Advance
and Crocmedia invites members to hear CNN’s
international news correspondent and Australian
journalist Michael Ware talk about his incredible
journey from Brisbane to Baghdad.
Michael Ware is
the only westerner to have survived an al-Qaeda
kidnap. From the heart of Hollywood in Crocmedia’s
office, comes one reporter's notebook of one of the
biggest stories in recent years.
Listen
to Ware's harrowing tales of reporting from the front
line of the Iraq War.
Special
Guest
Michael
Ware,
has lived the ‘War on Terror’ since 9/11, first in
Afghanistan, then spending six years in Iraq as a
front line journalist. Ware has covered virtually
every major battle over the last two wars; from Shahi
Kot to US invasion of Iraq, Fallujah, Samarra, Tal
Afar, Basrah...to countless firefights, explosions
and operations. Ware is considered the most
authoritative voice on Iraq by the Pentagon and the
U.S. Department of State.
Join
us for a candid night of discussion and stories,
including:
*Being kidnapped
by Al Qaeda and surviving
*Dodging death every day
*Living in Baghdad near-continuously since before the
American invasion
*Being embedded with American and British forces
*His views on American media
*The changing landscape of international
media
*Going
from Brisbane lawyer and Courier-Mail journalist to
America’s authoritative journalist on Iraq