January 18, 7:00 p.m. CST: Paperboy to Pulitzer by John Hughs
From Nebbadoon Press: “JOHN HUGHES is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former editor of The Christian Science Monitor.
His earning the Pulitzer and spending a lifetime dedicated to the journalism trade, with professional standards respected by all his peers, make this memoir a fascinating read….The book is an intimate narrative that reflects Hughes’s involvement in or reporting during the administrations of Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton.
Paper Boy to Pulitzer chronicles an extraordinary career and confirms being on the ground is still a critical factor in excellent reportage.”
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The Christian Science Monitor has enriched all our lives, and we look forward to sharing together what we learn from this in-depth memoir. A reminder will be sent out a few days prior; the conference call in number remains the same as last month: 1-424-203-8405 Pass code: 484 188#.
Barb, Carol, Sandi & Rindy
I have not yet read Hughes’ book, but two related notes. First, the movie, The Year of Living Dangerously, one of Mel Gibson’s first big starring roles, is a film that tells the fictional tale of a reporter in Indonesia during that same time and place as when Hughes won his Pulitzer. Also,a slightly tougher film to take, but worthy of insight and prayer, is The Act of Killing, where a documentary filmmaker revisits the Indonesians who led the slaughter of hundreds of thousands at that point in 1965. It is fascinating how proud they are of what they did. Then it slowly starts to dawn on them. But I will be interested to hear what you think of Hughes’ book.