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Rolling Blackouts: Dispatches from Turkey, Syria, and Iraq by Sarah Glidden
5.0
Follows Glidden's journey with journalist friends of hers to the Middle East.
It's fascinating to read about the journalistic processes of this up-and-coming group of reporters. How do they function as independent journalists? How do they formulate and choose their stories?
This follows one story-gathering trip from an outsiders perspective, so it was very accessible. I was particularly intrigued with the way technology influenced their methods - YouTube, the internet, recorders. There's a lot of gear here. Glidden also discusses what journalism is, ethics, and boundaries within the profession.
We meet a military veteran who accompanied them - he was a friend of one of the reporters. Watching how the group interacted and that part of the story develop was really interesting too.
There are definitely no solutions here.
But reflecting on the experience of reading it reminds me how many of our fingers in the world we amerikans are neglecting while we deal with all the turmoil at home.
I read this on my breaks at work - it does well in that context (read over a fairly long period of time, in short snatches), kind of like an NPR podcast. It's also bound in hard cover, and has a high quality binding, which holds up well. Yay Drawn & Quarterly!
Extra star for the unique elements in the story.
Read with:
[b: Out on the Wire: Uncovering the Secrets of Radio's New Masters of Story with Ira Glass|23742836|Out on the Wire Uncovering the Secrets of Radio's New Masters of Story with Ira Glass|Jessica Abel|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1422811801s/23742836.jpg|43356901]
[b: A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return|13773346|A Game for Swallows To Die, to Leave, to Return|Zeina Abirached|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1346958476s/13773346.jpg|2769651]
[b: Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey|23310679|Dare to Disappoint Growing Up in Turkey|Ozge Samanci|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1423522811s/23310679.jpg|42864804]
It's fascinating to read about the journalistic processes of this up-and-coming group of reporters. How do they function as independent journalists? How do they formulate and choose their stories?
This follows one story-gathering trip from an outsiders perspective, so it was very accessible. I was particularly intrigued with the way technology influenced their methods - YouTube, the internet, recorders. There's a lot of gear here. Glidden also discusses what journalism is, ethics, and boundaries within the profession.
We meet a military veteran who accompanied them - he was a friend of one of the reporters. Watching how the group interacted and that part of the story develop was really interesting too.
There are definitely no solutions here.
But reflecting on the experience of reading it reminds me how many of our fingers in the world we amerikans are neglecting while we deal with all the turmoil at home.
I read this on my breaks at work - it does well in that context (read over a fairly long period of time, in short snatches), kind of like an NPR podcast. It's also bound in hard cover, and has a high quality binding, which holds up well. Yay Drawn & Quarterly!
Extra star for the unique elements in the story.
Read with:
[b: Out on the Wire: Uncovering the Secrets of Radio's New Masters of Story with Ira Glass|23742836|Out on the Wire Uncovering the Secrets of Radio's New Masters of Story with Ira Glass|Jessica Abel|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1422811801s/23742836.jpg|43356901]
[b: A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return|13773346|A Game for Swallows To Die, to Leave, to Return|Zeina Abirached|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1346958476s/13773346.jpg|2769651]
[b: Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey|23310679|Dare to Disappoint Growing Up in Turkey|Ozge Samanci|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1423522811s/23310679.jpg|42864804]