Marked for Death a.k.a Murder Without..., Terry Gould
Marked for Death a.k.a Murder Without..., Terry Gould
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Marked for Death a.k.a Murder Without Borders
Dying For the Story in the World'S Most Dangerous Places

Author: Terry Gould

Narrator: Byron Wagner

Unabridged: 11 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/12/2011


Synopsis

Organizations such as the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters sans frontières bring us the death toll from around the world, and that number is truly daunting: since 1992 more than 730 journalists have been killed-nearly three-quarters of them targeted and murdered. Over 85% of the fallen have been local journalists trying to unveil violence and corruption in their own back yards. Worse, 95% of the people who ordered their murder remain unpunished.Who are these journalists who have sacrificed literally everything for the story? Where did they find their courage? Investigative reporter Terry Gould traveled to the five most dangerous countries in which to be a journalist-Iraq, the Philippines, Russia, Colombia and Bangladesh. This audiobook presents Gould’s unforgettable portraits of seven murdered journalists who carried on despite death threats from terrorists, corrupt politicians, gangsters and paramilitary leaders.Gould brings us the lovers, the colleagues, the rivals, the critics and even the accused murderers of these courageous men and women, searching for the moment when each of his protagonists understood that they were willing to die in order to get a story out. He finds intriguing and complex reasons for such bravery. Their stories show how selflessly humans can love justice and their fellow citizens; how dogged and resourceful people can be in attempts to thwart injustice; how vital it is to show the defeated and the indifferent, as well as the powerful, and that there really are some things worth dying for.All of Gould’s subjects, no matter how fallible or flawed, “went to work each morning with the conviction that the calling of journalism was to defend the defenseless.” Gould honors their memories by “bringing their lives and the stories they worked on to light, telling truth to those who would murder truth-tellers.”Published by Post Hypnotic Press Inc. Distrubited by Big Happy Family LLC.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Zack on August 15, 2009

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Goodreads review by Lorenzo on November 09, 2023

El tema es muy interesante, en particular por el estado de violencia al que se enfrentan periodistas en muchos países del mundo. Conocer las vidas y motivaciones de algunos de esos periodistas, refrenda lo vital de su labor. Las historias son cautivadoras, aunque el estilo con que escribe el autor es......more

Goodreads review by Huguette on October 25, 2024

this is so sad , that peoples get kill ,for telling the truth .......more

Goodreads review by Abigail on March 15, 2017

El periodismo es un oficio apasionante y temerario, esta es la idea que sustraigo de la lectura de este libro.......more

Goodreads review by Brittney on January 20, 2015

This review comes with the disclaimer that I didn’t actually read this book in the traditional sense. I chose to take advantage of the Toronto Public Library’s inventory of audiobooks, largely because I’ve been sucked into several podcasts (blah blah, about 10 years late, blah blah, Serial, blah bla......more