“​Chasing Hillary: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling”​

“​Chasing Hillary: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling”​

Write a book analysis essay exploring topics as described below. The book is “​Chasing
Hillary: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling”​ by Amy
Chozick. ISBN: 978-0-06-241359-8
Chapters to be considered while analyzing the book:
Chapters 10, 11, 12, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 28, 31, 36, 45, 47
The New York Times’
​ Amy Chozick’s ​Chasing Hillary​ addresses a number of issues and
questions facing reporters who followed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her
2016 presidential campaign. While reading the book, consider these topics:
● Jadedness​: Why and how do journalists following the Clinton presidential campaign
become jaded and skeptical of what the campaign and Clinton herself have to say? How
does this skepticism affect their reporting?
● Competition​: How does the never-ending competition between campaign reporters to
be the first to report something, and even to beat out reporters inside their own news
organization, affect their reporting?
● Working conditions​: Does the way in which the Clinton campaign treats the reporters
following the candidate — great treatment or poor treatment, the general conditions
under which the journalists work — affect how Clinton is covered? If yes, provide specific
examples.
● What’s news?​ Who determines what gets the ​Times​’ attention? There are several
examples in the book about Chozick and her editors vigorously discussing/debating what
should get coverage and how something should get coverage. This is strenuously
debated in Chapter 47 regarding the leaked Democratic National Committee emails.
● Bias​: Throughout the book, Chozick mentions accusations from a variety of groups and
individuals that the ​New York Times​ was biased against Clinton. What does Chozick
think of these accusations and does she provide an evidence?
● Gender issues​: How did the fact that Chozick — along with many of her colleagues
following the Clinton campaign — is female affect their experience covering Clinton? Did
Chozick herself experience sexism and attacks that fellow male reporters did not?
Analyze ​four​ of the above-mentioned questions about the Chozick book. For each question you
explore, provide SPECIFIC, solid examples from the book to bolster your assertion. When
invoking an example, please mention the corresponding page number(s) in parentheses. Here’s
an example:
Chozick and her colleagues identified with Clinton’s call to break the political glass ceiling,
particularly after a campaign where many of them were threatened and were the recipients of
multiple, sexist epithets. (pg XX)The analytical paper should be roughly 7-10 pages in length, should use a 12-point font, be
double-spaced, and spell-checked.
Key for the book:
● Robby Mook (pronounced Muck) is Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager.
● John Podesta is a Clinton confidante and former White House aide.
● Huma Abedin is Clinton’s closest aide.
● Carolyn Ryan is Chozick’s editor at ​The New York Times​.
● Brooklyn is where the Clinton campaign is located.
● Bobby is Chozick’s husband.
● The Travelers is a reference to the traveling press corps that follows Clinton around.
● The Guys, Brown Loafers, Hands Across America are all nicknames for Clinton staffers.