Author

Michael Kirk

Michael Kirk, a 1980 Nieman Fellow, is a founding producer of “Frontline,” now in it’s 25th season. He is the winner of two Peabody Awards, two duPont-Columbia Awards, two George Polk Awards, twelve Emmy Awards, and eight Writers Guild of America Awards. Kirk now serves as a consulting senior producer to “Frontline” and produces two films each season as an independent producer.

Decision-Making: A Visual Journey Inside the Iraq War

‘… it remains the job of journalists to do more than report the “stuff” that happens or bring to the public the “first rough draft of history.”’

Striking a Balance Between Filmmaking and Journalism

At ‘Frontline,’ the producers and their vision are front and center.