Alumni Lunch Lecture: Mr Michael Ware - CNN Journalist

Event Details

Date:

Wednesday, 09 February 2011

Time:

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Room:

Seminar Room East

Location:

UQ Business School Downtown, Level 19, Central Plaza One, 345 Queen Street, Brisbane

URL:

http://www.bel.uq.edu.au/alumni-lunch-lectures

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Full Description:: After five years with sister-publication Time Magazine, Mr Ware joined CNN in May 2006 and quickly established himself as one of the foremost on-air experts on Iraq, providing comprehensive analysis and reports across all CNN networks.

He was one of the few mainstream reporters to live in Iraq near-continuously since before the American invasion and gained early acclaim due to his willingness to establish contacts with the Kurdish Peshmerga and the Iraqi insurgency.

Working in Afghanistan and Iraq for Time Magazine and then CNN, Michael Ware willingly went where no other reporter could or would. While on assignment he was kidnapped three times and narrowly escaped execution by Al Qaeda.

In May 2010, Mr Ware began a one-year leave of absence from CNN in order to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and is currently working on a book about the Iraq war, titled “Between Me and the Dead” to be published by Hachette (Australia) and Random House (US).

Michael Ware is an alumnus of The University of Queensland where he was awarded a Bachelor of Laws and a degree in Political Science.

A light lunch and refreshments will be served. Places are limited, so please RSVP quickly to ensure your seat.