Book Review
Steve Weinberg
Steve Weinberg reviews books for Global Journalist, concentrating on journalistic technique, rather than content summaries.
Dec. 2009: American foreign reporting: Then and now
Aug. 2009: Fewer attacks are still disturbing
Attacks on the Press in 2008: A Worldwide Survey by the Committee to Protect Journalists
Apr. 2009: Global journalists get it wrong
Dec. 2008: The Big Gang Theory
Nov. 2008: Meltdown: The Inside Story
Sep. 2008: Reflections with lessons to share
May. 2008: The rise of a new global criminal class
Dec. 2007: Anthropologist has lessons for journalists
Oct. 2007: Justified foolhardiness
The foolhardiness of a reporter leads to a book within a book.
Jun. 2007: A saga of nuclear proliferation
The latest book from William Langewiesch examines the likelihood of a stateless terrorist clique initiating a war with a nuclear weapon.
Mar. 2007: Searching for truth in all the right places
Dec. 2006: Journalist's role in latter-day war
A review of the latest book from Herbert N. Foerstel, who examines the dangers faced by journalists in war zones.
Nov. 2006: The War in Iraq and Why the Media Failed Us
A review of the latest book from David Dadge, who examines why the media abandoned their watchdog role leading up to the war in Iraq.
Apr. 2006: Low prices come with a cost
Jan. 2006: A legacy of lessons
Dec. 2005: A way with words wins hearts and minds
Sep. 2005: Anecdotes for stereotyping
The Press offers 32 alternatives to convention
Apr. 2005: Bad News
How the failing news industry is endangering journalists
Jan. 2005: Al-Jazeera for dummies
An independent observer answers questions and dispells myths
Dec. 2004: A new look at the international press
Sep. 2004: A country's past on trial
Apr. 2004: Planet policy
Jan. 2004: Three-fold impact on free press
Dec. 2003: A lesson in analysis
Sep. 2003: Cooperation vital to solid reporting
Apr. 2003: Precise language needed in covering world events
Jan. 2003: The Humanitarian Paradox
Dec. 2002: Newsman's novels take shots at business
Sep. 2002: Biographer debunks van der Post’s tall tales
Apr. 2002: Vietnam memoir offers unique perspective
Jan. 2002: Gutsy journalists take advantage of a free press
Sep. 2001: 50 years of 60 Minutes
Apr. 2001: The collision between openness and privacy
Jan. 2001: Welcome to Burger World
Dec. 2000: Private thoughts made public
Sep. 2000: Many ways of uncovering truth
Jan. 2000: Persistence pays off
Reporter exposes U.S. human plutonium experiments
Dec. 1999: Modern war in fact and fiction
Sep. 1999: Battlefield Coverage
Books commemorate the most compelling World War II journalism