Description
Book SynopsisExamining 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 ContentsIntroduction: 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.
