September
26, 2003
NPR's
Baghdad Correspondent to Speak
at Chapin on October 1
Anne Garrels, a roving
foreign correspondent for NPR News, was one of 16 American journalists
who remained in Baghdad during the initial invasion of Iraq. She
recounts her experience in a new book Naked in Baghdad
and at a presentation and book signing in Chapin Auditorium on
Wednesday, October 1, at 7:30 pm.
Garrels's vivid,
around-the-clock reports from the city under siege gave listeners
remarkable insight into the impact of the war on Baghdad and those
left in the city. As U.S. and British forces advanced, Garrels
remained at her post, describing the scene on the streets and
reactions from those she encountered. For her work in Iraq, Garrels
garnered a 2003 Courage in Journalism Award from the International
Women's Media Foundation.
Since 9/11, Garrels
has reported from Afganistan, Pakistan, and the Middle East. During
her career with NPR, Garrels has reported on a wide range of international
issues with an emphasis on the former Soviet Union.
From Tiananmen Square
to the battlegrounds of Chechnya, from Bosnia to Kosovo and Israel,
Garrels combines experience in the field with a sharp understanding
of the policy debates in Washington, D.C. In 1990 Garrels reported
from Saudi Arabia, filing stories on the events leading up to
the Gulf War. She was part of the NPR team that won a prestigious
Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award in 1992 for her coverage
of the former Soviet Union. In 1999 the Overseas Press Club honored
Garrels with the Whitman Bassow Award for a series she did on
water issues around the globe.
Before joining NPR
in 1988, Garrels was the State Department correspondent for NBC
News. Prior to that Garrels worked at ABC News in a variety of
positions over the course of ten years. She served three years
as Moscow bureau chief and correspondent until she was expelled
in 1982. She also covered the Eastern Bloc, particularly the rise
of Solidarity in Poland and the crackdown of martial law. From
1984-85 Garrels was the network's Central American correspondent.
Garrels, a native
of Longmeadow, Massachusetts, graduated from Harvard University
in 1972.
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