The Journalist and the Murderer

Name: The Journalist and the Murderer
Author: Janet Malcolm

by Janet Malcolm

Narrative nonfiction: ethical dilemmas in relationship between journalist and subject

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Janet Malcolm

American journalist and essayist who wrote some of the most morally complex and stylistically brilliant journalism in American history. The Journalist and the Murderer opened with the provocative claim that all journalists betray their subjects. Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession is a brilliant study of Freudian practice.

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