To establish a journalistic tone for the film, Mr. Young hired Mike Cerre, a former ABC war correspondent in Iraq and Afghanistan, to be "embedded" on the tour, interviewing fans and capturing the mood of the shows.
Chair of judges Anne Applebaum, the Pulitzer-winning historian and journalist, said the book is a "tour de force of archival, journalistic and scientific research, both scholarly and widely accessible".
But any doubts that these tours served more than journalistic duty were put to rest by his display of retail politicking at a country club outside Pittsburgh.
Neurotribes, which investigates the rise in autism diagnoses and the history of the condition, won the Samuel Johnson prize last year, when it was called a "tour de force of archival, journalistic and scientific research, both scholarly and widely accessible".
In a twist that I can only describe as deeply strange, the press has decided that pursuing the White House tours story is something approaching journalistic heroism.
Yiannopoulos was also hitting a fever pitch in his career; with a $250,000 book deal in the works, a Senior Editor position at influential pseudo- journalistic hate cesspool Breitbart, and a controversial college tour, "Dangerous Faggot" that kept him steadily in the headlines.
Having summoned the ghosts, he moves along to offer a guided tour of modern Spain, making stops at the usual journalistic destinations.
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For the reporters who are covering the debate, it comes amid journalistic chaos: the arrival on Friday of Sarah Palin on her "One Nation" bus tour; the developing story of Rick Perry's candidacy; the straw poll and its implications for Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and Tim Pawlenty, the former governor of that state.
The Tour performance has also diverted Britons' attention from an inquiry into journalistic excesses at News Corp. newspapers.
