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Last updated:
November, 2004
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By 2 p.m., November 10, phone 725-6279, press 3, and leave a message that includes the names and status (CAJ members? Student?) who will pay at the door. (This does not guarantee you a place - just the pre-event rate if you show up by 6:30 p.m.)
Un-embedded war reporting:
against the mainstream media current
Reporting on military issues is a daily part of Canadian journalism. Whether it's the latest events in Fallujah, Iraq, a tragedy involving a Canadian submarine or the broader questions about Canadian military commitments aboard and at home, Scott Taylor has been covering military issues for Canadians for more than a decade.
Scott will share his views on journalistic coverage of the Canadian military and talk about his personal experiences as an independent war correspondent.
At the Canadian Association of Journalists National Writers' Symposium in Charlottetown last month, Scott's presentation as one of three keynote speakers, along with Linden MacIntyre of CBC's fifth estate and Pulitzer Prize winner Jacqui Banaszynski, was enthusiastically received.
Scott, a former professional soldier, has been editor and publisher of the Ottawa-based military issues magazine Esprit de Corps for the past 14 years.
He has logged over one million air miles as a war correspondent reporting from such global hot spots as the Persian Gulf, Cambodia, Western Sahara, Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia.Scott has made 20 trips to Iraq over the past four years. During his most recent visit there, in early September, he was held captive for five days.
Date: [top menu]
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
Time: [top menu]
- DePoe's Bar (pre-event cash bar) opens: 5:30 p.m.
- Event Doors open: 6:15 p.m. - cash bar and snacks
- Guest Presentation and Q&A session - 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
- Social hour with cash bar and buffet lunch - 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Location:
[top menu]NATIONAL PRESS CLUB - Entrance: Booth Building, 165 Sparks Street - on the Sparks Street Mall, just west of O'Connor. Take elevator or stairs to second floor. Press Club door is right in front of the elevators on the second floor
Cost:
[top menu]CAJ Members: $10.00 in advance / $12.00 at the door
(CAJ student members $6.00 - flat rate)
Non-Members $15.00 / $20.00 at the door
(non-member students $7.50 - flat rate)
Become a CAJ member: http://www.caj.ca/membership/index.html
Questions?
[top menu]Phone or E-mail:
Email: Scott Taylor CAJ Event
Phone: Leave a voice-mail message at 725-6279 #3
(Message line courtesy First Stage/Sussex Place - if you hear their answering message, you have dialed correctly. When you press "3", there will be no further voice prompt. Just start speaking and your message will be recorded.)
Brochure:
[top menu]There is a one-page brochure in PDF format (33k) which you may download to print and share with friends and colleagues.