Aaron Glantz
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Aaron Glantz, is an American journalist
and author. Glantz works as a reporter for Pacifica Radio
, as well as for other media outlets, including the global news agency
, Inter Press Service
(IPS). Since 2003, his principal focus has been on the war in Iraq and its effects on American military personnel.
-FM in Berkeley
while studying journalism at the University of California, Berkeley
. He went on to serve as KPFA's California State Capitol
reporter in Sacramento
, where he won the California Journalism Award for radio in 2000 for his reporting on the California State Legislature
. That year he was a founding producer of Pacifica Radio's nationally-syndicated daily newscast, Free Speech Radio News
(FSRN).
In the course of a global tour to recruit locally-based correspondents for FSRN, Glantz filed reports from Denmark, France, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, India, Indonesia, Vietnam and South Korea.
Glantz has visited Iraq
three times during the U.S. occupation: for a month immediately after the fall of Saddam Hussein
in March 2003; from February to May 2004; and during the legislative elections
, in January 2005.
Since returning from his last visit to Iraq, Glantz has devoted considerable attention to the damaging effects of the war on American veteran
s. He has filed numerous reports delving into the issue of post-traumatic stress disorder
and related problems, as well as detailing the difficulties that veterans have experienced in their efforts to obtain services from the Veterans Administration
.
In September 2007, KPFA Radio launched a new interactive website, Warcomeshome.org, and hired Glantz as editor. The website features an archive of Glantz's audio stories, photos, transcripts, and a blog by Glantz, as well as resources for veterans and activists. Glantz's second book, The War Comes Home, is scheduled to be published by the University of California Press
in 2008.
Glantz and KPFA Morning Show host Aimee Allison co-anchored a live broadcast of the Iraq War Winter Soldier
event in Silver Spring, Maryland
as the Pacifica Radio network suspended regular programming for three days, from March 14 through March 16, 2008.
Glantz lives in Berkeley with his wife, journalist Ngoc Nguyen. His father is Stanton Glantz
, Ph.D, a leading researcher and activist on the health effects of tobacco
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In 2008 the book Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan was published authored by Glantz in collaboration with Iraq Veterans Against the War
. The book dovetails with the Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan
event detailing allegations of military misconduct among US soldiers in Iraq.
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
and author. Glantz works as a reporter for Pacifica Radio
Pacifica Radio
Pacifica Radio is the oldest public radio network in the United States. It is a group of five independently operated, non-commercial, listener-supported radio stations that is known for its progressive/liberal political orientation. It is also a program service supplying over 100 affiliated...
, as well as for other media outlets, including the global news agency
News agency
A news agency is an organization of journalists established to supply news reports to news organizations: newspapers, magazines, and radio and television broadcasters. Such an agency may also be referred to as a wire service, newswire or news service.-History:The oldest news agency is Agence...
, Inter Press Service
Inter Press Service
Inter Press Service is a global news agency. Its main focus is the production of independent news and analysis about events and processes affecting economic, social and political development....
(IPS). Since 2003, his principal focus has been on the war in Iraq and its effects on American military personnel.
Career
Born in San Francisco, Glantz was a volunteer reporter in the news department of Pacifica's flag-ship station, KPFAKPFA
KPFA is a listener-funded progressive talk radio and music radio station located in Berkeley, California, broadcasting to the San Francisco Bay Area. KPFA airs public news, public affairs, talk, and music programming. The station signed on-the-air April 15 1949, as the first Pacifica Station...
-FM in Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
while studying journalism at the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
. He went on to serve as KPFA's California State Capitol
California State Capitol
The California State Capitol is home to the government of California. The building houses the bicameral state legislature and the office of the governor....
reporter in Sacramento
Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
, where he won the California Journalism Award for radio in 2000 for his reporting on the California State Legislature
California State Legislature
The California State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of California. It is a bicameral body consisting of the lower house, the California State Assembly, with 80 members, and the upper house, the California State Senate, with 40 members...
. That year he was a founding producer of Pacifica Radio's nationally-syndicated daily newscast, Free Speech Radio News
Free Speech Radio News
Free Speech Radio News is an independently produced half hour daily national and international radio news program focusing on peace and social justice issues in the US and around the world. FSRN is collectively run by its workers and reporters...
(FSRN).
In the course of a global tour to recruit locally-based correspondents for FSRN, Glantz filed reports from Denmark, France, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, India, Indonesia, Vietnam and South Korea.
