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Chargement... My Times in black and white : race and power at the New York times (édition 2010)par Gerald M. Boyd
Information sur l'oeuvreMy Times in Black and White: Race and Power at the New York Times par Gerald M. Boyd
Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  OEBooks | Jul 27, 2010 | 
 [Boyd] has written a good book filled with ill feeling toward the Times, many of its editors, and a variety of colleagues who turned against him under pressure or simply because they wanted him to fail and be damned... Lovers of newspaper gossip will find it delightfully indiscreet about self-serving treacheries hatched in the newsroom by people simultaneously engaged in high-minded pursuit of all the news that's fit to print. Times folk, especially of the management class, will not be delighted by his account of their awkward struggle with the race problem or Boyd's suggestion that bigotry was one of the causes of his downfall. Boyd, sadly, seems to have derived little pleasure from his remarkable achievements.  Boyd had -- by the account in this book, at least -- a rather Manichaean view of the world around him. The Times he inhabited was divided between his allies and his enemies, between friends and foes. Experience and world view somehow conjoined, congealed and soured.
A rags-to-riches story of the climb from urban poverty to the New York Times, this insider's view of struggle and change at the nation's premier newspaper reconstructs the most controversial period in the paper's history and records how journalists reported and edited the biggest events of the past two decades. A candid discussion on race, this memoir is the inspirational story of a man who covered presidents, documented extraordinary social and cultural challenges, led his team to an unprecedented number of Pulitzers, stumbled disastrously dur Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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From the beginning I couldn't help but imagine moving like a tennis PRO, watching balls coming at me left and right, from dozens of opponents playing me at once. Yes, it felt like a frenzied tennis match, as one of the balls coming at me was black, though it wasn't the ball I kept the closet eye on.
In short, there are so many caveats embedded in this account (leadership, governance, family values, race relations, politics...) that the historical importance of this telling experience might needle more debates than contemplative inspection. The latter it truly deserves.
Gerald is a trailblazer, a pioneer. Nearly every page rocks with raw emotion, though what stood out almost immediately was this immense sense of naivety... strikingly overwhelming, though not nearly as remarkably overwhelming as the passion he held out for journalism and the New York Times. I must admit however, though I shook my head frequently and challenged myself keeping up with the shifting timelines, it was this feverish enthusiasm for journalism that touched me most. Certainly kept me on my toes, and I picked up quite a few valuable `editorial' faux pas along the way too. Significant work.
My Times in Black and White is my top pick yet of 2010! (