by Katy Tur
First published 2017
NBC News correspondent Katy Tur chronicles her year and a half covering Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. Trump branded her "disgraceful" and "third-rate" while she fact-checked his statements and reported on his inconsistencies. Tur traveled to forty states, filed over 3,800 live reports, and survived on peanut butter packets and dry shampoo. Trump singled her out repeatedly, attempting to charm, intimidate, and shame her. At one rally, he stirred the crowd against her so intensely that Secret Service escorted her to safety. Tur was part of network news's first women-led political team, working in an environment where reporters faced hostility and harassment. She documents the chaotic world of a campaign that broke traditional rules, offering a firsthand account of how America elected a reality TV host as president and what it meant for journalists covering the story.
Genres: american, political-science, non-fiction, biography-memoir, 21st-century, journalism
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water
Setting: United States
Period: 2016
291 pages · Hardcover · Dey Street Books