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Cronkite Remembers
by Walter Cronkite
Credits: Audio Download
No one is more identified with the great events of our times than the distinguished and highly honored former CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite.
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Front Row at the White House
by Helen Thomas
Credits: Audio Download
You know her as Helen, the journalist who always asks the first question. But, what more do you know...
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Stranger Than Fiction: The Art of Literary Journalism
by William McKeen
Credits: Audio Download
In this compelling series of lectures on literary journalism, Professor William McKeen delves into the origins of storytelling, the nature of literary journalism, and the ways in which literary journalism has affected culture and modes of expression.
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Tulia
by Nate Blakeslee
Credits: Audio Download
Early one morning in the summer of 1999 authorities in the tiny west Texas town of Tulia began a roundup of suspected drug dealers...
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All the President's Men
by Carl Bernstein
Credits: Audio CD
Few—if any—books have had a more profound and lasting impact on society than this extraordinary piece of reporting that shook the very foundation of American politics.
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Now, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think
by Chris Matthews
Credits: Audio Download
From the Cold War to the Clinton years, Chris Matthews gives the straight-up account of what it means to be an American...
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We Are All the Same
by Jim Wooten
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD | MP3 CD
The extraordinary story of the little South African boy whose bravery and fierce determination to make a difference despite being born with AIDS has made him the human symbol of the world's fight against the disease, told by the veteran American journalist whose life he changed.
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The Orchid Thief
by Susan Orlean
Credits: Audio Download
The orchid thief in Susan Orlean's mesmerizing true story of beauty and obsession is John Laroche, a renegade plant dealer...
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NPR: The First 40 Years
Credits: Audio CD
This celebration of an anniversary milestone features both new content and some of the most historic and iconic moments in NPR's first 40 years on air.
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This Just In
by Bob Schieffer
Credits: Audio Download
Whether the topic is the Nixon White House or Vietnam, the JFK assassination or the 1968 election, Schieffer has a story to tell that you simply have not heard before....
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A Mighty Heart
by Mariane Pearl
Credits: Audio Download
In "A Mighty Heart" an astonishingly courageous woman tells the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband's life and death.
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A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal
by Asne Seierstad
Credits: MP3 CD
The New York Times best-selling author of The Bookseller of Kabul paints a stunning and intimate portrait of Baghdad under siege.
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Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone
by Hunter S. Thompson
Credits: Audio CD
Buy the ticket, take the ride, was a favorite slogan of Hunter S. Thompson, and it pretty much defined both his work and his life.
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Off Camera
by Ted Koppel
Credits: Audio Download
Here, closely observed from an insider's viewpoint, are the significant matters of 1999 - from the Clinton impeachment and the war in Kosovo to the mass-marketing of Viagra...
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Hate Mail from Cheerleaders
by Rick Reilly
Credits: Audio CD | MP3 CD
Each week, when Sports Illustrated’s 21 million readers open up their magazine, many turn right to the last page because that’s where to find SI’s most popular feature: the Life of Reilly column written by bestselling author Rick Reilly.
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The Good Rat
by Jimmy Breslin
Credits: Audio Download
Jimmy Breslin can sniff out a story like he can sniff out a rat. Here, he tells a lifetime of anecdotes in his inimitable New York voice, giving us a view through the keyhole of the people and places that define the Mafia.
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The Joke's Over: Ralph Steadman on Hunter S. Thompson
by Ralph Steadman
Credits: Audio Download
In early 1970, artist Ralph Steadman went to America in search of work and found more than he bargained for. At the Kentucky Derby he met a former Hell’s Angel, one Hunter S. Thompson.
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The Secret Man
by Bob Woodward
Credits: Audio Download
In Washington, D.C., where little stays secret for long, the identity of Deep Throat -- the mysterious source who helped Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein break open the Watergate scandal in 1972 -- remained hidden for 33 years.
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Gotcha Capitalism
by Bob Sullivan
Credits: Audio Download
A columnist for MSNBC’s Red Tape Chronicles, Bob Sullivan exposes hundreds of scams perpetrated daily on the average American—often by seemingly reputable companies.
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Reporting America at War
by James Tobin
Credits: Audio Download
Now, for the first time, the nation's most respected reporters share their stories as the eyes and ears of the nation to create a fascinating oral history.
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The Media: Journalism in Crisis
by Neal Cortell
Credits: Audio CD | MP3 CD
Whatever happened to journalism? When did American news media go from the respected, trusted purveyor of truth to anything but....
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Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran
by Roxana Saberi
Credits: MP3 CD
Between Two Worlds is the harrowing chronicle of an Iranian American journalist's arrest, sham trial, and sentencing to eight years in prison, as well as stories about the struggles and courage of the Iranians she met along the way.
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Gomorrah: A Personal Journey Into the Violent International Empire of Naples' Organized Crime System
by Roberto Saviano
Credits: Audio CD
A groundbreaking major bestseller in Italy, Gomorrah is Roberto Saviano’s gripping nonfiction account of the decline of Naples under the rule of the Camorra, an organized crime network with a large international reach and stakes in construction…
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The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century
by Alan Brinkley
Credits: MP3 CD
Acclaimed historian Alan Brinkley gives us a sharply realized portrait of Henry Luce, arguably the most important publisher of the twentieth century.
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The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: An American Journalist in Yemen
by Jennifer Steil
Credits: Audio CD | MP3 CD
A fascinating and lively memoir of the author's experiences in Sana'a, the capital city of Yemen---one of the oldest and most conservative Muslim countries---where she worked for a year as editor of the Yemen Observer, an English-language newspaper, and discovered a surprising romance.
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