Thursday, December 31, 2009
I put
together a slide show of the screengrabs from 2009 for
a bit of a look back at the year.
2009 was a year of changes for Michael. He moved his
residence from Baghdad to Brooklyn, and moved his CNN
affiliation from International to Domestic. He returned
to Afghanistan for the first time since heading to Iraq
for the 2003 invasion, and added coverage of the drug
war in Mexico to his CV. For the first time in almost a
decade he spent more time out of a warzone than in one,
as he wrestled with the personal toll his profession
has taken... and with trying to crystallize what he
witnessed during six years of living in Baghdad into
book form.
I have no doubt that in 2010 we will see him doing more
stellar reporting and analysis of the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan, as well as the much different war in
Mexico. And whatever new ventures he may take on, we
look forward to watching him.
Length: 9:26
LARGE (200.9 MB)
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MEDIUM (83.7 MB)
(Because
a "small" version is nearly unwatchable, I did a
"medium" one instead
although the size may still be prohibitive. But this is
just for fun, nothing new to watch.)
Saturday, December 12, 2009
When Michael
did the
talk at CrocMedia back in
July, he also did a long interview with the
co-sponsor, Advance, and
they have now released it as part of their "down
under / ON TOP" series of interviews with various
prominent Australians working around the world.
Length: 9:03
LARGE (83.1 MB)
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SMALL (9.4 MB)
You can also
watch the original version
on
YouTube and leave comments.
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
There is a
new 15-second promo for CNN's coverage of the
Afghanistan war... well, actually, there are two. The
first version started running a day or two after the
President's speech last Tuesday; then it was altered
later in the week. The change added Michael an
additional time, so we have no complaints!
Afghan Promo #1
Afghan Promo #2
Friday, December 04, 2009
ON THE MEDIA
Reporter crashes into the ranks of pundits
James Rainey
December 4, 2009
All this talk about the couple who broke into the White
House state dinner has been kind of interesting. But,
for my money, the most fascinating gate-crasher this
week on the Washington scene had to be Michael Ware.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
According to
Publisher's Marketplace, Michael's book,
Between Me
and The Dead, now has a US publisher:
Random House was the highest bidder at an auction set
up by his literary agent. Still no date announced, but
we're patient!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Somehow
managed to totally miss this, big thanks to Mary for
sending it along -- a recent issue of
Rolling
Stone listed the
50 Best Reasons to Watch TV ... and at number 26:
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Michael's
cameraman in Afghanistan, Samad Qasiri, has some still
photos posted on CNN.com, including these of Michael
and Tommy. (Showing these with and without captions.)
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Friday, September 11, 2009
An article
by Mark Corcoran on the ABC News (Aus) website,
Calls For Justice for Cameraman Slain in
Iraq details
the search for justice for the man responsible for
the death of Australian journalist Paul Moran in the
early days of the Iraq war.
As
you may remember, Michael
was there when the bomb went off, and is mentioned
in the article:
I've learned to dread
late night phone calls - and this one was the worst. It
was March 2003, during the opening phase of the Iraq
war. Just after midnight I took the call from an
anguished Michael Ware - an Australian journalist and
close colleague of mine, then working for Time
Magazine.
Coming down the satellite phone line was a mix of
static, screaming and sirens. Amid the cacophony,
Michael managed to spell out that he was at a roadblock
in Kurdish northern Iraq that had just been hit by a
suicide bomber in a taxi. He was on the scene giving
assistance to ABC journalist Eric Campbell, dazed and
bloodied after being hit by shrapnel, but alive.
However there was the body of another westerner among
the victims - possibly an Australian - who was he?
The tragic details soon became clear. He was
39-year-old Paul Moran, a freelance cameraman
originally from Adelaide. He had teamed up with Eric
Campbell on the Iraq assignment for ABC News. Paul left
behind a young widow Ivana and a seven-week-old
daughter Tara.
It's a
chilling article, and knowing that the man responsible
is flaunting his freedom is incredibly
infuriating.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
This column
appears in this week's Red River Miner:
Rock stars may become passé in my world. I thought
they might be on their way out of my heart when
Anderson Cooper hit the spotlight, but now that I
have seen/heard Michael Ware, “It’s all over Baby
Blue”-Dylan. Mr. Ware is a foreign correspondent for
CNN that works from the trenches in the old school
style similar to Ernie Pyle. With his Aussie accent
and broken nose he appears to be more of a brawler
than bookish, but the guy gets it. Recently on an
episode of HBO’s Bill Maher show he explained the
trichotomy of India/Pakistan and Afghanistan more
clearly and efficiently than anyone I’ve heard yet. I
actually understood what he was saying and why we may
be in the predicament we are in. I am aware that
perhaps it’s my level of understanding that may be in
question rather than the talking heads lack of
knowledge, but what matters is that I found a source
I am comfortable with.
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