John Pilger is an acclaimed Australian journalist and documentary maker. On Oct. 28 he discussed journalism and the War on Terror in front of an audience at the University of Texas with journalism professor Robert Jensen acting as interviewer.
Journalism and the War on Terror
John Pilger
John Richard Pilger (9 October 1939 – 30 December 2023) was an Australian journalist, writer, scholar, and documentary filmmaker. Based mostly in the UK since 1962, John Pilger has been an internationally influential investigative reporter, a strong critic of Australian, British and American foreign policy since his early reporting days in Vietnam, and has also condemned official treatment of Indigenous Australians. Twice winner of Britain’s Journalist of the Year Award, he has won many other awards for his documentaries on foreign affairs and culture. He was also a cherished ZFriend.