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""... an eye-opening look at the way military officials and civil authorities from the Soviet Union, Britain, France and the U.S. cooperated in a bombed-out city to put on trial Hitler's surviving henchmen. Fletcher scoured archives, read contemporary reporting and visited Nuremberg to find the stories of the men and even some women who told the stories of the trial to the world.""--News Photographer Magazine ""Author Noel Marie Fletcher's skillfully organized narrative is enlivened and ennobled by her admirable balancing of the varied personal accounts...""-- ""ARGunners.com"" ""Full of relevance for the present, this book not only places the journalists who reported from the Nuremberg trials centre stage but, with them, the very idea of vocation central to any meaningful definition of journalism in a democracy. More complex than a potentially dry report, we have instead a cross-fertilisation of serious political commentary with accounts of the human interest latent in the foibles and fanaticism of the Nazis brought into the public gaze. Despite the wealth of underpinning archival material, the pace never flags and the style remains engaging throughout.""--Martin D. Conboy, Emeritus Professor of Journalism History, University of Sheffield ""Reporting is often the first step in defining history. The Nuremberg trials have been seen and experienced through media and are part of how we saw the aftermath of WW2. Through this book, we can also see the making of this important story, and knowing what was done in preparation and behind the scenes gives depth and meaning to the important journalistic work.""--Lars Boering, director of the European Journalism Centre foundation ""There is a lot to like here, from the you-are-there courtroom coverage, to the descriptions of Germany in the immediate postwar period, to reflections on recording and disseminating history, and finally to lessons that are relevant to journalists -- and their readers or listeners today... this is a book that historians, journalists, and citizens alike can enjoy and learn from. The author's conclusion is ""had it not been for these correspondents, the Nuremberg trials likely would continue to sit on law library bookshelves filling twenty-two volumes with pages yellowing in time.""--Dr. Nicholas E. Reynolds, bestselling author, Col. USMCR (ret.) & editor of The Journal of America's Military Past ""While the writing is lively, this is a carefully reported story. The primary sources are newspaper articles buttressed by memoirs and trial transcripts. Author Fletcher, who is herself a seasoned journalist, spent time in spent time in Nuremberg itself to make sure she absorbed the feel of the place.""-- ""The Journal of America's Military Past"" ""Reporting the Nuremberg Trials brings to life in vivid detail the evidence, the atmosphere of tension, and the personalities assigned to inform the world about the 20th century's most consequential tribunal that brought the most notorious war criminals of the Nazi regime to justice. A must-read for scholars and students of history, human rights, and the role of media in the modern world.""--Scott Wallace, bestselling author of ""The Unconquered: In Search of the Amazon's Last Uncontacted Tribes and Central America in the Crosshairs of War"" ""Reporting the Nuremburg Trials is steeped in reverence for an era in journalism faintly lit by modern history despite its many parallels to today. Fletcher again and again reveals lessons for today's real-time news cycles, including the perils of misinformation, professional subterfuge and abbreviated ethics.""--Jesse Garnier, Journalism Chair and Associate Professor, San Francisco State University

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NOËL MARIE FLETCHER is a career journalist and award-winning author in Washington, D.C. She earned her B.A. in journalism from San Francisco State University and completed all Master’s coursework at the Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia, one of the world's oldest formal journalism schools. She started her journalism career in California and moved to Hong Kong where she covered the High Court for the HongKong Standard newspaper. She became a foreign correspondent for The Journal of Commerce, America’s oldest daily business paper, and travelled throughout Asia before being posted to Beijing as China Correspondent. She is a founding member of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China and has written extensively for newspapers, magazines and wire services. In 2017, she wrote briefly in Berlin for The Times (London) before returning to the U.S. to cover business and government in D.C. Fletcher is an award-winning author of several books. Reporting the Nuremberg Trials: How Journalists Covered Live Nazi Trials and Executions won a 1st Place Nonfiction History Book Award in 2025 from the National Federation of Press Women. She serves on a Santa Fe Trail Association chapter and is a National Press Club photo vice chair. Her art photography debuted in an Arts Club of Washington solo exhibit.

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