感谢收看：回忆录

30多年来，马克·奥斯汀为ITN和天空新闻报道了世界上最大的新闻。作为一名外国记者和主持人，他亲眼目睹了我们这个时代一些最重要的事件，包括伊拉克战争，在这场战争中，他的朋友和同事特里·劳埃德被美国的“友军炮火”杀害，南非从种族隔离的残暴走向民主的历史性转变，卢旺达种族灭绝的恐怖，以及海地地震和莫桑比克洪水等自然灾害。这些故事本身对许多人来说都很熟悉，但不太为人所知的是新闻记者在旅途中的生活中常常不同寻常的幕后故事；在地球上一些最危险的地方遇到的问题；事情严重出错的日子；高度戏剧性和原始情绪的时刻，以及观众从未想象过、也很少看到的滑稽事件。基于几十年来在前线的经验，这本坦率而有启发性的回忆录对一个人非凡的职业生涯有了惊人的洞察，揭开了电视新闻世界的盖子。
And Thank You For Watching: A Memoir
For more than 30 years, Mark Austin has covered the biggest stories in the world for ITN and Sky News. As a foreign correspondent and anchorman he has witnessed first-hand some of the most significant events of our times, including the Iraq War, during which his friend and colleague Terry Lloyd was killed by American “friendly fire,” the historic transition in South Africa from the brutality of apartheid to democracy, the horrors of the Rwandan genocide, and natural disasters such as the Haiti earthquake and the Mozambique floods. The stories themselves will be familiar to many people, but less well known are the often extraordinary behind the scenes tales of a newsman’s life on the road; the problems encountered in some of the most dangerous places on earth; the days when things go badly wrong; the moments of high drama and raw emotion and, quite often, the hilarious happenings the viewer never imagines and only seldom sees. Based on decades of experience on the frontlines, this candid and revealing memoir gives a startling insight into one man’s extraordinary career and lifts the lid on the world of television news.

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