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Berkelouw Books presents Peter Greste

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Event

Berkelouw Books presents Peter Greste


Time & date

6:30pm, 24th October 2017


Location

Berkelouw Mona Vale View map

12-14 Park St, Mona Vale, NSW 2103


Tickets

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$14 which entitles ticket holder to $5 discount on the book

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About

Peter Greste on The Global War on Journalism

Before the twin towers were attacked on 9/11 journalists were embedded behind enemy lines in hotspots around the world, often engaging with ‘the enemy’ in face to face interviews and exclusively reporting from behind enemy lines. While it was dangerous and risky then, it is barely even possible to contemplate doing now. In the last decade or so the rules have changed. Trust in the media has been lost. Fake news is prevalent. And journalism has become a dangerous game.

Join us for this thought-provoking discussion with one of Australia’s finest foreign correspondents Peter Greste as he looks at how the role of the media has changed in the global War on Terror – and the urgency with which we need to support impartial, balanced and accurate reporting in a war where there are no frontlines and no clear battlegrounds.

Book

The First Casualty
Extremely timely, enlightening and passionate, The First Casualty is foreign correspondent Peter Greste’s first-hand account of how the war on journalism has spread from the battlefields of the Middle East to the governments of the West
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