- Jerome Starkey (journalist)
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Jerome Starkey (born 27 June 1981) is a British war correspondent and investigative journalist based in Kabul, Afghanistan. His work on civilian casualties in The Times [1][2][3] has been decried by Nato's International Security Assistance Force[4][5] (ISAF) but widely praised by other journalists[6] and peace activists.[7]
His expose of a Special Forces night raid in Khataba, in eastern Afghanistan was nominated for two major journalism awards[8][9] and it forced the commander of the United States' Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), Vice Admiral William H. McRaven, to visit the victims' family and apologize[10] by offering to sacrifice a sheep at their door - an enactment of the ancient Pashtun ritual of Nanawatai. Jerome also worked on a successful Independent newspaper campaign[11] to free student journalist Sayed Pervez Kambaksh after he was sentenced to death for blasphemy. In November 2010 he was awarded the Frontline Club's annual award for excellence.[12]
He has been a vocal critic of military efforts to censor coverage of the War in Afghanistan[13] and claimed he was blacklisted.[14]
In October, 2010, Jerome was nearly killed during an embed with British troops in Helmand Province when an Improvised explosive device (IED) exploded less than 10metres in front of him.[15][16] The explosion killed Corporal David Barnsdale[17] and injured two others.
In 2011 Starkey won the Kurt Schork memorial prize. [18][19]
References
- ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7040166.ece
- ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7060395.ece
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narang_night_raid
- ^ http://www.military-world.net/Afghanistan/3502.html
- ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/27/nato-tries-to-silence-jou_n_515652.html
- ^ http://www.truth-out.org/where-are-this-wars-heroes-military-and-journalistic57406
- ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-greenwald/rethink-afghanistan-why-i_b_527439.html#
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/oct/01/bevins-prize-shortlist-announced
- ^ http://iwpr.net/report-news/schork-awards-contenders-announced
- ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7092604.ece
- ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/free-at-last-student-in-hiding-after-karzais-intervention-1782909.html
- ^ http://www.journalism.co.uk/news-events-awards/times-afghanistan-correspondent-wins-frontline-club-excellence-award/s14/a541626/
- ^ http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?backgroundid=00440&fuseaction=background.view
- ^ http://www.stripes.com/blogs/ombudsman/ombudsman-1.8931/reporter-complains-of-blacklisting-in-afghanistan-1.8946
- ^ http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/asia/afghanistan/article2775671.ece
- ^ http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/10/22/30-feet-from-the-brutal-reality-of-the-afghan-war-death-of-a-soldier-115875-22650096/
- ^ http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/CorporalDavidBarnsdaleKilledInAfghanistan.htm
- ^ http://iwpr.net/raise-awareness/winners-2011-kurt-schork-awards
- ^ http://www.ksmfund.org/files/newsrelease-2011-winners.pdf
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- British journalists
- The Times people
- Living people
- 1981 births
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