WAR & THE MEDIA :

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.'

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