NPC Book Event: Journalism's Roving Eye

Photo Credit: Book sales were brisk at the launch of John Maxwell Hamilton's "Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting," co-sponsored by The International Correspondents' Committee with the International Center for Journalists on September 14, 2009. Photo: Gregory Tinius Brisk Sales

Photo Credit: John Maxwell Hamilton autographs a copy of of "Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting" for Seymour Topping, former New York Times foreign correspondent and Managing Editor, at a book launch co-sponsored by The International Correspondents' Committee with the International Center for Journalists on September 14, 2009. Photo: Gregory Tinius John Maxwell Hamilton

Photo Credit: NPC's Myron Belkind kicks off the book launch of "Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting" by John Maxwell Hamilton, dean of Louisiana State University's Manship School of Mass Communication, co-sponsored by The International Correspondents' Committee with the International Center for Journalists on September 14, 2009. Photo: Gregory Tinius Myron Belkind

Photo Credit: Joyce Barnathan of ICFJ introduces John Maxwell Hamilton, author of "Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting" at the International Center for Journalists book launch on September 14, 2009. Photo: Gregory Tinius Joyce Barnathan

Photo Credit: John Maxwell Hamilton, author of "Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting" and Dean of Louisiana State University's Manship School of Mass Communication, addresses a book launch co-sponsored by The International Correspondents' Committee with the International Center for Journalists on September 14, 2009. Photo: Gregory Tinius John Maxwell Hamilton

Photo Credit: A packed house listens to John Maxwell Hamilton, author of "Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting" and Dean of Louisiana State University's Manship School of Mass Communication, at a book launch co-sponsored by The International Correspondents' Committee with the International Center for Journalists on September 14, 2009. Photo: Gregory Tinius A Full House