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

• Autore: Dahlby Tracy
• Pubblicazione: Austin, Texas : , : University of Texas Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (312 p.)
• Disciplina: 079/.5
• Soggetto topico: Journalism - East Asia; Journalism - Pacific Area; Journalists - East Asia; Journalists - Pacific Area; Americans - East Asia; Americans - Pacific Area
• Classificazione: SOC052000
• 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"--
• Titolo autorizzato: Into the field
• ISBN: 0-292-76735-8; 0-292-76734-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807837403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II