Dave Hoekstra

Broschiertes Buch

Beacons in the Darkness

Hope and Transformation Among America's Community Newspapers

Beschreibung

Earnest, intimate reporting on the vanishing terrain of community newspapers across America, and the proud few that are still standing guard.

Autor

Dave Hoekstra is a Chicago author-journalist. From 1985 through 2014, he was a columnist-critic at the Chicago Sun-Times, where he won the 2013 Studs Terkel Community Media Award. He has contributed pieces to Chicago Magazine, the Chicago Reader, New City, and Raw Vision. He has written several books, including The Supper Club Book (A Celebration of a Midwest Tradition), The People's Place (Soul Food Restaurants and Reminiscences from The Civil Rights Era to Today), and The Camper Book (Celebration of a Moveable American Dream). Dave wrote and co-produced the WTTW-Channel 11 PBS special, "The Staple Singers and the Civil Rights Movement," nominated for a 2001–02 Chicago Emmy for Outstanding Achievement for a Documentary Program—Cultural Significance. He also wrote and co-produced the award-winning 2018 full-length documentary and companion book The Center of Nowhere (The Spirit and Sounds of Springfield, Missouri).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Surrey Books, U.S.
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 418g
• ISBN-13: 9781572843165
• ISBN-10: 1572843160
• Artikelnr.: 63333440