News Junkie.News Junkie Jason Leopold Process Book c/o Booth Media Group 1386 Nightshade nightshade /night·shade/ (nit´shad?) a plant of the genus Solanum. deadly nightshade belladonna. Road, Carlsbad, CA 92009 0976082241 $16.00 www.boothmedia.com News Junkie is the engaging memoir and personally revealing story of Jason Leopold and his willingness to risk an unhealthy and destructive life in exchange as an investigative reporter. An incredible autobiography of a genuinely hazardous career that came to involve selling drugs and stolen goods, News Junkie carries readers through the riveting true-life tale of a reporter's daily job dedicated to exposing corporate-crooks and politician, facing his own illegal behavior brought about by his own felonious felonious adj. referring to an act done with criminal intent. The term is used to distinguish between a wrong which was not malicious, and an intentional crime, as in "felonious assault," which is an attack meant to do real harm. behavior, his pressing need for regaining personal sobriety, and the impact upon his emotional well being of what he had been continuously confronted with while in the pursuit of his profession. With its superbly presented candor, News Junkie is very highly recommended reading both as a memoir offering unique insights into the mind and life of an investigative journalist, and as a "slice of life" window into the stories and personalities behind headline stories of corruption and crime. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion