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

• Autore: Boyd Gerald M
• Pubblicazione: Chicago, IL, : Chicago Review Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (425 p.)
• Disciplina: 070.92
• Soggetto topico: Journalists - United States; African American journalists
• Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: My Times in black and white
• ISBN: 1-56976-556-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780824203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II