A8 Tribute for Hunter S. Thompson Hunter S. Thompson's cremated remains were blasted into the sky over his farm in Colorado, boosted by red, blue and silver fireworks around a 153-foot monument that Mr. Thompson, the writer and avatar of "gonzo" journalism, designed himself almost 30 years ago.
He agreed, in the name of journalism, to surround himself with a bunch of screaming teenagers.
After a brief career in administrative services and journalism, Giry devoted himself to scholarship.
He bemoans "celebrity journalism", lumping even himself in at times with its practitioners who too often ignore "the Dickensian side of society".
PARIS — On his eight-hour flight to New York from Switzerland last month, Jeff Jarvis, a well-known blogger and journalism professor, found himself seated next to a woman eager to discuss the finer points of management theory.
He then gave up journalism to devote himself to politics, serving as the information secretary of the Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderparti; DNA) in 1981 and chairing the Labour Youth League from 1985 to 1989.
In 1995, he gave up his job in journalism to dedicate himself to saving his father's life, travelling the world to lobby politicians and heads of state to intervene, and to mobilise public opinion.
By the mid 90s, with Blair now leader, Harris was combining novel writing with journalism and found himself "in the strange position of being part of New Labour and not part of it while having unprecedented access.
Following Highfield in the top 10 risers is BBC business editor Robert Peston, who, thanks to a string of exclusives around the credit crunch and two Royal Television Society journalism awards, finds himself at 26, a rise of 35 places on last year.
Goltz, originally from Livingston, Mont., practices what he calls "contact journalism": literally thrusting himself into the middle of the action and trying not to get his head shot off.
