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Great movies about journalism

With so much politics in the air these days, celebrate these films that portray reporters, photographers and newsrooms in a thoughtful, interesting, provocative or humorous way.

All the President's Men (1976)

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Journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein investigate the Watergate hotel break-in. Through dogged...

The Year of Living Dangerously (1983)

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Follows the story of reporter Guy Hamilton (Mel Gibson) in 60's Indonesia during a time of civil...

Frost/Nixon (2008)

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In 1977, three years after the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency, Richard Nixon (Frank...

Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Dec 7, 2017

Sarah Shaffi is a freelance journalist and event chair. Here she tells stylist.co.uk the 20 books that should be on your radar for 2018.

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Stylist: Must-Read Books in 2018

Picking just 20 books is an almost impossible task, but the books here cover all kinds of fiction and non-fiction, and they’re all a guaranteed good read.

The Burning Chambers (The Burning Chambers #1)

Kate Mosse

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Bringing sixteenth-century Languedoc vividly to life, Kate Mosse's The Burning Chambers is a...

fiction romance

The Little Book Of Feminist Saints

Manjit Thapp and Julia Pierpont

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This inspiring, beautifully illustrated collection honours one hundred exceptional women throughout...

biography gender studies

The Wonder Down Under

Nina Brochmann and Ellen Stokken Dahl

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The Wonder Down Under is a comprehensive guide to a miraculous and complex part of the body that too...

health women gender

The Seven Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle

Stuart Turton

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A brilliantly original high concept murder mystery from a fantastic new talent: Gosford Park meets...

science fiction mystery

Kintu

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

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The year is 1750. As he makes his way to the capital to pledge allegiance to the new leader of the...

literary fiction

Michael Pollan recommended Walden in Books (curated)

Walden

Henry Thoreau | 2016 | Biography

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"In retrospect, this beautifully written and hilarious narrative made me a journalist—or at least, one who put himself in the story in order to see it fresh and build a narrative."

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Michael Pollan recommended Paper Lion in Books (curated)

Paper Lion

George Plimpton | 2016 | Sport & Leisure

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"In retrospect, this beautifully written and hilarious narrative made me a journalist—or at least, one who put himself in the story in order to see it fresh and build a narrative."

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Kate (355 KP) rated Treadstone - Season 1 in TV

Apr 6, 2020

Treadstone - Season 1

2019 | Action, Adventure

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Brilliant

Contains spoilers, click to show

Kept me reeled in from the beginning and watched the whole series over a couple of days. Yes this is a spoiler but did not see the twist coming with the Journalist. Bring on the second series.

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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society in Books

Aug 30, 2017

Sweet tale, fluffy though some disturbing themes

I rather enjoyed this tale of back and forth letters between a journalist, her friends and the people on the island of Guernsey. It is lighthearted for the most part, though it describes the harrowing story of Elizabeth who was taken to a concentration camp during WWII and never returns. But the story centres around the main journalist who falls in love with the people and the island, and how she attempts to write an honest book about them. There's not much else to it, but it's a nice easy read.

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Becky Aikman recommended The Comedians in Books (curated)

The Comedians

Graham Greene | 2021

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"Or just about any book by Graham Greene. As a journalist who has now written a book myself, I’m in awe of how Greene weaves his narrative into the social and political context of his Haitian setting. The Comedians drips with atmosphere as well as suspense."

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Ta-Nehisi Coates recommended Postwar in Books (curated)

Postwar

Tony Judt | 2010 | History & Politics

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"A book that deeply informs my journalist sense. Writers-particularly American writers-constantly feel the pull of soulutionism, the desire to assure their readers that there is a way out, even when there isn't. Judt refused this. History, he understood, does not exist to comfort us."

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Kim Gordon recommended The White Album in Books (curated)

The White Album

Joan Didion | 1979 | Essays

6.0

(1 Ratings)

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"I was really late to getting around to this. It wasn’t until a journalist related my art sensibility and writing to her that I finally stopped rebelling and started reading! I love her asexual voice, writing in a man’s world. Her essays about California are like no one else’s"

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Dean (6926 KP) rated Never Been Kissed (1999) in Movies

Feb 22, 2018

An average Rom-Com for me with quite a bit of teen comedy humour thrown in as well. It has some quite funny scenes set at the high school as the geeky kid who grew up, returns as an undercover journalist trying to fit in with the popular kids second time round.

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Great movies about journalism

All the President's Men (1976)

The Year of Living Dangerously (1983)

Cry Freedom (1987)

A Mighty Heart (2007)

Frost/Nixon (2008)

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