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Title:
Reporting under fire : 16 daring women war correspondents and photojournalists
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Date:
2014
Publication Information:
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2014]
Physical Description:
vi, 249 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9781613747100
Abstract:
"The tremendous struggles women have faced as war correspondents and photojournalists. A profile of 16 courageous women, Reporting Under Fire tells the story of journalists who risked their lives to bring back scoops from the front lines. Each woman--including Sigrid Schultz, who broadcast news via radio from Berlin on the eve of the Second World War; Margaret Bourke-White, who rode with General George Patton's Third Army and brought back the first horrific photos of the Buchenwald concentration camp; and Marguerite Higgins, who typed stories while riding in the front seat of an American jeep that was fleeing the North Korean Army--experiences her own journey, both personally and professionally, and each draws her own conclusions. Yet without exception, these war correspondents share a singular ambition: to answer an inner call driving them to witness war firsthand, and to share what they learn via words or images"--Provided by publisher.
Language:
English
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