Reporting Under Fire

16 Daring Women War Correspondents and Photojournalists

By Kerrie Logan Hollihan

Women of Action

YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION

256 Pages, 5.5 x 8.5

Formats: Cloth, PDF, Mobipocket, EPUB

Cloth, $19.95 (US $19.95) (CA $23.95)

Publication Date: June 2014

ISBN 9781613747100

Rights: WOR

Chicago Review Press (Jun 2014)

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Overview

The tremendous struggles women have faced as war correspondents and photojournalists

A profile of 16 courageous women, Reporting Under Fire tells the story of journalists who risked their lives to bring back scoops from the front lines. Each woman—including Sigrid Schultz, who broadcast news via radio from Berlin on the eve of the Second World War; Margaret Bourke-White, who rode with General George Patton’s Third Army and brought back the first horrific photos of the Buchenwald concentration camp; and Marguerite Higgins, who typed stories while riding in the front seat of an American jeep that was fleeing the North Korean Army—experiences her own journey, both personally and professionally, and each draws her own conclusions. Yet without exception, these war correspondents share a singular ambition: to answer an inner call driving them to witness war firsthand, and to share what they learn via words or images.

Reviews

"A well-researched and riveting book...Not only do readers gain a healthy respect for each reporter, but they also gain insight into global history. As such, the book reads like a narrative time line of world history, women's rights, and the field of journalism as a whole." —School Library Journal

“Kerrie Logan Hollihan chronicles the lives of women reporters from World War I to the present day in a storytelling mode that illuminates how these women laid the groundwork for feminist movements in the decades succeeding them." —Bitch magazine

"Hollihan's narrative is exciting and sheds light on not only the dangers these women faced, but their struggles to be accepted in a field historically dominated by men." —The Nonfiction Detectives

"With an informative and engaging style, Kerrie Logan Hollihan makes this nonfiction biography read like an exciting adventure." —TeenReads.com

"Add this highly readable book to your collection even if students read only one story.” —Library Media Connection

Author Biography

Kerrie Logan Hollihan is the author of Elizabeth I, The People’s Queen; Isaac Newton and Physics for Kids; Rightfully Ours; and Theodore Roosevelt for Kids. She has written for Bird Watcher’s Digest and Boy’s Life. She lives in Blue Ash, Ohio.

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