Editor’s note: The following is a review from a Critical Writing and Reviewing student at the University of Missouri.
Here’s the conundrum of reviewing Reporter: It’s self-serving for me to tell you how moving it is and what essential work is being done by Nicholas Kristof during his constant excursions to the darkest corners of the globe. I want to say he shines light on those corners (he won one of his two [!!] Pulitzer Prizes for his crucial role in alerting the world that there was genocide occurring in Darfur). I believe he does. But then, I want you to believe in Kristof’s work and in journalism generally for totally selfish reasons (my own profession is, um, journalism). Why should you believe me when I tell you Eric Daniel Metzgar’s documentary is not just good but crucial? Read the rest of this entry »
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