[Reader-list] Brian Palmer @ Dhaka University

[Naeem Mohaiemen]

Dear all, for those who know Brian P's work, he is in Dhaka now
working on a short doc. He will give a talk tomorrow.

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You are cordially invited to attend a discussion on "Notes from
Occupation: War and Ethics of Journalism," with Brian Palmer as the
keynote speaker. Please note that this is to be held tomorrow 11
March, 2008 (Tuesday), at 1:30pm in R.C. Majumder Auditorium (Ground
Floor, Lecture Theatre, behind Arts Building, University of Dhaka).

Brian Palmer is an independent journalist and filmmaker based in
Brooklyn, New York. Palmer is now in post-production stage of  his
first film, Full Disclosure: A Reporter¹s Journey Toward Truth in
Iraq, a feature-length documentary based on his three trips to Iraq
with the same US Marine combat unit. He recently received a Ford
Foundation grant to complete the film and conduct educational
outreach.
Palmer has written for Mother Jones, Newsday, The Huffington Post,
Pixel Press, Newsweek International, The New York Times Magazine,
among others. His photographs have appeared in The New York Times, The
Baltimore Sun, ColorLines (a publication of the Applied Research
Center), US News & World Report, Politiken (Copenhagen) and other
publications. From 2000 to 2002 Palmer was an on-air correspondent
with CNN. He was a staff writer at Fortune from 1998 to 2000, and
Beijing Bureau Chief for USNews & World Report for the two years prior
to that. From 1993 to 1996, he was a Staff Photographer for US News,
and he continues to work as a still photographer. (His work is online
at www.bxpnyc.com <http://www.bxpnyc.com>.)