Books:
Reporter World provides a variety of safety equipment, identification products, specialized high-visibility clothing, pertinent news, product reviews, book reviews and useful links specifically for reporters, writers, assignment editors, news correspondents, journalists, ENG crews, photographers, production staff, directors, segment producers, media security personnel, and freelancers: in short, anyone who is part of the news gathering, information reporting, or documentary film industries.
We know how difficult it is to keep up to date with the job's ever-changing technological, geopolitical, legal, religious, safety and security aspects. To help this situation, we assembled hundreds of books and other useful items that can help broaden your knowledge of your beat -- whether you cover local crime, high-school sports, national politics, or international terrorism.
If you are interested in purchasing a particular book or other item from this section, simply click on the corresponding hypertext link (or on the item itself). A new window will then open up to the applicable secure online merchant. In most cases, this will be the American online book retailer, Amazon.com. As we start offering books and other products specifically for other geographic and cultural markets, we will be adding to our supplier list to include other merchants.
We are always looking for additional books that might be of interest to you. If you have any suggestions for other books we should offer, you can reach us by using the address contained in our Terms of Service page, located in the menu on the left. Please supply us as much information as you can about the book including its title, author, ISBN and publisher (if known).
Our Books section is currently divided into these eight categories:
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Biography: biographical or autobiographical books about important or famous writers, journalists, photographers, corespondents and others of interest;
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Investigative: books dealing with the investigative approach -- from a number of different angles, including investigative journalism, police investigation techniques, general forensics, crime scene analysis, arson, insurance crime, forensic accounting, computer science and more;
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Photography: books that are concerned with cameras, photography, photojournalism, videography and other related subjects;
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Reference: almanacs, atlases, dictionaries and encyclopedias and other reference materials, helpful for reporters, writers, editors, correspondents and ENG crews;
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Safety: health, fitness, self-defense, first-aid, emergency medicine, rescue and other books dealing with safety issues, both in developed and developing worlds; |
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Style & Copy: style manuals and copy editing books, both generic English-based books dealing with these two subjects as well as specialized books relating to particular languages, professions and religions;
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Travel: useful maps, travel guides, airport directories, and travel tips, helpful for correspondents, photojournalists and nature/travel photographers;
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Writing: books that describe, teach, hone and perfect skills relating to writing, journalism, reporting, and other related subjects.
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End of the main Books page.
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