A Journey in Journalism gathers the newspaper writing of MJH Jabed, a lifelong admirer of the press who never worked in a newsroom full time yet kept finding his way into print. The collection follows that path from an early submission to a literary page that was turned down, through a fresh start in the letters-to-the-editor columns during his university years, to the many pieces that followed.
The author is candid about what readers will find: some facts and figures belong to another era, and the earliest pieces carry the marks of a very young writer. That is part of the charm. Read today, these pieces show how much the world, and the online world in particular, has changed since they first appeared, while several of the issues they raise still feel current.
Across 180 pages, the book is a warm, personal record of the thrill of seeing one's words cleared by an editor, and will interest readers of opinion writing, media history and memoir alike.