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Book SynopsisWhat emerges are unique insights into lives lived dangerously.
Trade Review[A] singular feat. -- Carlin Romano Philadelphia Inquirer 2006 Any college-level collection strong in journalism must have Journalists under Fire. California Bookwatch 2006 Feinstein's eye-opener should be compulsory reading for all news managers, for whom 'dramatic war footage will always prove irresistible.' The Australian Feinstein is a consummate researcher with an insightful and beautifully poetic writing style... As soon as I finished reading this book, I wanted to start all over again. -- Rick Hughes Counselling at Work 2007 Journalists Under Fire is not a textbook of post-traumatic stress disorder or psychological trauma; rather it puts flesh on the bones of the sanitised, sterile descriptions of psychopathology in the academic literature... sometimes disturbing and upsetting but always compelling. -- Martin Deahl British Journal of Psychiatry 2007 Blending fact, interpretation, and fierce poignancy, this first-rate, readable book is a scholarly triumph. Choice 2007 Feinstein captures an intimate view of this tight-knit community and encourages a deeper appreciation for the reality of war journalism-and its accompanying emotional fallout. Journal of Peace Research 2009
Table of ContentsForeword, by Chris Hedges
Acknowledgments
1. A Hazardous Profession
2. Danger's Troubled Legacy: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
3. Why Take the Risks?
4. Depression, Drink, and Drugs
5. Freelance War Journalists
6. War, Women, Wives, and Widows
7. Domestic Journalists and Urban Terror: The Aftermath of September 11
8. The Iraq War: In Bed with the Military
Afterword
Suggested Reading
Index
