Chasing Hillary
Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling
by Amy Chozick
Reading Profile
Should I read this?
Amy Chozick offers a dishy, journalist‑centered account of covering the 2016 campaign, written as a sequence of brisk, scene-driven episodes. The core value is vivid, on-the-ground texture: staffroom moments, campaign theatrics, and the feel of newsroom life from someone who spent years on the beat. The main limitation is narrowing focus—readers seeking wide-angle political history or policy depth will be frustrated, and the narrative's recurring self-focus and anecdotal repetition can feel indulgent at times.
Read this if...
- •an early-career political reporter (1–3 years in local or state beats) who is about to take on a national campaign assignment and wants concrete, behind-the-scenes examples of how access, personality, and newsroom routines shape stories—useful now as quick preparation for what to expect on the trail
- •a mid-level communications manager on a regional campaign that expects media spikes (press conferences, scandals, debate moments) who needs a sense of how reporters notice mistakes and craft narratives—read this before a high-visibility push to better anticipate reporter instincts and likely story angles
- •an adjunct or seminar instructor teaching a one-week unit on ethics and sourcing in political journalism who needs vivid, short episodes students can dissect in a single class session this term—the book supplies ready case studies for classroom discussion
Skip this if...
- •you'll likely put it down when anecdote piles on anecdote—midbook sections that replay similar reporter-as‑protagonist scenes are the most common drop-off point
- •annoying if you prefer detached, policy-driven accounts or big-picture political history—the book favors personality and incident over systemic analysis
- •not for readers who dislike memoirish voice or self-insertion—the personal tone and occasional self-focus can feel self-congratulatory
“The Devil Wears Prada meets The Boys on the Bus”—New York Times The dishy, rollicking, and deeply personal story of what really happened in the 2016 election, as seen through the eyes of theNew York Timesreporter who gave eight years of her life to covering the First Woman President who wasn't.For a decade, awardwinning New York Times journalist ...
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Reading Specifications
Difficulty:hard
Audience Fit
- an early-career political reporter (1–3 years in local or state beats) who is about to take on a national campaign assignment and wants concrete, behind-the-scenes examples of how access, personality, and newsroom routines shape stories—useful now as quick preparation for what to expect on the trail
- a mid-level communications manager on a regional campaign that expects media spikes (press conferences, scandals, debate moments) who needs a sense of how reporters notice mistakes and craft narratives—read this before a high-visibility push to better anticipate reporter instincts and likely story angles
- an adjunct or seminar instructor teaching a one-week unit on ethics and sourcing in political journalism who needs vivid, short episodes students can dissect in a single class session this term—the book supplies ready case studies for classroom discussion
- you'll likely put it down when anecdote piles on anecdote—midbook sections that replay similar reporter-as‑protagonist scenes are the most common drop-off point
- annoying if you prefer detached, policy-driven accounts or big-picture political history—the book favors personality and incident over systemic analysis
- not for readers who dislike memoirish voice or self-insertion—the personal tone and occasional self-focus can feel self-congratulatory
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Politics, and History.
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Marc Andreessen
Co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz
“Chasing Hillary: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling by @amychozick On the bus/in the plane with the Hillary campaign. Revealing in many dimensions at once, and highly entertaining. Best book on the 2016 campaign so far”
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