'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot' subject celebrates Hollywood's embrace of journalism

[...]if you somehow doubted it after Hollywood gave the Best Picture Oscar on Sunday to "Spotlight," the formidable cinematic tale of the Boston Globe's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into priestly pedophilia, we've now got Tina Fey in "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" whic...

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Published inTCA Regional News
Main Author Simon, Jeff
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago Tribune Content Agency LLC 05.03.2016
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Journalism
Reporters
Whiskey
Afghanistan
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Summary:[...]if you somehow doubted it after Hollywood gave the Best Picture Oscar on Sunday to "Spotlight," the formidable cinematic tale of the Boston Globe's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into priestly pedophilia, we've now got Tina Fey in "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" which is actively devoted to the courage, stubbornness and worthiness of embedded American war correspondents in the least popular precincts of the Middle East. Considering the survival problems of journalism -- especially print journalism -- in a digital era, that's one heck of an active and idealistic partner to be standing on the reporting profession's side.