howardblum

The Obama Administration has been very aggressive in prosecuting journalists and demanding then to disclose their sources. This is the Democrats. If there's a Trump Administration, then one can only imagine how the attacks against journalists will escalate. It is a scary time to be a reporter - and what makes it so scary is that in these uncertain times investigative reporting is more essential than ever.

The key is tenacity: don't give up. I first got published when I was at school in London and submitted an article to the Village Voice. They published it, and then I was on my way. Went to work for them after college, then the NY Times hired me, and soon started writing books.

Worth the trip.

Well, just being able to be in touch with readers on sites like Reddit and FB is part of the new age of publishing. That's good. The bad part is that fewer books are being published. And the scary part is that now since all the stores are computerized, you can get sales reports every night. Which so far for THE LAST GOODNIGHT has been gratifying.

I took, firstly, an immense amount of courage. Then, even beyond courage, it took a willingness to sacrifice ordinary life and morals to live perpetually on this covert plane. You needed to sublimated your own desires to that of the cause. You were fighting a war and you needed to do whatever was necessary to win. That's what Betty Pack did.