Glantz has visited Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
three times during the U.S. occupation: for a month immediately after the fall of Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003...
in March 2003; from February to May 2004; and during the legislative elections
Iraqi legislative election, January 2005
Elections for the National Assembly of Iraq were held on January 30, 2005 in Iraq. The 275-member National Assembly was a parliament created under the Transitional Law during the Occupation of Iraq...
, in January 2005.
Since returning from his last visit to Iraq, Glantz has devoted considerable attention to the damaging effects of the war on American veteran
Veteran
A veteran is a person who has had long service or experience in a particular occupation or field; " A veteran of ..."...
s. He has filed numerous reports delving into the issue of post-traumatic stress disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Posttraumaticstress disorder is a severe anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to any event that results in psychological trauma. This event may involve the threat of death to oneself or to someone else, or to one's own or someone else's physical, sexual, or psychological integrity,...
and related problems, as well as detailing the difficulties that veterans have experienced in their efforts to obtain services from the Veterans Administration
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is a government-run military veteran benefit system with Cabinet-level status. It is the United States government’s second largest department, after the United States Department of Defense...
.
In September 2007, KPFA Radio launched a new interactive website, Warcomeshome.org, and hired Glantz as editor. The website features an archive of Glantz's audio stories, photos, transcripts, and a blog by Glantz, as well as resources for veterans and activists. Glantz's second book, The War Comes Home, is scheduled to be published by the University of California Press
University of California Press
University of California Press, also known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing. It was founded in 1893 to publish books and papers for the faculty of the University of California, established 25 years earlier in 1868...
in 2008.
Glantz and KPFA Morning Show host Aimee Allison co-anchored a live broadcast of the Iraq War Winter Soldier
Winter Soldier Investigation
The "Winter Soldier Investigation" was a media event sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War from January 31, 1971 – February 2, 1971. It was intended to publicize war crimes and atrocities by the United States Armed Forces and their allies in the Vietnam War...
event in Silver Spring, Maryland
Silver Spring, Maryland
Silver Spring is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It had a population of 71,452 at the 2010 census, making it the fourth most populous place in Maryland, after Baltimore, Columbia, and Germantown.The urbanized, oldest, and...
as the Pacifica Radio network suspended regular programming for three days, from March 14 through March 16, 2008.
Glantz lives in Berkeley with his wife, journalist Ngoc Nguyen. His father is Stanton Glantz
Stanton Glantz
Stanton Arnold Glantz, Ph.D. is Professor of Medicine , American Legacy Foundation Distinguished Professor of Tobacco Control, and Director of the at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. Glantz's research focuses on the health effects of tobacco smoking...
, Ph.D, a leading researcher and activist on the health effects of tobacco
Health effects of tobacco smoking
The health effects of tobacco are the circumstances, mechanisms, and factors of tobacco consumption on human health. Epidemiological research has been focused primarily on cigarette tobacco smoking, which has been studied more extensively than any other form of consumption.Tobacco is the single...
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Books about the US invasion of Iraq
In 2005 Aaron Glantz published his book How America Lost Iraq, in which he gives a voice to the Iraqis and tells how the U.S. government squandered, through a series of blunders and brutalities, the goodwill with which most Iraqis greeted the American invasion and the elation they felt at the fall of Saddam Hussein.In 2008 the book Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan was published authored by Glantz in collaboration with Iraq Veterans Against the War
Iraq Veterans Against the War
Iraq Veterans Against the War is an advocacy group of active-duty United States military personnel, Iraq War veterans, Afghanistan War veterans, and other veterans who have served since the September 11, 2001 attacks who are opposed to the U.S. occupation of Iraq...
. The book dovetails with the Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan
Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan
Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan was an event at which more than 200 U.S. military veterans and active duty soldiers, as well as Iraqi and Afghan civilians, provided accounts of their experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan. The event was inspired by the Winter Soldier Investigation of 1971...
event detailing allegations of military misconduct among US soldiers in Iraq.
External links
- Website of Aaron Glantz
- The War Comes Home Aaron Glantz's multimedia website focusing on Iraq War veterans
- Pacifica Reports From Iraq: audio reports filed by Aaron Glantz
- Articles by Aaron Glantz for Inter Press ServiceInter Press ServiceInter Press Service is a global news agency. Its main focus is the production of independent news and analysis about events and processes affecting economic, social and political development....
- Articles by Aaron Glantz on Antiwar.comAntiwar.comAntiwar.com is a website devoted to opposing aggressive war, imperialism, and assaults on freedom associated with both. The editors describe their politics as libertarian. Their stated motiviation is, "to show how the imperialistic tendencies of the American government lead to a loss of civil...
- Interview with Aaron Glantz