Soldier/Journalist to Speak at USU on Media and Iraq
Marshall Thompson, a military journalist who has served in the U.S. Army in Kosovo, Macedonia, South Korea and Iraq, will speak on “The Media and Iraq: Perspectives of a Soldier/Journalist,” from noon to 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, in the Eccles Conference Center Auditorium at Utah State University.
Thompson’s talk is part of the 2007 Media & Society Lecture Series sponsored by USU’s department of journalism and communication. The event is free and open to the public.
Thompson spent a year traveling through Iraq to interview soldiers and citizens. Military superiors censored many stories, and Thompson got a first-hand look at how the mass media are controlled in a combat zone.
After he returned from Iraq, Thompson walked the length of Utah to call for a responsible withdrawal of U.S. forces.
USU graduate Marshall Thompson will speak on "The Media and Iraq: Perspectives of a Soldier/Journalist."
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