Bianca Bosker – Get the picture
The characters are carefully positioned as archetypes that are painfully accurate.
Bianca Bosker – Get the picture
The characters are carefully positioned as archetypes that are painfully accurate.
The story is, appears heavily romanticized, but provides a nice insider perspective on many quirks of Japanese culture.
Benjamin Lorr – The secret life of groceries
Narrated with bravado, the book conjures the nostalgic image of a 1950s store and skillfully contrasts it with the current state of the industry.
Great to see journalists initiating change in their own organization.
As I have noted earlier, data access is a major topic when it comes to achieving a healthy power balance in the information space here and here. Glad to see more and more companies take this seriously.
Personally, I currently see little incentives for companies, organization, or individuals to allow their data to be crawled by for profit.
Eliot Higgins – We are Bellingcat
The book raises the question what happens if online sleuth methods are applied for profit maximization rather than for truth seeking.
Great overview that brings together different perspectives in a shocking narrative without becoming judgemental.
Javier Blas and Jack Farchy – The world for sale
Well documented account of how instrumental commodity markets have been in global politics.
Nicole Perlroth – This is ho they tell me the world ends
Although the writer clearly picks sides, she does not shy away from the role of the US in the cyber arms race.
Joshua Foer – Moonwalking with Einstein
Endearing blend of journalism and personal experience.
The level of Trump’s incompetency is not even shocking.
Intriguing account covering Trump’s rise, by an NBC journalist debuting on the campaign trail.