Author and CNN Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward on Reporting from Conflict Zones

Intelligence Matters

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🗓️ 2 June 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with CNN Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward, who shares anecdotes and personal reflections related to her memoir, "On All Fronts: The Education of a Journalist." Ward explains how the attacks on September 11, 2001, prompted her to pursue a career in broadcast journalism, and how she rose through the ranks to become an on-air correspondent. She details her experiences reporting from conflict zones in Iraq, Lebanon and Syria, and what drove her to tell the stories of people living in war-torn areas. Ward also tells Morell about her friendship with American journalist Austin Tice, as well as her efforts to search for Tice after his abduction in Syria in 2012.

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0:00.0	This is Intelligence Matters, with former acting director of the CIA, Michael Morel.
0:06.6	Brought to you by Lockheed Martin.
0:08.6	Your mission is ours.
0:12.6	Clarissa Ward is the Chief International Correspondent for CNN.
0:17.0	Based in London, Clarissa has reported from the frontlines of conflict zones in Syria,
0:21.9	Iraq, Yemen, Afghanistan, Ukraine and Georgia.
0:25.9	She's the author of, on all fronts, the education of a journalist.
0:30.0	We just sat down and talked with Clarissa about her career and her book.
0:34.2	We'll be right back with that discussion after a word from our sponsor.
0:38.0	I'm Michael Morel, and this is Intelligence Matters.
0:46.7	In March 2020, a family on the Northern Cheyenne reservation in Lamedew Montana got shocking
0:52.2	news about their loved one.
0:53.9	Chrissy wouldn't die.
0:55.2	My daughter came and notified me that Chrissy was run over.
0:59.8	And I said, it should be okay.
1:01.1	And she's like, no, she died. I was like, what?
1:03.7	Missing justice from CBS News takes you inside what really happened that night
1:08.3	and the federal investigation that followed.
1:10.9	Listen to Missing Justice from CBS News on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:18.4	Clarissa, welcome to Intelligence Matters.
1:21.2	It's great to have you on the show.
1:23.2	And congratulations on your book on all fronts, the education of a journalist.
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