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Journalists and Journalism: A Collection of Recommended Books 

Although many among us no longer read through a daily newspaper, the work of journalists around the world, ranging in media from print to digital to radio and television, remains one of the main ways that we discover information about the news and issues of the day. This month’s list of recommended titles includes a variety of novels and nonfiction focusing on the craft, lives, and challenges faced by journalists in the pursuit of this important profession.

Although many among us no longer read through a daily newspaper, the work of journalists around the world, ranging in media from print to digital to radio and television, remains one of the main ways that we discover information about the news and issues of the day. This month’s list of recommended titles includes a variety of novels and nonfiction focusing on the craft, lives, and challenges faced by journalists in the pursuit of this important profession.

Digital book (DB), braille (BR), large print (LT), and audio described videos (DVD) copies of these titles are available from the Perkins Library or the Worcester Talking Book Library. Please contact the library to order any of these books.

Prepared by Leah Ellenbogen

Children’s Resource and Service Librarian

Perkins Library


The Accidental Life: An Editor’s Notes on Writing and Writers

by Terry McDonell

DB 85255, Available as BARD Download

Former editor at Time, Newsweek, Esquire, and other publications recounts his work experiences and the people he knew, including Hunter S. Thompson, David Carr, and Steve Jobs, among others. Provides advice on developing a career in journalism and publishing. Strong language. 2016.

Download The Accidental Life, DB 85255

After Visiting Friends: A Son’s Story

by Michael Hainey

DB 79371, Available as BARD Download

Michael Hainey used his reporter skills to uncover the truth behind his newspaperman father’s death decades earlier when Michael was six. Bob Hainey was found alone near his car on Chicago’s North Side, dead of an apparent heart attack “after visiting friends,” but it was surrounded by mystery. 2013.

Download After Visiting Friends, DB 79371

All the President’s Men

by Carl Bernstein and Robert Woodward

DB 50574, BR 13143, Available as BARD Download

Two Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporters chronicle their investigation of the Watergate scandal, which began as a burglary of the Democratic National Committee Headquarters on June 17, 1972. They explain the events that precipitated their first suspicions and led them to ascertain the truth. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1974.

Download All the President’s Men, DB 50574

Download Braille, All the President’s Men, BR 13143

American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell

by Deborah Solomon

DB 78042, Available as BARD Download

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