Since making his journalistic debut breaking into Piers Morgan s office, BBC foreign correspondent Nick Bryant has rattled Donald Rumsfeld, had tea with President Karzai, slept through 9/11, and gotten a free lunch out of the Tamil Tigers. Now casting a sideways glance at his own profession, Nick reveals the day-to-day realities of Correspondentland its glamour, its quirks, and its sometimes unsavoury practices. Discover how to evade a shoot-to-kill curfew, the media s rulebook for natural disasters, and when fireproof underwear is an absolute essential. Part memoir, part travelogue, part exposé, this is an unmissable insight into the world of modern reporting, and an intimate portrait of the countries Nick has come to know.
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Joyous and wise. A lovely read. --James Naughtie Presenter on BBC Radio 4 s Today Programme
Nick uses words like a musician uses notes... He was my inspiration when I was first trying to break into foreign correspondent reporting. --Alex Crawford OBE, Sky News Special Correspondent
Nick Bryant is everything a foreign correspondent should be: fair-minded, humane, witty, and warm. --Justin Webb Former North America Editor for the BBC
“Bryant is good.” -- Christopher Hitchens
Nick uses words like a musician uses notes... He was my inspiration when I was first trying to break into foreign correspondent reporting. --Alex Crawford OBE, Sky News Special Correspondent
Nick Bryant is everything a foreign correspondent should be: fair-minded, humane, witty, and warm. --Justin Webb Former North America Editor for the BBC
“Bryant is good.” -- Christopher Hitchens
About the Author
Nick Bryant is a roving reporter for the BBC and works in Australia as one of their most trusted correspondents. He served as the BBC Washington correspondent, covering the Bush and Clinton presidencies, and was also based in South Asia, where he reported from Afghanistan, India and Pakistan. He has written for The Times, Economist, Independent, Australian and Wall Street Journal. Nick studied history at Cambridge and has a doctorate in American politics from Oxford. He lives in Sydney with his wife and son.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By Mrs smith
Format:Paperback
This book is a moving and honest account of life as a foreign correspondent. A personal story of world events and adventures, the way that those events are reported and the way that reporting has changed. This book is fascinating take on the story behind the stories and the way that news is portrayed and perceived. Well worth a read and highly reccomended!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Lumpy
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Was gripped by the first few pages, but it then gets slow and descriptive on details that do not keep me reading. Gave up and never finished the book. Perhaps just not to my taste.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Cathy O
Format:Kindle Edition
Confessions from Correspondentland: The Dangers and Delights of Life as a Foreign CorrespondentReading this book it becomes apparent that Nick Bryant has reported on most major news events in the last 15+ years.
The book diarises events in a gripping and often comical way. A real page turner and I have a new found respect for BBC foreign correspondants who, when others are running from danger are desparately running toward it to get the story.
The book diarises events in a gripping and often comical way. A real page turner and I have a new found respect for BBC foreign correspondants who, when others are running from danger are desparately running toward it to get the story.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing
I was expecting a lot more from this book, but it does not deliver. The promised humour is weak and there is no real interest in the stories.
Published 10 days ago by Peter S
3.0 out of 5 stars
covers too many differing subjects
I enjoyed this but only one story at a time, full of detail and interesting trivia and quite tiring to read
Published 24 days ago by john poly
2.0 out of 5 stars
boring and arrogant
How disappointing that this couldn't have been made more interesting. It is as if Nick was flicking through his diaries over the last 20 years and doing a bullet point run down -... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Clare Maxer
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good read
I bought this book to put in my sons christmas parcel. He is quite surprised how helpful the tips are for him in business.
Published 3 months ago by annespike
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America and Asia
I enjoyed this book although I found the early part, with a lot of American politics a bit tedious. When the author got to Asia, and we had snippets from lots of different... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Pamanti
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7/10
Pretty good book. More of history lesson in some parts but well written.
Would have liked more anecdotes from the front line.
Would have liked more anecdotes from the front line.
Published 5 months ago by Rob Sephton
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Exciting Book
Initially I ordered this book because I knew the author when he was a lot younger. Having watched him reporting on BBC TV as a foreign correspondent I was interested to know more... Read more
Published 6 months ago by robdor
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Correspondentland review
Overall I enjoyed reading this book. The author has worked in many different locations around the world and described well his experiences in each place. Read more
Published 7 months ago by G. Colville
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A great read for any newshound
I am a follower of current affairs in general and the BBC in particular. I found this to be a very entertaining and enlightening read. Read more
Published 7 months ago by G. Croft
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Excellent Read.
A very easy to read account on the life of a BBC correspondent. The author takes us on a journey on what it is like to be posted to countries on behalf of the BBC. Read more
Published 7 months ago by J. Lock
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