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John Burns

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John Burns delivered the 25th Joe Alex Morris, Jr. Memorial Lecture, held at the Nieman Foundation on March 9, 2006. At the time he was Baghdad bureau chief for The New York Times. He is now the paper's chief foreign correspondent.

Assessing the Risks Reporters in Iraq Confront

‘I don’t believe in the journalist as a hero.’

Reporting in Closed Societies

‘Every lie tells you a truth. If you just leave your eyes and ears open, it’s extremely revealing.’