texas Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-292-76735-8

0-292-76734-X

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Classificazione

SOC052000

Disciplina

079/.5

Soggetti

Journalism - East Asia

Journalism - Pacific Area

Journalists - East Asia

Journalists - Pacific Area

Americans - East Asia

Americans - Pacific Area

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Prologue. Something Like a Calling""; ""Part One: Navigating the China Seas""; ""Working the Coast""; ""Plying the Waters""; ""Part Two: Snapshots of the Island Kingdom""; ""Hitchhiking in Kyushu""; ""Reimagining Tokyo Bay""; ""Japan's Magic Mountain""; ""Part Three: Across the Floorboards of Asia""; ""Vietnam Reconstructs""; ""Living (Semi-)Dangerously in Indonesia""; ""Appendices""; ""Appendix I. Reporter's Log""; ""Appendix II. Parachuting In: Tips for the Long-Distance Reporter""; ""Acknowledgments""

Sommario/riassunto

"In this lively memoir of covering the Asian Pacific Rim, a veteran reporter for National Geographic and Newsweek tells "the stories behind the stories" that reveal the hard work, skill, and luck it takes to be a successful foreign correspondent. His real-world advice about everything from successful travel planning, to finding a great local fixer, to dealing with circumstances that can range from friendly to formidable makes this book a practical how-to guide for aspiring journalists"--