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Examining the role and influence of news 'fixers' who mediate between foreign journalists and local sources, this book is based on vivid personal accounts and insider perspectives alongside analysis of the role fixers have played in bringing news of Turkey and Syria to international audiences.

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'… a thoughtful and immersive dive into the stories of fixers, the dilemmas they face and how they try to navigate cultural and media expectations.' Usman Butt, Middle East Monitor
'In this subtle and reflective book … Arjomand uses novelistic techniques - composite characters in carefully composed circumstances - to both protect his sources and convey a complex and fascinating world with wit, intelligence, and sympathy.' Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs

Table of Contents
Introduction: A Tale of Two Fixers; 1. Beginnings; 2. Fitting In; 3. Moral Worlds of Ambivalence and Bias; 4. Translations; 5. From Local to Global; Appendix: Sociological Fiction.

Fixing Stories

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 3/30/2023 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781009048750
      978-1009048750
      ISBN-10 1009048759
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      History Asian history General and world history Middle Eastern history

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examining the role and influence of news 'fixers' who mediate between foreign journalists and local sources, this book is based on vivid personal accounts and insider perspectives alongside analysis of the role fixers have played in bringing news of Turkey and Syria to international audiences.

      Trade Review
      '… a thoughtful and immersive dive into the stories of fixers, the dilemmas they face and how they try to navigate cultural and media expectations.' Usman Butt, Middle East Monitor
      'In this subtle and reflective book … Arjomand uses novelistic techniques - composite characters in carefully composed circumstances - to both protect his sources and convey a complex and fascinating world with wit, intelligence, and sympathy.' Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: A Tale of Two Fixers; 1. Beginnings; 2. Fitting In; 3. Moral Worlds of Ambivalence and Bias; 4. Translations; 5. From Local to Global; Appendix: Sociological Fiction.

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