War News Radio

This week on War News Radio, we look closely at media coverage of the war in Iraq. First, Jennesa Calvo-Friedman and Luke Smith bring us voices from the September 24th war protest in Washington, DC.

Brooke Gladstone, managing editor and co-host of NPR’s On the Media comments on why it’s difficult for reporters in Iraq to cover more than just car bombs. Then, Joel Campagna from the Committee to Protect Journalists talks about the dangers faced by local Iraqi reporters.

In a piece from our archives, Max Thompson tells the story of how the Iraqi Media Network boosted its ratings by bending its principles.

Finally, Marty Goldensohn catches up with Mideast scholar and Iraq war blogger Juan Cole in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He finds out what life as a one-man mass medium is like.

These stories, plus the week’s news, from War News Radio.

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This week on War News Radio, we examine the religious violence in Iraq. Experts Mark Juergensmeyer and Mark Levine weigh in on how religion changed the stakes in the war in Iraq.

Also, Eva Barboni takes a look at progress — and impasse— in the American peace movement.

And a young Iraqi man speaks to Amelia Templeton about insecurity in his religiously mixed neighborhood in Baghdad.

These stories, plus the week’s news, from War News Radio.

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This week on War News Radio, Reuben Heyman-Kantor learns about insecurity and solidarity along the Iraqi-Syrian border from an American professor in Damascus.

Also, Wren Elhai takes a look at whether our presence in Iraq made us less capable of tackling Hurricane Katrina.

Finally, Eva Barboni introduces listeners to Iraqi poems and prose with the help of two professors, one in Basrah and the other in Indiana.

These stories, plus the week’s news, from War News Radio.

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