Journalists report the news and facts are key to their reporting. But what about a reporter in a fictional book…aren’t they, almost by definition, the ultimate in fake news? Maybe so, but that’s for a linguistic expert to sort out. Today, I’m just interested in presenting another edition of ‘Match Game Fiction Style‘ for today’s ‘Counterparts in Literature‘ post.
Carl Schenfield, an investigative reporter in dad’s novel, “Bluebell”, isn’t the only instance of a journalist having a role in a fictional story. Do your best at matching the five books below with info about their featured reporter and then, to investigate how well you did, take your reporters notepad and go interview the answer page.
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