Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Unconventional journalists: Wolfe, Kanafani and García Márquez | The Listening Post” – below is their description.
This week, we are veering out of the mainstream and looking at journalism that broke the rules, pushed boundaries and, in some cases, redefined them.
We explore the work and the legacy of three such innovators: Tom Wolfe, Ghassan Kanafani and Gabriel García Márquez. Their journalism defied convention and categorisation and continues to inspire people to consider new ways of presenting stories.
Contributors:
Dan Bischoff – Art critic, The Star-Ledger
Emily Witt – Writer, The New Yorker
Refqa Abu-Remaileh – Professor of modern Arabic literature and film, Free University Berlin
Elias Khoury – Novelist and literary critic
As’ad Abukhalil – Professor of political science, California State University
Juanita León – Director, La Silla Vacía
Jaime Abello Banfi – Director, The Gabo Foundation
María Jimena Duzán – Journalist and author
00:00 Intro
01:15 Tom Wolfe and the origins of ‘new journalism’
09:16 Ghassan Kanafani and revolutionary Palestinian media
18:03 Gabriel García Márquez and the convergence of fact and fiction
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Al Jazeera English YouTube Channel
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