Double Vision: Reflections on My Heritage, Life, and Profession

by Ben H. Bagdikian

Bagdikian's book spans the human gamut, from the time of his birth when he was almost left for dead during a massacre of Armenians in Turkey to his becoming an editor of a leading American daily and a dean of the School of Journalism at Berkeley.

241 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Venkatesh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ben Bagdikian deserves his moment in the sun, for being a character in The Post (which is not a great date movie TBH) and for his defense of and criticisms of journalism.

This book is a personal memoir and a professional one - the two are interwoven and the personal feeds into the professional. The relationship between Ben and Jim Rhea during desegregation crises was pretty interesting and made me rethink some stuff in my life. And the familial aftermath of the Armenian genocide of 1920 is powerful.

Also, he's a pretty funny writer!