Beth McDonoughSTILL Standing

Stories from the inside out

The stories behind STILL STANDING.

Two memoirs. One unflinching look at the cost of public failure and the private work of rebuilding.

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The reconstruction of life

STILL STANDING

Beth takes readers behind the crime-scene tape of her reporting career and into the private work of repairing a damaged life. Two DUI arrests ended her television career and turned her own story into a headline. What followed was not a comeback. It was reconstruction: years of deliberate, documented work that became the STILL STANDING five-beam method.

Written for anyone who has wondered whether what broke them can become what rebuilds them.

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A memoir

Standby

From small-town newsrooms to coverage of 9/11 and the killing of George Floyd, Beth spent years uncovering stories others wanted hidden. Facing the truth about her own life took longer. Standby is her account of investigative journalism and the personal cost of public failure.

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“What separates the people who rebuild after crisis from the people who repeat?”

The question behind the work

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