For better or for worse, the news media in the United States has huge worldwide influence. And yet little is actually known about its real inner workings, inherent logic and deeply embedded customs. In this revealing and sometimes brutally honest media autobiography, veteran American journalist Tom Plate tells you what it is really like to work inside these corridors of power. The author -- a syndicated newspaper columnist as well as a professor at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) --takes you behind the scenes at iconic media institutions such as Time magazine, the Los Angeles Times and New York magazine. There you meet such factors of media life as the reality of the deadline, the speed of the news cycle, the inevitability of office politics, the debilitating impact of political correctness and the occasional great joys of journalism. For young adults who are considering a career in the news media, this compelling book is necessary reading; and for older professionals who in their work have to deal directly with the news media or who are deeply curious about its inner workings, this book will come as a true revelation.

Confessions of an American Media Man: What They Don't Tell You at Journalism School

Biographies & Memoirs

Plate, Tom

Professionals & Academics

Marshall Cavendish+corp

Imagine the delight and challenge of entering into a one-on-one political and personal conversation with the founding father of modern Singapore. This is exactly the timely treat that awaits you in Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew. The first in the Giants of Asia series, this succinct, penetrating, richly detailed and candid book on Lee Kuan Yew represents the Asian legend s first extended conversation with a Western journalist. The result is often surprising, sometimes startling, occasionally humorous and never, ever dull. Enter into the mind of this controversial but internationally respected political leader and pioneer, through the eyes and ears of one of America s leading journalists on Asia.

Conversations With Lee Kuan Yew: Citizen Singapore: How to Build a Nation (Giants of Asia Series)

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Marshall Cavendish Intl

Only eight people have been privileged to hold the job of Secretary General since the United Nations' founding in 1945. And only one of them has ever told the inside story of the UN while still holding that special office. That man is Ban Ki-moon, the veteran diplomat and former star foreign minister of South Korea now in his second term as “SG”. Because he understands that the UN is in crisis – and because he fears the reasons for this are not widely understood – he believes it is time to unveil the truth about the organization and explain why its failure would be a catastrophe. The result, via unprecedented conversations with American journalist Tom Plate, is a deeply revealing book about the kinds of issues and challenges whose resolutions (or lack thereof) will in fact determine the future of the world.

Conversations with Ban Ki-moon: What The United Nations Is Really Like:The View From The Top (Conversations with Giants of Asia)

Foreign & International Law

Marshall Cavendish International (Asia)

Confessions of an American Media Man: What You Find Out After Journalism School

Confessions of an American Media Man

Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd

Political genius is never without controversy, or without mystery. This is what makes it so interesting and so rare. Is Lee Kuan Yew the feral, authoritarian figure that Western critics claim? Or a stoic pioneer in new approaches to developing a nation―uncorrupt, modern, almost scientific?American journalist Tom Plate first interviewed the founder of modern Singapore in 1996 in a continuing back-and-forth with LKY that led to the summer of 2009, when the former prime minister agreed to sit down for two days of unprecedentedly informal but intense conversations that led to this special book. This new edition includes fascinating excerpts from prior interviews, as well as the author's assessment of the man who goes down in history as the world's longest-serving prime minister―and as one of the most unforgettable political figures of modern times. “You have done a superb job of capturing the many facets of this extraordinary man….” – Dr Henry A. Kissinger on Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew

Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew: Citizen Singapore: How to Build a Nation (Giants of Asia)

Leaders & Notable People

For almost two decades, the columns of journalist Tom Plate have been featured in leading newspapers of the world and have focused entirely on one gigantic subject — the dynamic rise of Asia. Now, for the first time, the best of these columns has been organized into a substantial anthology, annotated with personal comments by Professor Plate, who is also the author of the best-selling ‘Giants of Asia’ book series. Unpublished material also enlivens the collection with vivid backstories. The net effect is a compelling and sprawling portrait of the last two decades of Asia resurgence by America’s only Asia-only columnist.

In the Middle of the Future: Tom Plate on Asia: Contemporary History through a Newspaper Column

History

Asia

Fine Art of the Political Interview

The Fine Art of the Political Interview: and the Inside Stories Behind the 'Giants of Asia' Conversations

Lee Kuan Yew was no one's fool and handled know-it-all Western journalists well when he cared to deal with them at all.

Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew: Citizen Singapore: How to Build a Nation (Conversations with Giants of Asia)

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