Raising Hell (book)

Infobox Book |
name = Raising Hell
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image_caption = 1983, Hardcover Edition
author = David Weir and Dan Noyes, foreword by Mike Wallace
cover_artist = Mike Fender
country = USA
language = English
series =
genre = Nonfiction, Journalism
publisher = Addison-Wesley
release_date = September, 1983
media_type = Print, Hardcover
pages = 340 p.
isbn = ISBN 0-201-10858-5
oclc = 9622391

"Raising Hell: How the Center for Investigative Reporting Gets the Story" is a nonfiction work by David Weir and Dan Noyes, with a foreword by Mike Wallace. The book was published in 1983 by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, which is now part of Pearson PLC.

Synopsis

The book contains reprints of investigative journalism articles from the time period, with analysis and background on how the journalists investigated the issues and prepared for the articles. An article by Kate Coleman and Paul Avery called "The Party's Over", which discussed the Black Panthers, was analyzed.cite book
last =Pearson
first =Hugh
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title =The Shadow of the Panther: Huey Newton and the Price of Black Power in America
publisher =Da Capo Press
date =1994
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pages =Page 397
url =
doi =
id = ISBN 0201483416]

Reception

Jessica Mitford and Mike Wallace both wrote positively of the work. ["Raising Hell", back jacket, 1983.] "Raising Hell" was also reviewed in "Newspaper Research Journal". [cite journal
last =Eyerly
first =Mark
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title =Book Review: "Raising Hell: How the Center for Investigative Reporting Gets the Story", by David Weir and Dan Noyes
journal =Newspaper Research Journal
volume =6
issue =1
pages =Pages 61–63
publisher =
date =Fall 1984
url =http://www.cdonohue.com/nrj/staticpages/index.php?page=vol_6
doi =
id =
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The book is utilized as an educational textbook, [ [http://journalism.berkeley.edu/program/investigative/faculty/ Investigative Reporting Faculty and Lecturers] , UC Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism, David Weir, The Regents of the University of California, 2006. retrieved 14/06/2007.] and is referenced in Pearson's "The Shadow of the Panther", and in Lofland's "Social Movement Organizations: Guide to Research on Insurgent Realities". [cite book
last =Lofland
first =John
authorlink =
coauthors =
title =Social Movement Organizations: Guide to Research on Insurgent Realities
publisher =Aldine Transaction
date =1996
location =
pages =Page 402
url =
doi =
id = ISBN 0202305538]

References

External links

* [http://www.centerforinvestigativereporting.org/ Center for Investigative Reporting] , © 2006 Center for Investigative Reporting, Inc.
* [http://communication.stanford.edu/faculty/weir.html David Weir] , Lorry I. Lokey Visiting Professor in Professional Journalism, Stanford University
* [http://www.journalismjobs.com/noyes.cfm Web site] , Dan Noyes

See also

* Center for Investigative Reporting