Biography & Autobiography Editors, Journalists, Publishers
Memoirs of a Media Maverick
- Publisher
- Between the Lines
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2003
- Category
- Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Media Studies, Media & Communications Industries
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781926662190
- Publish Date
- Oct 2003
- List Price
- $19.96
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781896357805
- Publish Date
- Oct 2003
- List Price
- $24.95
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Description
Memoirs of a Media Maverick is an insider’s critical account of the modern media. Richardson tells the intriguing story of his travels as a journalist and filmmaker in New Zealand, Australia, India, Britain, and Canada.
A prolific author and film director, Richardson’s work has focused on Aboriginal peoples, the environment and human rights. His films, including Cree Hunters of the Mistassini, have won many awards.
About the author
Boyce Richardson has spent twenty-five years documenting aboriginal life in words and film. After winning a National Newspaper Award at the Montreal Star, he published two books about the James Bay hydro development, including the internationally acclaimed Strangers Devour the Land. In 1989 he edited Drumbeat, an anthology of native resistance for the Assembly of First Nations. Richardson liveswith his wife, Shirley, in Ottawa.