Format:
Book
Author:
Pelley, Scott, author.
Title:
Truth worth telling : a reporter's search for meaning in the stories of our times / Scott Pelley.
Publisher, Date:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, [2019]
Description:
424 pages, unnumbered sequence of pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary:
The "CBS Evening News" anchor and "60 Minutes" correspondent presents a memoir from the frontlines of international journalism that includes firsthand insights into major historical events and world leaders.
Subjects:
Pelley, Scott, 1957-
Television journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Television broadcasting of news -- United States -- 21st century.
Journalism -- United States -- 21st century.
Values -- United States.
Life change events.
Television personalities -- United States -- Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-458) and index.
Contents:
Gallantry: The FDNY -- Resolve: President Bush on 9/11 -- Field note: Meeting the late Don Hewitt in Botswana -- Selflessness: Paulette Schank -- Authenticity: Bruce Springsteen -- Devotion: David Hall -- Field note: Kremlin rules -- Audacity: Ben Bernanke -- Invincibility: Nadia Murad -- Field note: No moss gathers -- Gratitude: early lessons -- Field note: Do you believe in signs? -- Duty: lessons in war -- Field note: The last shuttle -- Vision: Elon Musk -- Objectivity: learning from unpleasant truth -- Field note: Eyes of the beholders -- Hubris: Trump v. Clinton -- Skepticism: a failure of government and journalism -- Field note: Stranger than fiction -- Perseverance: the mothers and fathers of Sandy Hook -- Deceit: the fabulous Mr. Clinton -- Courage: Bao Tong -- Field note: Hello, mom? -- Valor: Patrick Marc Rapicault -- Field note: The madman of Obock -- Arrogance: a cautionary tale -- Field note: Empathy -- To a young journalist -- Conclusion: How many stars in your flag?
ISBN:
1335999140
9781335999146
Other Number:
1079420777
System Availability:
2
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
2
Control Number:
394021
Call Number:
070.92 PEL-P 2019
Course Reserves:
0
# Local items in:
2
# System items in:
2