Ghostwriting: I am an illusion created by a ghost

Rasmus Rønlev; Rikke Hyldgaard

Ghostwriting: I am an illusion created by a ghost

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Abstract

In the memoirs Støj og fortielser (Noise and Secrecy) from 2016, journalist and TV presenter Hans Pilgaard is the brutally honest first-person narrator who tells the story of his life, his dreams and his demons. However, even though Pilgaard appears to be the originator of the book, it is actually written by journalist Rikke Hyldgaard. Using their collaboration as an example, in this chapter we demonstrate how the journalistic ghostwriter can create the illusion that a text was written by the source when it was, in fact, written by the journalist.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	What am I doing here? : A guide to first-person journalism
Editors	Steffen Moestrup, Jesper Gaarskjær, Gitte Luk
Place of Publication	Frederiksberg
Publisher	Samfundslitteratur
Publication date	Aug 2024
Pages	117-138
Chapter	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9788759344125
Publication status	Published - Aug 2024

Bibliographical note

This is a translated and revised version of a book chapter that was originally published in Danish in 2022.

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Ghostwriting: I am an illusion created by a ghost

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