Writing Worth Reading
Writing Worth Reading
Knightley is simply an amazing journalist. He was on the Insight investigation team at the Sunday Times while it was under the editorship of Harry Evans. And, as with All the President’s Men, it's a book that has two different kinds of appeal – for a journalist, it's full of technical insight about what works, but beyond that, for any reader, it’s just full of great tales.
Philip Knightley’s book, A Hack’s Progress, is another investigative reporter’s memoirs, is that right? He was a pretty major player, working on the Profumo affair, and the thalidomide case.
Yes. Knightley is simply an amazing journalist. He was on the Insight investigation team at the Sunday Times while it was under the editorship of Harry Evans. And, as with All the President’s Men, it’s a book that has two different kinds of appeal – for a journalist, it’s full of technical insight about what works, but beyond that, for any reader, it’s just full of great tales.
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Investigative journalist Nick Davies says when he started out reporting PR copy was a real rarity. If you were writing about crime, you’d call the police station and speak to an officer. If you were writing about healthcare you’d probably speak to a doctor. ‘But these days it’s all fenced off, with press officers and press offices, and all your potential sources have been warned not to speak to the filthy hacks.’ He chooses five books on investigative journalism including, of course, All The President’s Men.
