Still, Josie’s intelligence and hard work make her an appealing trailblazer, and young journos and cinephiles may enjoy seeing her explore a glamorous yet complicated world. Unfortunately, the journalism plot hits quite a few snags: Josie’s unethical and undisclosed relationship with the subject of her profile the implausible ease with which her #metoo article comes together and finds a heavyweight venue the silence about the price her sources may still pay after the article runs. Her observations on race in film and television are thoughtful and reasonably interposed, and it’s also believable that her asking a question about race as a journalist leads to consternation. Josie is terrifically sympathetic in her blend of talent and self doubt and in her determination to strip the word “fat” of its bad connotation while still being self-conscious about her body. At the same time she’s catching hints about a famous director’s behavior, and eventually she hears accounts of his sexual harassment that make her decide to tackle that story, amass reports from his victims, and go public. 'Brave, necessary, and unflinchingly real, Off the Record is an instant classic.' -Marieke Nijkamp, 1 New York Times Bestselling author of This Is Where It Ends show more. Though she struggles as always with her anxiety, she finds a groove, and she even bonds with her subject, Marius, in ways that begin to seem more than just professional. From Camryn Garrett, whose debut Full Disclosure was called 'honest.
Seventeen-year-old Josie is a driven young media journalist in the making, writing extensively about Black representation in film, and she’s thrilled to win a talent competition with Deep Focus magazine that has her (chaperoned by reluctant older sister Alice) joining a press tour for a new movie in order to create a profile on its newcomer teen star.
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