Perseus Academic: Letters to a Young Journalist by Samuel J. Freedman

Over the course of a thirty-year career, Samuel G. Freedman has excelled both at doing journalism and teaching it, and he passionately engages both of these endeavors in the pages of this book. In Letters to a Young Journalist, Freedman conducts an extended conversation with young journalists—from kids on the high school paper to graduates starting their first jobs. Whether he’s talking about radio documentaries on TV news shows, Internet blogs, or backwater beats, shoe-leather research or elegant prose, his goal is to explore the habits of mind that make an excellent journalist. It is no secret that journalism’s mission is seriously imperiled these days, and Freedman’s provocative ideas and fascinating stories offer students and journalists at all levels of experience wise guidance and professional inspiration.

Samuel G. Freedman has been working as a journalist or teaching the craft for over thirty years. He is the author of five books, and his work has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers. He has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and for the National Book Award, and winner of the National Jewish Book Award. Freedman is a professor of journalism at Columbia University’s School of Journalism and a columnist for the New York Times. He lives in New York City.

Samuel G. Freedman has been working as a journalist or teaching the craft for over thirty years. He is the author of five books, and his work has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers. He has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and for the National Book Award, and winner of the National Jewish Book Award. Freedman is a professor of journalism at Columbia University's School of Journalism and a columnist for the New York Times. He lives in New York City.