Shouting in the Street
Adventures and Misadventures of a Fleet Street Survivor
$74.15
- Hardcover
480 pages
- Release Date
31 January 2018
Summary
In this long-awaited book Donald Trelford recalls his adventuresand misadventures during nearly sixty years in journalism. Described as the’Rocky Marciano of newspaper politics’, he fought off politicians, owners andpredators over a quarter-century at The Observer, including RupertMurdoch, who said afterwards: ‘I made the mistake of underestimating DonaldTrelford.’
One owner sold The Observer because the editor refused tobow to pressure to support Margaret Thatcher. Another tried to …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781785902529 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1785902520 |
| Author: | Donald Trelford |
| Publisher: | Biteback Publishing |
| Imprint: | Biteback Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2018 |
| Weight: | 716g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Donald Trelford
Donald Trelford is a British journalist and academic, who was editor of The Observer newspaper from 1975 to 1993. In 1994, he was appointed professor of Journalism Studies at the University of Sheffield, becoming a visiting professor in 2004 and emeritus professor in 2007. Trelford was a member of the Council of the Advertising Standards Authority until 2008, chairman of the London Press Club and a member of the Newspaper Panel of the Competition Commission from 2001 to 2007. He is a regular broadcaster and has published books on snooker and cricket and co-authored (with Daniel King) a book on the 1993 Times World Chess Championship in London between Nigel Short and Garry Kasparov.
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