Armed with a camera and a seemingly endless supply of moxy, Kevin Sites spent the last year covering global conflict for "Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone" on Yahoo! News--battles that have been left uncovered or under-reported by the mainstream news media. In this fascinating journalistic memoir, he presents some of his best and msot compelling stories, and recounts the excitement and terror, joys and tragedies that helped set apart his web column, Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone. Gripping and unforgettable, the entries include an interview with an ex-U.S. Marine who is also the son of Somalia's most infamous warlord; a portrait of a child soldier in the Congo; and an unsettling tour of Rwanda's "school of death." Displaying a talent for investigation sorely lacking in most modern media outlets, Sites dig deep to expose stories others have overlooked. Mingled within his reportage is the tale of his career as a journalism pioneer and his musings on the future of media, one in which fearless, mobile reporters like himself regularly outdo the mainstream outlets and use the web to reach an ever-expanding audience.