Reporting live from the end of the world
Material type: TextPublication details: London profile books 2010Description: 307 pISBN: 9781846688874Subject(s): Television broadcasting of news | travel | Great Britain | Environmental protection--Press coverage | television journalistsDDC classification: 070.4493337092 Summary: When frontline BBC news reporter David Shukman switched beat from world affairs to environment in 2003, he feared he might be in for a dull life. He couldn't have been more wrong. His new job has taken him to every corner of the earth: journeying up the fabled North West Passage in the Arctic, chasing after loggers in the Amazon and battling through plastic waste in the Pacific Ocean, getting trapped in Siberian blizzards along the way. Reporting Live from the End of the World charts Shukman's extraordinary adventures, in the process providing a fascinating eye-witness account of the state of the planet. Wonderfully written and often very funny, the book will be loved by travel, science or environment readers alikeItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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070.449320973 FOR/N News grazers : media, politics, and trust in an information age | 070.449320973 FRA/P Presidents and the media : the communicator in chief | 070.44932712 LLO/J Journalism in an age of terror: covering and uncovering the secret state | 070.4493337092 SHU/R Reporting live from the end of the world | 070.4493637 MED.1 Media and the environment | 070.4493637 MED.2 Media and the environment | 070.4493637 MED.3 Media and the environment |
When frontline BBC news reporter David Shukman switched beat from world affairs to environment in 2003, he feared he might be in for a dull life. He couldn't have been more wrong. His new job has taken him to every corner of the earth: journeying up the fabled North West Passage in the Arctic, chasing after loggers in the Amazon and battling through plastic waste in the Pacific Ocean, getting trapped in Siberian blizzards along the way.
Reporting Live from the End of the World charts Shukman's extraordinary adventures, in the process providing a fascinating eye-witness account of the state of the planet. Wonderfully written and often very funny, the book will be loved by travel, science or environment readers alike
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