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I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!) Feel free to join in!

#ABookADay2023

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Sharpeipup

Newsroom Confidential: Lessons (and Worries) from an Ink-Stained Life | Margaret Sullivan

Seems fitting due this take into the world of journalism.

📸 from my recent trip to Barcelona

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Amiable

Newsroom Confidential: Lessons (and Worries) from an Ink-Stained Life | Margaret Sullivan

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This is both a personal memoir and a tell-all about what Margaret Sullivan witnessed/experienced during her four decades in journalism as a reporter, editor and columnist for the Buffalo News, New York Times and Washington Post. As a former newspaper journalist myself, I enjoyed her reminiscences and completely agree with her warnings about the crucial role the media needs to play in protecting democracy from candidates like Trump.

Megabooks Great review! 1y

Amiable @Megabooks Thank you! 🙂 1y

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JoyBlue

Newsroom Confidential: Lessons (and Worries) from an Ink-Stained Life | Margaret Sullivan

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I found this book interesting . . . and ultimately a bit unsatisfying. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#newsroom-confidential

Cinfhen Intriguing!!! 1y

JoyBlue @Cinfhen If you decide/get a chance to read it, please let me know what you think! 1y

Cinfhen I‘m not a fan of the NYT so im a bit skeptical about picking this one up. 😬 1y

JoyBlue @Cinfhen Same. I don't think this book will *improve* your opinion of NYT. 1y

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Megabooks

Newsroom Confidential: Lessons (and Worries) from an Ink-Stained Life | Margaret Sullivan

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Sullivan was the Public Editor at NYT and now writes for the Style section at WaPo. This is part memoir, part enlarging her work at the Times and WaPo. She briefly covered her start in journalism and her time as executive editor at Buffalo‘s paper, focusing on breaking through the glass ceiling. She railed against the NYT‘s over-coverage of Hillary‘s emails and overuse of anonymous sources. Her time at the WaPo is dominated by Trump coverage.

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Suet624 I‘m annoyed right now with the Times harping about inflation, as if it‘s all Biden‘s fault and not adequately explaining the reasons for it. And not pushing the Republicans by asking what they are doing to exaggerate the problem. It‘s the Hilary emails all over again. Rant over. (edited) 2y

Megabooks @Suet624 sometimes I feel like they (NYT) spend too much time trying to prove they‘re not a “liberal paper”. She makes a good point in the book that now is not “politics as usual”. It isn‘t the 70s or the 90s even, and media needs to treat the right with more skepticism. 2y

Suet624 So true. 2y

Cinfhen I really have TROUBLE with the NYT - as a Jew living in Israel I find their brand of reporting pretty horrific ( but that‘s me) rant over 😘 2y

BarbaraBB Interesting discussion. I have no opinion but would have thought it is a liberal paper indeed. 2y

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stevesbookstuf1

Newsroom Confidential: Lessons (and Worries) from an Ink-Stained Life | Margaret Sullivan

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This is part memoir, part critique of the current state of journalism, and part message to the next generation of journalists. I found Margaret Sullivan's book to be fast paced and enjoyable as well as informative. Like her WaPo columns she brings a plain-spoken clarity and just a bit of levity to these stories from her four-decade career in journalism. Four stars.

ARC review. Book due out Oct. 18th.

Full review: https://bit.ly/rvw-NewsConf

stevesbookstuf1 And just like that it's Fall here in the north Michigan woods. The colors have really come out this week! 2y

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BookishMarginalia

I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year | Philip Rucker, Carol D. Leonnig

#BookExcerpt published in #TheWashingtonPost of a new book on the end of the Trump presidency. https://apple.news/Adwk660k8TTipgjD3gdLcnw

vivastory I just read a chilling article about this book:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/14/politics/donald-trump-election-coup-new-book-exce... 3y

BookishMarginalia @vivastory Clear and present danger. I keep thinking of Germany in the 1930‘s. The danger is not over. 3y

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sophierayton

Personal History | Katharine Graham

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What a remarkable badass woman; you go girl!

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LibraryCin

Out of America: A Black Man Confronts Africa | Keith B. Richburg

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I found the country-specific chapters more interesting, as well as the health care one, rather than the political chapters. I think it was because there are just too many names to remember and who is related to which country/city. I found the author‘s own thoughts and introspection on what he encountered in Africa and his own feelings about being black and being American vs having those African roots, and his own biographical details interesting.

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BookishMarginalia

Best Books: For Kindergarten Through High School | Donna L. Hess