Shooting History

Jon Snow is perhaps the most highly regarded newsman of our time; his qualities as a journalist and as a human being - his passion, warmth, intelligence, frankness and humour - are widely recognised and evident for all to see most nights on Channel 4 News and now in the pages of his first book. His vivid personal chronicle is filled with anecdotes and pithy observations, and delightfully records his life and times since becoming a journalist in the early 1970s. He reported widely on Cold War conflicts in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Angola and Central America before becoming a resident correspondent in Washington D.C. in the 1980s, and he has met and interviewed most of the world''s leaders. Drawing lessons from these experiences, he has pertinent things to say about how the increasing world disorder came about following the fall of the Berlin Wall; how the West''s constant search for an enemy has helped unhinge the world; and how and why the media have, in general, been less than helpful in drawing attention to key political and global developments.

About the author

Jon Snow is Channel 4's regular news presenter and has 30 years' experience as a writer and television journalist. He has reported on most of the world's hotspots during that time, and in the 1980s was a resident correspondent in Washington D.C. In 2004 he won the Royal Television Society Award for Presenter of the Year.

Product details

• Authors: John Snow, Jon Snow
• Publisher: Harper Perennial UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.05.2005
• EAN: 9780007171859
• ISBN: 978-0-00-717185-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Media Studies, History: specific events & topics, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, HISTORY / World, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, International Relations, Press & journalism, News media & journalism, Autobiography: historical, political & military, General & world history, Political science & theory, Reportage & collected journalism, General and world history, Media studies: Journalism, TV & society, Media studies: TV and society, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General