Tina Brown's Must-Reads
Too much to read? Tina Brown wants to be your guide. Each month, in a conversation Morning Edition calls "Word of Mouth," Brown joins us to share best bets from the worlds of news, commentary and literature.
The editor-in-chief of the online news and opinion hub The Daily Beast, Brown formerly served as editor of Tatler, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and Talk magazines.
Tina Brown's Must-Reads: The Reporter's Role
()Daily Beast and Newsweek editor Tina Brown selects two articles about the nature of journalism in the digital age and a book collecting the writing of expatriate Americans, including reporters living in Berlin in the 1930s.
Tina Brown's Must-Reads: Political Change-Makers()
March 7, 2012 Daily Beast and Newsweek editor Tina Brown highlights a book and an article on two titanic individuals at the center of political change: Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin and pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar.
Tina Brown's Must-Reads: Dictators()
February 1, 2012 Daily Beast and Newsweek Editor Tina Brown looks at writing about life under totalitarian regimes, recommending a new novel about North Korea, an article on "dictator chic," and one that chronicles and contextualizes the history of the Inquisition.
Tina Brown's Must-Reads: The Columnist's Voice()
November 23, 2011 Daily Beast and Newsweek editor Tina Brown explores the work of newspaper columnists through readings that propose a new way of looking at the 2012 election and the scandal at Penn State.
Tina Brown's Must Reads: The Republican Schism()
October 18, 2011 The editor of Newsweek offers some required reading on the gap between the Tea Party and the Republican establishment — and talks about the "Yes We Cain" issue of Newsweek, featuring Republican Herman Cain. "Herman Cain is surprising everybody," Brown says.
Tina Brown's Must-Reads: The Women Of The World()
September 13, 2011 The Newsweek editor looks at how women helped bring about peace in Liberia; how they're changing the state of marriage throughout Asia; and the rise of Christine Lagarde to the top of that notoriously male-dominated institution, the International Monetary Fund.
Tina Brown's Must Reads: Reckoning With Rupert()
July 20, 2011 In the wake of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal, Tina Brown recommends articles that show the breadth of opinion on Rupert Murdoch's media empire and its practices as well as the events that took place behind the scenes that led up to the story breaking.
Tina Brown's Must-Reads: Exploring The Arab Spring()
June 8, 2011 Daily Beast and Newsweek editor Tina Brown highlights a novel and a pair of articles about travel to and from places we've recently come to identify with the "Arab spring" — getting in and getting out of countries where daily life can be a struggle.
Tina Brown's Must-Reads: On Life, Start To Finish()
May 18, 2011 Daily Beast and Newsweek editor Tina Brown highlights a book and a pair of articles that take us through life — from creating it and raising children to growing up an only child to a writer's reflections on his battle with cancer.
Tina Brown's Must-Reads: How Places Shape People()
April 6, 2011 The Newsweek editor highlights a book and a pair of articles that turn on the effect of particularly unique places on people — from the sensibilities of an NYPD officer to two countries in the Middle East pushed to the brink by their leaders.
Tina Brown's Must-Reads: Style Vs. Substance()
February 17, 2011 The Newsweek editor highlights a book and a pair of articles that turn on the intersection of style and substance — from the methods and motivation behind the AMC hit Mad Men to one man's attempt to bring reality television to Russian audiences.
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