For Alison (eBook)

The Murder of a Young Journalist and a Father's Fight for Gun Safety

Andy Parker (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
336 Seiten
Apollo Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-948062-33-6 (ISBN)

Infos

A father's account of the story that captivated America, the murder of his daughter, reporter Alison Parker, on live television, and his inspiring fight for commonsense gun laws in the aftermath.On August 26, 2015, Emmy Awardwinning twenty-four-year-old reporter Alison Parker was murdered on live television, along with her colleague, photojournalist Adam Ward. Their interviewee was also shot, but survived. People watching at home heard the gunshots, and the gunman's video of the murder, which he uploaded to Facebook, would spread over the internet like wildfire.In the wake of his daughter's murder, Andy Parker became a national advocate for commonsense gun safety legislation. The night of the murder, with his emotions still raw, he went on Fox News and vowed to do ';whatever it takes' to end gun violence in America. Today he is a media go-to each time a shooting rocks the national consciousness, and has worked with a range of other crusaders, like Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Lenny Pozner, whose son was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School and brought suit against Alex Jones and Infowars, who claimed the shooting was staged. In For Alison, Parker shares his work as a powerhouse battling gun violence and gives a plan for commonsense gun legislation that all sides should agree on. He calls out the NRA-backed politicians blocking the legislation, shares his fight against ';truthers,' who claim Alison's murder was fabricated, and reveals what's ahead in his fight to do whatever it takes to stop gun violence.Parker's story is one of great loss, but also resilience, determination, and a call to action. Senator Tim Kaine, also a fierce advocate for commonsense gun laws, contributes a moving foreword.

Autor

lt;p>Andy Parker is the father of Alison Parker, a journalist killed on live television, and a national gun reform advocate who has appeared on all major news networks—CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, NBC, and Fox News—on programs such as CBS Sunday Morning, Face the Nation, Anderson Cooper 360, Hardball with Chris Matthews, The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell, and many more; he has written op-eds for a variety of publications, such as Washington Post, New York Daily News, Medium, CNN.com, Huffington Post, and Newsweek; and has been interviewed for publications ranging from the New York Times to Time magazine. Together with his wife, Barbara, Parker runs the For Alison Foundation, which creates opportunities for children in southern Virginia to experience the arts. He lives in Martinsville, VA.

Senator Tim Kaine has represented the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States Senate since 2013. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in the 2016 election, running alongside Hillary Clinton, and the governor of Virginia from 2006 to 2010. Senator Kaine lives in Richmond, VA.

Ben R. Williams is a writer and editor, and formerly a reporter at the Martinsville Bulletin. He has won several Virginia Press Association awards for news coverage, column writing, and photography. He lives in Bassett, VA.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.3.2019
• Co-Autor: Ben R. Williams
• Vorwort: Tim Kaine
• Verlagsort: New York City
• Sprache: englisch
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• Schlagworte: activism • adam ward • Advocacy • alison parker • background check • Bereavement • Bloomberg • books for dads • bryce williams • Call to Action • caught on camera • CBS • chris hurst • Columbine • commonsense gun safety • Control • crime video • Daughter • daylight shooting • death on video • disgruntled employee • everytown • everytown for gun safety • everytown gun safety • fatal shooting • Father • Grief • Gun Control • gun control losing a child true crime murder gun safety violence journalism parkland columbine virginia tech chris hurst shooter margery stoneman douglas gun violence in america sandy hook journalist reporter grief loss bereavement parenting father daughter advocacy virginia guns roanoke • gunman • Guns • gun safety • gun safety advocation • gun safety efforts • Gun Violence • gun violence in America • Journalism • journalist's death • Legislation • live shooting • lobbyists • lone gunman • losing a child • Loss • margery stoneman • Mass shooting • Mental Health • Michael Bloomberg • moneta va • Murder • murder live stream • murder of alison parker • murder of a young journalist • murder on television • newtown • NRA • Orlando nightclub • parenting • parkland • Public health issues • reporter killed • reporter's death • Roanoke • roanoke va • Sandy Hook • Shooter • Shooting • shooting caught on camera • shooting caught on video • Stoneman Douglas • television murder • telling the true story of the death of a young reporter on live television • Tim Kaine • Tragedy • True Crime • true murder story • True story • true story of the death of a young reporter on live television • Uvalde • vester flanagan • Vicki Gardner • Violence • violence in America • viral video • Virginia • Virginia Tech • wdbj • Workplace Violence • youtube shooting
• ISBN-10: 1-948062-33-X / 194806233X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-948062-33-6 / 9781948062336