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Jake Batsell Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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O'Neil Chair in Business Journalism & Assoc Prof @smu; wrote 'Engaged Journalism' (@ColumbiaUP); prev: @dallasnews, @seattletimes, research fellow @texastribune

3 books
Book Cover for: Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom, Carl Bernstein

Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom

Carl Bernstein
Jake BatsellJake Batsell

Finished @carlbernstein’s memoir, Chasing History, which chronicles his formative years at the Washington Evening Star in the early ‘60s. It’s an ode to an era of robust local news that molded Bernstein but has since vanished, as @kathykiely captures in a @washingtonpost review: https://t.co/UQEawScZRD

Paperback, 2023

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Launching While Female: Smashing the System That Holds Women Entrepreneurs Back, Susanne Althoff

Launching While Female: Smashing the System That Holds Women Entrepreneurs Back

Susanne Althoff
Jake BatsellJake Batsell

Join us at @SMU — in person, or virtually — on March 8 for the O'Neil Lecture in Business Journalism! @SusanneAlthoff will discuss her book "Launching While Female," for which she interviewed 100+ women/nonbinary entrepreneurs. It's free! More background: https://calendar.smu.edu/site/meadows/event/william-oneil-lecture-in-business-journalism-susanne-althoff-author-of-launching-while-female-1/ https://t.co/Jq3s6OpgB8

Hardcover, 2020

$25.95Member price:$12.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Life Is So Good, George Dawson

Life Is So Good

George Dawson
Jake BatsellJake Batsell

Strong column from @DaveLieber. “The only list Life Is So Good should be on is a list of great Texas books. Leave this book alone.” https://t.co/RKHi2kbgq0

Paperback, 2013

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book