Shaggy Dog Tales: 58 1/2 Years of Reportage

The stories and the anecdotes in this book illustrate two kinds of journalism over a period of more than half a century.

During a span of almost 30 years as a journalist for major media, I was convinced that there was no life after journalism. Even losing my job as a reporter three times did not change my mind.

What did alter my outlook was the discovery of international and non-governmental environmental and public health organizations in and around the United Nations in Geneva that were...