WAR & THE MEDIA ARCHIVE :

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New York Times, 11 Aug 10, by Jeremy W. Peters
Guantánamo Offers a Look, but Little Else
'The military takes journalists on tours of Guantánamo Bay to counter “misrepresentations” about treatment of detainees there, but much remains off limits.'

PBS NewsHour, 26 Jul 10, with Jeffrey Brown
WikiLeaks Revelations Raise Questions Over Pakistan's Role in Afghan War
'Whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks released thousands of U.S. military documents related to the Afghan war on Sunday, creating a major stir among government officials and raising questions about Pakistani involvement in the war.'

PBS NewsHour, 26 Jul 10, with Judy Woodruff
The Purpose and People of WikiLeaks
'Daily Beast contributor Philip Shenon, a former New York Times investigative reporter, speaks with Judy Woodruff about the purpose of the online whistle-blower publication WikiLeaks and who runs the non-profit website, which continues to create a stir over its publication of classified U.S. government documents.'

New York Times 'At War', 21 May 10
Has Your Service in Afghanistan Changed You?
'The New York Times again invites members of the military who are serving, or have served, in Afghanistan to help us document the daily life of this war in photographs, video and writing.'

New York Times, 25 May 10
Losing the Media War in Pakistan
[video] 'The Pakistani media boom is propelling anti-American conspiracy theories, with the Times Square bomb as the latest example. The United States is doing virtually nothing to counter the trend.'

CNN, 07 Apr 10, by Tom Cohen
Leaked video reveals chaos of Baghdad attack
'On Tuesday, the Pentagon made public a partially redacted report on the incident that concluded the Apache attackers had no way of knowing the journalists were among suspected insurgents on the street.'

Christian Science Monitor, 06 Apr 10, by Peter Grier
Video of Iraqi journalists' killings: Is WikiLeaks a security threat?
'A 2008 report by the US Army suggests that WikiLeaks, which on Tuesday published a video that shows US forces apparently killing two Iraqi journalists, could be a threat to national security. The website has released sensitive information in the past, the report notes.'

New York Times 'At War', 07 Apr 10, by Timothy Hsia
Reaction on Military Blogs to the WikiLeaks Video
'With more expertise than most viewers — as well as more empathy, even among those who felt the pilots acted improperly — [military blogs] explored a range of issues ...'

New York Times 'Lens', 06 Apr 10, by Michael Kamber
Remembering Namir Noor-Eldeen
'Namir Noor-Eldeen stood out among a gifted group of young Iraqi photojournalists who emerged from the war. His well-composed photographs showed his natural sense of color, and his gift for capturing the dramatic moment.'

Christian Science Monitor, 06 Apr 10, by Robert Marquand
Nuclear weapons: a political strike on the big screen
'Producers of "Countdown to Zero," a docudrama about the dangers of nuclear weapons, hope it will boost the cause of disarmament the way "An Inconvenient Truth" did global warming.'

Christian Science Monitor, 15 Mar 10, by Fred Weir
Georgia opposition leader slams Russian invasion hoax in interview
'Russian officials say they are sure the fake broadcast was a "prepared action" designed to undermine Georgian-Russian dialogue, and not just the idea of a few journalists.'

New York Times 'Lens', 01 Mar 10, by Michael Kamber
Essay: How Not to Depict a War
'After years photographing in Iraq, Michael Kamber saw “The Hurt Locker.” He barely recognized the war that unfolded on screen.'

Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb 10, by Randy Dotinga
'The Aftermath Project': Photographers go back after the war
'The effects of war linger past the fighting, as Sara Terry found out herself when she documented a mass grave being dug up in Bosnia.'

New York Times, 16 Nov 09, by Oliver Englehart
The Minefields of Afghanistan
[video] 'The filmmaker Oliver Englehart follows a local team working to clear mines from a residential area in Afghanistan, where buried explosives are a finite, but persistent problem.'

Smithsonian Channel, beginning 22 Nov 09
Apocalypse: The Second World War
'This six-part series containing never-before-seen footage will forever change the way we look at the Second World War.'

New York Times 'At War', 21 Oct 09, by Salman Masood
Information Black Hole
'Before the Pakistani military launched its offensive against Taliban militants in the rugged tribal region of South Waziristan, Gen. Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani, the powerful Pakistani army chief, called the region an “intelligence black hole.” For journalists — from both the print and electronic media — the region is also close to an “information black hole.”'

New York Times, 17-21 Oct 09, by David Rohde
Part 1: 7 Months, 10 Days in Captivity
Part 2: Inside the Islamic Emirate
Part 3: ‘You Have Atomic Bombs, but We Have Suicide Bombers.’
Part 4: A Drone Strike and Dwindling Hope
Part 5: A Rope and a Prayer
Mr. Rohde’s seven months as a captive of the Taliban in Pakistan.

NewsHour, 10 Sep 09, by Andrew Thomas
New York Times Journalist's Rescue Raises Some Military Questions
'... questions are being asked about whether the raid to rescue a British journalist and his Afghan colleague was wise and whether the journalists had been reckless in putting themselves in danger in the first place.'

NewsHour, 10 Sep 09, with Jeffrey Brown
Perils of Reporting in War Zone Examined
'The perils of dangerous reporting have been brought to new light in the aftermath of the British rescue of a journalist in Afghanistan. The Washington Post's Rajiv Chandrasekaran and Bing West, an author and Marine combat veteran, offer insight.'

NewsHour, 09 Sep 09, by Margaret Warner
Challenges of Reporting from Closed Societies
'Margaret Warner describes her experiences reporting from Iran and the challenges of storytelling in closed societies. She will participate in a Council on Foreign Relations conference on sustaining overseas reporting in the digital age this week.'

Stars and Stripes, 03 Sep 09, by Leo Shane III
Analysis: Pentagon talks openness, but shows little action
'Media critics for years have blasted the military for its heavy-handed efforts to control the flow of information coming out of the Pentagon. And now the Joint Chiefs Chairman has agreed with them.'

2009 War and the Media archive