The New New Journalism: Conversations with America's Best Nonfiction Writers on Their Craft
by Robert Boynton
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Forty years after Tom Wolfe, Hunter S. Thompson, and Gay Talese launched the New Journalism movement, compiler Boynton sits down with nineteen practitioners of what he calls the New New Journalism to discuss their methods, writings and careers. These are, first and foremost, brilliant reporters who immerse themselves completely in their subjects: accompanying a mountaineering expedition to Everest, working as a prison guard, spending nearly a decade reporting on an individual family in the show more South Bronx. In these interviews, they reveal the techniques and inspirations behind their acclaimed works, from their felt-tip pens, tape recorders, long car rides, and assumed identities, to their intimate understanding of the way a truly great story unfolds. show lessTags
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Lots of good writing advice, even outside of the realm of journalism - advice having to do with your authorial presence, taking notes, and writer's block. The opinions of those interviewed (who were asked mostly the same questions) differed nicely so you could choose who made the best argument for their method. So glad I finally finished this.
This is a great book for anyone interested in writing journalism or nonfiction. It contains interviews with some of the most successful long-form journalists working today: Michael Lewis, Eric Schlosser, Susan Orlean, Calvin Trillin, to name a few.
The interviews cover everything from their approach to their subjects, how they get their ideas, how they interview, and, of course, how they write.
The interviews cover everything from their approach to their subjects, how they get their ideas, how they interview, and, of course, how they write.
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Lewis put this work out only moments before the dot.com crash. He ends up praising a massive bubble as a game changer. A couple of the major investors he mentions who supported the bubble are out of business. Amerindo dudes went to jail. Nicholas Applegate sold out in a panic. Most of the companies, if not all of them, that Clark had a hand in are out of biz. Clark managed to plow some of his money, after this story, into that of his VC's including Google, FaceBook etc. and so still has some bucks. The New New thing is more about fashion and madness of crowds than it is about game changing, Lewis just did not know it.
Lewis put this work out only moments before the dot.com crash. He ends up praising a massive bubble as a game changer. A couple of the major investors he mentions who supported the bubble are out of business. Amerindo dudes went to jail. Nicholas Applegate sold out in a panic. Most of the companies, if not all of them, that Clark had a hand in are out of biz. Clark managed to plow some of his money, after this story, into that of his VC's including Google, FaceBook etc. and so still has some bucks. The New New thing is more about fashion and madness of crowds than it is about game changing, Lewis just did not know it.
Wrote a review but I may not have pressed save. Hmmm.
Lewis put this work out only moments before the dot.com crash. He ends up praising a massive bubble as a game changer. A couple of the major investors he mentions who supported the bubble are out of business. Amerindo dudes went to jail. Nicholas Applegate sold out in a panic. Most of the companies, if not all of them, that Clark had a hand in are out of biz. Clark managed to plow some of his money, after this story, into that of his VC's including Google, FaceBook etc. and so still has some bucks. The New New thing is more about fashion and madness of crowds than it is about game changing, Lewis just did not know it.
Lewis put this work out only moments before the dot.com crash. He ends up praising a massive bubble as a game changer. A couple of the major investors he mentions who supported the bubble are out of business. Amerindo dudes went to jail. Nicholas Applegate sold out in a panic. Most of the companies, if not all of them, that Clark had a hand in are out of biz. Clark managed to plow some of his money, after this story, into that of his VC's including Google, FaceBook etc. and so still has some bucks. The New New thing is more about fashion and madness of crowds than it is about game changing, Lewis just did not know it.
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- Original publication date
- 2005
- Dedication
- To Helen
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 071.30904 — Computer science, information & general works News media, journalism & publishing Journalism and newspapers in North America United States
- LCC
- PN4867 .N38 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Journalism. The periodical press, etc. By region or country
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- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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