Capturing the News: Three Decades of Reporting Crisis and Conflict

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments I am very grateful to Professor Susan Douglas, Chair of the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Michigan, for her strong encouragement and support throughout the writing of this book. Special thanks go also to my friends Jim Barnett, Joseph Curtin, Doug Hagley, Michael Johnson, Richard Roth, Peter Stine, and Derek Vaillant, as well as to Geraldine Stewart and my sons, Andrew, Daniel, and Matthew, and my partner Alesia, for all their support. And I would like to thank the many reporters, camera operators, sound technicians, producers, and editors who helped teach me the craft of journalism and showed great dedication to the profession, including Jim Allen , Dick Blystone, Fred Coleman, Ron Dean, Mick Deane, Jane Evans, Terry Frieden, Chip Goebert, Peter Kendall, Mike Kubic, Mark Leff, Stu Loory, Doug Mason, Stan Penn, Louise Priestley, John Rafter, Rob Reynolds, Scott Schmedel, Dean Vallos, Russ Watson, and Nina Zirato. Capturing the News ...