Breaking News, Martin Fletcher
Breaking News, Martin Fletcher
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Breaking News
A Stunning and Memorable Account of Reporting from Some of the Most Dangerous Places in the World

Author: Martin Fletcher

Narrator: Stephen Hoye

Unabridged: 9 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/19/2008


Synopsis

Martin Fletcher doesn't claim to be a hero. Yet he didn't flinch, either. During three decades covering wars, revolutions, and natural disasters, Fletcher worked his way from news agency cameraman to top network correspondent, facing down his own fears while facing up to mass killers, warlords, and murderers. With humor and elegance, Fletcher describes his growth from clueless adventurer to grizzled veteran of the world's battlefields. His working philosophy of "Get in, get close, get out, get a drink," put him repeatedly in harm's way, but he never lost sight of why he did it. In a world obsessed with celebrities, leaders, and wealth, Fletcher took a different route: he focused on those left behind, those paying the price. He answers the question: Why should we care?

These extraordinary, real-life adventure stories each examine different dilemmas facing a foreign correspondent. Can you eat the food of a warlord who stole it from the starving? Do you listen politely to a terrorist threatening to blow up your children? Do you ask the tough questions of a Khmer Rouge killer, knowing he is your only ticket out of the Cambodian jungle? And, above all, how do you stay sane when you're faced with so much pain?

About Martin Fletcher

Martin Fletcher is one of the most highly respected foreign correspondents in television news. He has covered almost every conflict and natural disaster in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East for thirty-five years, winning five Emmy Awards, a Columbia University Dupont Award, several Overseas Press Club Awards, and a cameraman's award from Britain's Royal Society of television. Fletcher and his wife, Hagar, have raised three sons. He is currently based in Israel, where he is NBC News bureau chief in Tel Aviv.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Craig on August 28, 2017

BREAKING NEWS is war correspondent Martin Fletcher’s exciting and soul-searching memoir covering three decades reporting wars, revolutions, and natural disasters. It’s an amazing look at history through the eyes of a man who was in many of the world’s hot spots, while also offering an insider’s take......more

Goodreads review by SecretSquirrel on March 25, 2025

Wow. This gets pretty intense, especially the stories on Rwanda, Kosovo, Somalia and the final chapter back in Israel. A great read - though not an easy one. At times fascinating and just as heartbreaking. I love Martin Fletcher’s books and I recommend them.......more

Goodreads review by Kim on June 03, 2016

Martin Fletcher, known best as a TV reporter for NBC, has recent several books, including Breaking News about his work as a foreign correspondent. He started as a cameraman for NBC News in 1977 and 32 years later has retired. “He has won almost every award in TV journalism, including the du Pont, kn......more

Goodreads review by Jack on February 03, 2009

There is no substitute for eyewitness accounts in history. Before Anderson Cooper gained popularity for "seeing the event for yourself," Martin Fletcher set the industry standard in the 1970s and 1980s for all field journalists, especially war correspondents. The encounters which Fletcher recounts i......more

Goodreads review by Tammam on January 05, 2015

What I like best about Breaking News is Martin Fletcher's honesty. He scarcely tries to assume the role of a hero that set off to save the world, au contraire, he describes his motivations, selfishness, biases, and even opportunism; non of which reduces the fact that he was extremely lucky being the......more