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Informationen zum Autor Michael Buerk Klappentext Michael Buerk began his journalistic career with the Bromsgrove Weekly Messenger in 1967 and joined the BBC in 1970. During his subsequent years as a foreign correspondent, which included a four-year posting to South Africa at the height of apartheid, he reported from 53 countries. He has won numerous awards including Radio Broadcaster of the Year, the Royal Television Society's Journalist of the Year and the BAFTA News Award. He lives in Guildford with his wife, Christine. Zusammenfassung 'Dawn, and as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night on the plain outside Korem it lights up a biblical famine, now, in the Twentieth Century.'Those words opened Michael Buerk's first report on the Ethiopian famine for the 6 o'clock news on October 24th 1984.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Buerk, Buerk Michael
• Publisher: Arrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.07.2005
• EAN: 9780099461371
• ISBN: 978-0-09-946137-1
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 29 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Press & journalism, Jungle, Radio & television industry, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Film, TV and Radio industries, Media, Information & Communication Industries