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Chasing hope : a reporter's life / Nicholas D. Kristof.

Kristof, Nicholas D., 1959- (author.).

Summary:

"From New York Times columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner, and bestselling author Nicholas D. Kristof, an intimate and gripping memoir about a life in journalism"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780593536568
ISBN: 0593536568
Physical Description: x, 460 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
Copyright: ©2024

Content descriptions

General Note:

"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf."

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A plane crash -- Overthrowing the patriarchy, in 8th grade -- A family of spies -- A glimpse of journalism -- A wimpy kid -- High school rabble-rouser -- Faking it at Harvard -- From Oxford to the Khyber Pass -- "I will shoot you." -- Making mistakes in Arabic -- Abe Rosenthal makes an offer -- Cub reporter -- Finding Sheryl...and a job abroad -- My soulmate -- How little we knew -- Witness to a massacre -- We become "hoodlums" -- The prize -- An escaped felon -- Frequenting a brothel -- Journey into a war -- "We have to kill them" -- "Do they play baseball in America?" -- I become an editor -- I begin my column -- The Iraq War -- Covering genocide -- Where's the line? -- What I learned from genocide -- The Arab Spring -- Covering genocide and poverty left me an optimist -- A day in the life of a columnist -- When reporting haunts you -- Women hold up half the sky -- Covering Donald Trump -- Politics? "Don't do it." -- My hat in the ring -- Navigating a campaign -- "To fill a person's heart."