The lecture by British journalist Robert Fisk has been rescheduled. Fisk will serve as the 2006-2007 Park Distinguished Visitor.Robert Fisk
British Journalist and Middle East Correspondent
Thursday, March 1
7:30 p.m. in Emerson Suites.
The lecture by British journalist Robert Fisk has been rescheduled. Fisk will serve as the 2006-2007 Park Distinguished Visitor.
Robert Fisk
British Journalist and Middle East Correspondent
Thursday, March 1
7:30 p.m. in Emerson Suites.
Robert Fisk is the recipient of 28 British and foreign press awards, more than any other British journalist, including the six Foreign Correspondent of the Year awards and two Journalist of the Year awards. He is one of the few Western journalists to interview Osama bin Laden.
He is currently the Middle East correspondent for the British newspaper the Independent. Fisk previously worked at the Times, a national daily newspaper in the United Kingdom, serving as the Middle East correspondent from 1976-87 and as Ireland correspondent from 1972-75.
Fisk has covered the Lebanese civil war, two Israeli invasions (1978 and 1982), the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88), the 1991 Gulf War, and the conflicts in Algeria, Bosnia, and Kosovo.
He is the author the best-selling Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon; The Great War for Civilisation - The Conquest of the Middle East; and two books on modern Irish history.
Fisk received his B.A. in English and Classics from Lancaster University, and earned a Ph.D. in Politics from Trinity College, University of Dublin.
The Park Distinguished Visitor Series:
Each year the Park School of Communications hosts an individual representing one or more of the significant professions associated with the communications industry. Leading figures in print and broadcast journalism are the primary focus.
The Park Distinguished Visitor Series is funded through the generosity of the Park Foundation.
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