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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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If You Write, Ya Gotta Have It!
Absolutely the best style guide out there -- short, precise and jargon-free.Did I say short?!

I look questions up in 23 seconds and go on.Perfect.

Sure, it's out of print.Just means it's cheaper.I buy several at a time to give to our new staff members -- they use it daily.

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This digital document is an article from The Antioch Review, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2007. The length of the article is 5646 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: A quarterly reader (and writer).
Author: Thomas Washington
Publication: The Antioch Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 65Issue: 1Page: 72(13)

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This digital document is an article from Arena Magazine, published by Thomson Gale on October 1, 2004. The length of the article is 2685 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: War culpability: the Australian media's uncritical acceptance of Washington's line on Iraq is undermining the public's trust in accurate and transparent reporting.
Author: Antony Loewenstein
Publication: Arena Magazine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2004
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A noted black woman journalist recounts her experiences as an outsider in the newsroom of The Washington Post in the late 1980s. National ad/promo. Tour. ... Read more

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Picking Corporate Cotton
Jill Nelson is the modern day Harriet Tubman, leading the mentally enslaved from the chains of industrial oppression to the freedom of self-determined realization.If you read this missive and don't ask yourself if you've ever compromised your integrity to further someone else's capitalist agenda, you've missed the point of this brilliant body of work.Angst, inner turmoil, and introspection abound on the pages and tell the tale of a woman trapped in the web of office politics and backstabbing that eat at your joy, that erode your sense of self-worth.What is the price of voluntarily whitewashing your identity to please people with an agenda that does not validate or acknowledge the talents you bring to the table as a person of color?It's so much more than the reflections of a sista who got a position with the Washington Post who got a case of buyer's remorse and didn't like her job.This is the impetus to assess what it is that is important in life and to run towards freedom.

You would have to walk in her shoes to understand
It is ironic yet predictable that most of the people who don't "get" this book, tend to be individuals who are either not female, African American or both.Jill Nelson wrote an honest critique of the experience that many African American women go through when trying to attain the proverbial golden rings in corporate America.I am sorry some folks could not relate or understand Ms. Nelson's book because the points she brings up are true and still reflective of the socialogical culture most African Americans live in today--approximately twenty years later.The patriarchal blindness that many in this culture experience that prevents them from understanding or relating to another individual or cultures experiences is sad yet expectedThe best that Ms. Nelson and other writers like her can do is just tell the story and let those who get "it" get it.

Were some of her experiences hard to hear?Most definitely.Were the experiences unique to her?Absolutely not.Ms. Nelson says on in chapter 2, that she has been doing the standard Negro balancing act which is "blurring the edges of [her] being so that they [white people] don't feel intimidated."There are few African Americans, I would venture to guess, who haven't experienced this feeling at one time or another, yet it is virtually impossible to communicate this experience in a way that is understandable to someone who hasn't had to always be "aware" of how they are perceived and how those perceptions can affect other African Americans as well.Ms. Nelson does an excellent job explaining these details and if some people are still clueless, well, it's through no fault of her skill as a writer.

Keep on shedding a spotlight on these issues Ms. Nelson.There are a few out there who are truly looking for the light.

Nearly 10 years later and Nelson's words still ring true....
Volunteer Slavery is STILL the book! Family, friends and coworkers are probably sick and tired of hearing me raving about the revealing, blistering and gossipy tell-all memoir! It's been nearly 10 years since the book was published, but I still regularly reread certain passages when I need inspiration, a good laugh, or a clearer understanding of the journalistic imbroglio with which I frequently have to deal with--after more than 15 years in the business!! Celebrate the anniversary of the BEST book EVER written about what it's REALLY like being a black journalist on the plantation...the newsroom at a daily newspaper!!

An insightful book.
As an African-American journalist, I found Jill Nelson's book to be very real. Those who criticize the book because Nelson strikes them as naive are missing the point, on at least two levels.

In the first place, thoughshe naturally gets into certain generalities, the book is primarily aboutHER experience. It's not intended to be a handbook for reporters who areclimbing the corporate ladder. Given her past, and her particularpersonality, this is the story of how she happened to react to a specificset of circumstances. How one judges her actions should be different fromthe way someone judges the book itself.

And secondly, to the extent thatthe book does have a larger intent, it calls for the dismantling of anoutrageously unfair system. Should we all just accept the status quo, andfind clever ways to navigate our way past pettiness and stupidity, orstrive for a sane alternative?

The fact is that Nelson has done justfine since she left the Post. Viewed in that context, the book is atestament to her courage, and her insistence on personal dignity.

A rare combination of self-pity that still makes you laugh
The only other author I ever read who so effectively combined self-pity and wry humor was Erica Jong. Jill Nelson turns a wicked phrase and makes her characters and her situations jump to life. I laughed aloud at herdescription of her teenage daughter telling her "Mom, get alife!" in response to her lecturing about black conciousness. Allthrough the book I kept wondering where Ms. Nelson's gripes came from.Because her dad left her mom for a white woman, as recounted in the book?She grew up in plush surroundings, with summers on Martha's Vineyard. Asthe number of unread pages shrank, I kept wondering if Ku Kluxers in whitesheets were going to suddenly show up in the book to explain her bitterfeelings about white males. Ms. Nelson said that white men are priveleged,but believe me, we too can be put through the grinder. I'm also a formernewspaper reporter, born the same year as Ms. Nelson. When she complainedabout her reporting duries at the Washington Post, saying "I was tooold to chase fire engines," I had to laugh. That's exactly what I wasdoing at another paper at the time she said that. I don't buy what JillNelson says, but I did enjoy the way she tells it. ... Read more