A New York Reporter Uncovers the Rest of the Story

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As an Emmy Award-winning reporter, Jen Maxfield has spent years in the field covering remarkable people and sharing their inspiring stories. But these stories don’t end when the cameras stop rolling and the interviews air. In More After the Break: A Reporter Returns to Ten Unforgettable News Stories (Greenleaf Book Group Press, July 12, 2022), Maxfield finds out what happened next, providing a rare glimpse at how news reports impact the lives of their subjects and a fascinating perspective on the life and responsibilities of a professional journalist.

Publishers Weekly selected the book as an Editor’s Pick, praising it as “poignant and heartfelt” and “impossible to put down.” The review adds that “Maxfield presents these harrowing stories with nail-biting intensity while affording her subjects the space and humanity to discuss their lives and how their ordeals affected them.”

Kirkus Reviews calls the book “an instructive, illuminating tableau of a reporter’s mission.” Foreword Reviews echoes these sentiments, adding that More After the Break offers a moving depiction of “what journalism really entails, both for reporters and their subjects.”

Maxfield describes in heart-pounding detail how the events she reported on unfolded

and reconnects with her stories’ subjects. She introduces readers to unforgettable

people who will inspire with the hope they maintained in the face of life’s greatest

heartbreaks, including a young man who lost both legs in a ferry crash, a fifth grader on a doomed field trip, and an Ivy League undergrad who was sentenced to decades in prison.

“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,” said CNN national correspondent Gary Tuchman. “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.”

More After the Break became an instant Amazon Best Seller once it became available for pre-order. The book achieved bestseller status in multiple categories, including Social Sciences Research, Journalism Biographies, and Women Writers in Women’s Studies. Maxfield’s work also earned #1 New Release distinctions in the Media & Communications Industry and TV Direction & Production categories.

“The more I researched and interviewed people for this book, the more I realized that each story also revealed broader truths about journalism and newsgathering,” Maxfield said. “Whether you are someone who wants to be inspired by the stories of people put in extraordinary circumstances, you’re curious about the life of a reporter, or you aspire to become a journalist, this book is for you. I hope that you enjoy meeting these heroic people as much as I enjoyed writing about them.”

Pick up your copy of More After the Break and stay updated on Jen Maxfield’s endeavors by visiting jenmaxfield.com.

About the Author

Jen Maxfield is an Emmy Award-winning reporter and substitute anchor who started at NBC New York in 2013. Prior to joining the station, she worked for Eyewitness News (ABC7) in New York City as a reporter and substitute anchor for ten years. Jen started her broadcast career in Binghamton, New York (WIVT), in 2000 and also worked in Syracuse (WIXT) before moving to New York City in 2002. She has reported live from thousands of news events over her twenty-two-year career and estimates she has interviewed more than ten thousand people.

Maxfield is also an adjunct professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. A graduate of the class of 2000, Maxfield enjoys coming back to her alma mater to educate the next generation of journalists. She finds it incredibly rewarding to work with young people as they launch their careers in news.

Maxfield and her husband, Scott, met as undergraduate students at Columbia. They live in New Jersey and have three children and a dog named Rocket.

More about Greenleaf Book Group

Greenleaf Book Group is an independent publisher and distributor located in Austin, Texas, dedicated to empowering authors. Greenleaf’s hybrid publishing model is uniquely positioned to offer the benefits of both traditional publishing and self-publishing. To learn more about Greenleaf, visit www.greenleafbookgroup.com.

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