Comments on: Books about journalists

Question: Books about journalists

RobotHero — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:54:15 -0800

Recommend books about investigative journalists.

Either fiction or non-fiction is fine. Already read most of the Fletch series and 24 days.

By: Kirth Gerson

Kirth Gerson — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:02:02 -0800

How about Jack Anderson? (Nonfiction)

Tony Hillerman's The Fly on the Wall is pretty good.

By: sacre_bleu

sacre_bleu — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:16:38 -0800

Nonfiction recs:

Maverick, by Fred J. Cook
All the President's Men, Woodward and Bernstein
Raising Hell, by David Weir et al

By: mediareport

mediareport — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:20:42 -0800

How about long articles, like "The Best Investigative Reporter You've Never Heard Of," and some of the fantastic stuff he wrote?

By: mediareport

mediareport — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:35:58 -0800

Terry Pratchett's The Truth is a hilarious satire on investigative journalism; it's part of his Discworld series, but stands alone nicely (it was the first book in the series I read and got me totally hooked).