Secrets of a Tabloid Reporter...My Twenty Years on the National Enquirer's Hollywood Beat @ richardeward.com

Secrets of a Tabloid Reporter...My Twenty Years on the National Enquirer's Hollywood Beat
by Barbara Sternig
from Front Row Pub

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Now I Know How They Do It
  I recently met Barbara Sternig on a cruise and in the course of our conversation she mentioned her previous occupation and that she had written a book about it. Naturally my curiosity was aroused so I purchased the book.
  I found it to be very humourous, informative and it let me have an 'inside' peek at what tabloid writers really have to contend with to 'get their story'. It was written in a very easy style and kept your interest from page to page.
  The people she talks about in the book are... more info

• Ok, but not enough
  When I started reading this book I expected tons of juicy gossip. I got some, but not enough and too much about this reporter and her relationship with her boss and gripes about working for this rag. I have to say there is SOME gossip of interest, but over all, just not enough. The book should be far bigger, considering her 20 years working for the paper.

• Useful inside look, although dated and pulls punches
  Sternig spends much time gushing over herself and her exciting life. She's disingenuous, dishing dirt on celebs, then claiming she admires them. And she pulls punches. She worked for the Enquirer from 1975-95, yet concentrates on 1970s celebs now safely dead: Frank Sinatra, Richard Burton, Tammy Wynette. Blurbs from B-list celebs and players further indicate that she pulls punches.
  But she does provide useful info on tabloid undercover reporting techniques. And it's a breezy, entertaining, easy read,... more info

• A great gift for friends who read the tabloids
  SECRETS OF A TABLOID REPORTER is a reader's first look at the secret world of the National Enquirer and the famous people
  it exposes. Author Barbara Sternig was a Senior Reporter for 20 years covering Hollywood for this tabloid. Before that, she was writer/producer/assistant to Gossip Columnist Rona Barrett and had Hollywood welcoming her most of the time.
  In this fast-moving nonfiction book, Sternig tells how she got her startling stories with their intimate details. No matter what obstacles she... more info

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