In the aftermath of his own investigation of Triad gangster Steven Wong, during which he entered the RCMP's witness protection program, Terry Gould has traveled to Colombia, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Russia and Iraq for Murder Without Borders (Random House $34.95), his celebratory investigation of journalists who have knowingly risked their lives to conduct their work for the public good. Gould converses with stubbornly heroic journalists and their families to understand the complex reasons for their conspicuous bravery, citing Czech politician and playwright Vaclav Havel who wrote, "I am not interested in why man commits evil; I want to know why he does good."; Most of the 700 journalists known to have been killed in the line of duty around the world since 1992 have sought to unveil local corruption and violence.

978-0-679-31470-7

[BCBW 2009]