Rebel Reporting: John Ross Speaks to Independent Journalists
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (809 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0761866604 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 134 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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John Ross and Reporting That Matters Bill Gentile “Rebel Reporting” took me back to the place where I began working my craft: Mexico and Central America, during what I refer to as, “The Golden Days of Journalism,” when the craft still was about information as opposed to entertainment, and when the men and women who practiced the craft believed that information can make a difference.Edited by Cristalyne Bell and Norman Stockwell, “Rebel Reporting” is a
When Ross passed away many said he was the last of a dying breed, but this book passes on his creative knowledge as a poet, and journalist to inspire a new generation of reporters.. John Ross believed that journalism is not a profession, but rather a moral obligation. His bottom up investigative reporting made him an ally to the underrepresented and an enemy to the overrepresented. This book outlines the basic responsibilities of a journalist and provides instructions on how to document injustices and poetically pitch stories to audiences in order to create change in society
He was the recipient of the American Book Award in 1995 and the Upton Sinclair prize in 2005. Norman Stockwell serves as WORT Community Radio's Operations Coordinator. In his lifetime John Ross published ten volumes of fiction and nonfiction and numerous books of poetry. Cristalyne Bell is a freelance journalist and activist with experience in print, radio and video journalism.
(SocialistWorker)Rebel Reporting is a posthumously published series of lectures first delivered at San Francisco‘s New College in 2006, and quite unlike anything previously produced by Ross. It is both a useful tool and a beautiful story. (Jon Lee Anderson, Guerrillas: Journeys in the Insurgent World and Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life)John Ross was Jack Kerouac, Hunter Thompson, Roque Dalton and Che Guevara all rolled up together, but most of all he was himself, observer and participant at once, listening carefully to the poorest, challenging hypocrisy wherever he detected it oozing from the mouths of the powerful. Most of all, Rebel Reporting is a must-read for any journalist committed to changing the world. He was always most at home among the people in the slums and barrios of the world. John Ross was the personification of the peoples' reporter, a troubadour for justice who chose