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Is Anything Happening?: My Life as a Newsman
Robin Lustig
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Description for Is Anything Happening?: My Life as a Newsman
Paperback. During a career spanning more than forty years, the award-winning journalist and broadcaster Robin Lustig has lived in, worked in and reported from more than eighty countries. Now, in Is Anything Happening?, he tells the inside story of the triumphs and disasters he experienced along the way. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BM; KNTD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 39. Weight in Grams: 712.
In the days before mobile phones, the internet and 24-hour news channels, the easiest way for a British foreign correspondent to find out what was going on in the world was to phone the local office of Reuters news agency and ask: 'Is anything happening?'That's how the award-winning BBC reporter and presenter Robin Lustig started out in journalism, working for Reuters as an agency man. During a distinguished career spanning more than forty years, he watched the world of news change beyond recognition, as he reported on terror attacks, wars and political coups.In this witty and illuminating memoir, Lustig looks ... Read more
In the days before mobile phones, the internet and 24-hour news channels, the easiest way for a British foreign correspondent to find out what was going on in the world was to phone the local office of Reuters news agency and ask: 'Is anything happening?'That's how the award-winning BBC reporter and presenter Robin Lustig started out in journalism, working for Reuters as an agency man. During a distinguished career spanning more than forty years, he watched the world of news change beyond recognition, as he reported on terror attacks, wars and political coups.In this witty and illuminating memoir, Lustig looks ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
712g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785901034
SKU
V9781785901034
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99-1
About Robin Lustig
Robin Lustig is a British journalist and radio broadcaster. He started his career in journalism as foreign correspondent with the news agency Reuters, before moving onto The Observer for twelve years. He joined the BBC in 1989, presenting programmes such as The World Tonight, Newsstand, Stop Press and File on 4 for Radio 4, and Newshour on the BBC World ... Read more
Reviews for Is Anything Happening?: My Life as a Newsman
This memoir is everything you would expect from its author: intelligent, shrewd, witty, civilised and great company. He lifts the lid on life within BBC newsrooms and captures the fun of touring the world's trouble spots as an eyewitness to great events and interviewing the lead characters. Along the way, he remindsus why serious journalism still matters. Richard Sambrook, ... Read more