Reporting the Troubles: Journalists tell their stories of the Northern Ireland conflict - Softcover

Deric Henderson; Ivan Little

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780731795 ISBN 13: 9781780731797

Publisher: Blackstaff Press Ltd, 2018

Synopsis

In Reporting the Troubles sixty-eight renowned journalists tell their stories of working in Northern Ireland during the Troubles the victims that they have never forgotten, the events that have never left them, and the lasting impact of the experience of working through those years.

The result is a compelling account of one of the most turbulent periods in recent history, told by the journalists who reported on it. Beginning in 1968 with an eyewitness report of the day that civil rights protestors clashed with the police in Derry, the journalists give candid accounts of the years that followed arriving on the scene of major atrocities; knocking on the doors of bereaved relatives; maintaining objectivity in the face of threats from paramilitaries and pressure from the state; and always the absolute commitment to telling the truth.

This is a landmark book a history of the Troubles told by the journalists who were on the ground from the beginning and including many of the biggest names in journalism from the last fifty years. Reporting the Troubles is a remarkable act of remembrance that is raw, thought provoking and profoundly moving.

Contributor include - Kate Adie, Martin Bell, Gloria Hunniford, John Irvine, Susan McKay, Denis Murray, Bill Neely, Sean O Neill and Nicholas Witchell.

About this title

About the Author

Deric Henderson is the former Ireland editor of the Press Association, the national news agency for the UK and Ireland. He previously worked for the Belfast Telegraph after beginning his career with the Tyrone Constitution in his home town of Omagh. He is the author of the best-selling book, Let This Be Our Secret, on which the award winning ITV series, The Secret, was based. He is a former winner of Northern Ireland Journalist of the Year. He is married with two sons and lives in Belfast.

Ivan Little started his reporting career with the Portadown Times and went on to work in the news and features departments of the Belfast Telegraph. A move into broadcasting took him to Downtown Radio, where he was news editor, and then on to Ulster Television (UTV) in 1980, where he worked for twenty-nine years, and during which time he also worked extensively for ITN. He left in 2009 and is now an award-winning freelance writer and columnist and an acclaimed actor. His autobiography, Little by Little, was published in 2005.

Edition details

• Publisher: Blackstaff Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1780731795
• ISBN 13: 9781780731797
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 272