No Ordinary Assignment: A Memoir, written by Jane Ferguson, chronicles her career as a Middle East and South Asia war correspondent spanning thirteen years. The book was published in July 2023 by Mariner Books of New York.
Synopsis
Ferguson has reported from modern battle zones in such places as Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, Syria, and Ukraine. She also chronicles her childhood growing up amidst the Irish Republican Army insurgency during the Troubles in Northern Ireland during the 20th century's last decades. Female television news correspondents became her role models. Hence, these were formative years that led to her career as a network news reporter and war correspondent.
Filled with determination and a willingness to take risks, "...Ferguson became...a foreign correspondent for CNN and, later, Al Jazeera, where she covered major stories including the Arab Spring uprisings, the war in Afghanistan, and the Syrian civil war." When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 she also covered that. She is currently a special correspondent for the PBS NewsHour. Moving to New York in 2020, and away from the battle zones, has given her a chance to reflect on her life and career. "And looking back, she acknowledges, reveals just how much there is to take in."
See also
Related memoirs: Lessons From the Edge: A Memoir by Marie Yovanovitch A Journey by Tony Blair At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA by George Tenet Decision Points by George W. Bush
References
Further reading
Book excerpt: Retrieved July 15, 2023.
External links
Author's web page
Book excerpt. "Prologue". PBS NewsHour. Author interview. PBS NewsHour. Video. Author interview. WGN Chicago. Video. Author interview. MSNBC. Video. Editorial reviews. July 14, 2023.