More After the Break

A Reporter Returns to Ten Unforgettable News Stories

by Jen Maxfield

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Pub Date Jul 12 2022 | Archive Date Oct 28 2022

Greenleaf Book Group | Greenleaf Book Group Press

Biographies & Memoirs | Essays & Collections | Nonfiction (Adult)

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Description

A reporter uncovers the rest of the story

In More After the Break, Jen Maxfield revisits ten memorable stories from her career as a TV news reporter, describing in heart-pounding detail how the events unfolded and revealing what happened after the cameras went away. She introduces readers to unforgettable people who will inspire you with their hopefulness, even when confronting life’s greatest heartbreaks: a young man who lost both legs in a ferry crash, an endurance athlete with stage-four lung cancer, a fifth grader on a doomed field trip, an Ivy League undergrad sentenced to decades in prison, a young woman who gave her life for an animal, a Wall Street executive on an ill-fated bike ride, a preschooler whose health hinged on an immigration battle, a family who lost everything in a hurricane, a mother who fought back against domestic violence, and a man who stood up for his rights while seated in his wheelchair.

Returning to find these people years—even decades—after she featured their stories on the news gives Maxfield an opportunity to ask the burning questions she had always pondered: What happened after the live truck pulled away? What is the rest of the story?

Advance Praise

“For a reporter accustomed to writing 90 second news stories, all I can say is that Jen Maxfield should be writing more books! More After the Break is a vivid and moving account of people’s stories, written by a journalist who holds her subjects in high regard.”

-Senator Bill Bradley, US Senate (1979-1997) and New York Knicks (1965-1977)

“The best journalists get into the business because they genuinely care about the good people they cover, as well as the good people who watch, read, and listen to their stories. Jen Maxfield is precisely that kind of journalist. More After the Break strengthens your faith in humanity, and not incidentally, in the still noble profession of journalism.”

-Gary Tuchman, CNN National Correspondent

“At a time when journalists and journalism are increasingly under attack, Jen Maxfield offers a compelling and heart-warming look at the industry and its practitioners. More After the Break is a must-read for aspiring journalists who are sometimes fed the message that sensitivity and compassion are antithetical to success in this business.”

-Charles F. Whitaker, Professor & Dean, Medill School, Northwestern University

“More After the Break is an extraordinary look into journalism and the journalist who represents the best in our profession. Jen takes us along on her intense and so often heartbreaking journey of service, and gifts us with the broader impact the stories she covers continue to have on families, society, and ourselves. What an important and impactful work!”

-José Díaz-Balart, MSNBC, NBC News, and Telemundo Anchor

“More After the Break offers an essential perspective we rarely consider: what happens to those who’ve been in the spotlight after the news moves on to the next big story? Jen Maxfield offers a compelling insider’s view, and a sense of humanity beyond the headlines. A must-read for anyone interested in the future of journalism.”

-Claire Shipman, New York Times bestselling author and journalist