Author

Roy Gutman

@RoyGutmanMcC

Roy Gutman is the Europe Bureau Chief for McClatchy Newspapers, based in Istanbul. Previously, he served as McClatchy’s Baghdad Bureau Chief and, before that as Foreign Editor. He has been the director of American University’s Crimes of War Education Project, whose goal is to familiarize the media and the public with the laws of war, and was coeditor with David Rieff of “Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know,” published in 1999 by W.W. Norton & Company. He is also the author of "How We Missed the Story: Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and the Hijacking of Afghanistan," published by Potomac Books in 2007.

Examining Closely Why an Important Story Is Not

In an excerpt from his upcoming book, journalist Roy Gutman returns to a critical moment in Afghanistan's past to explore the news media's response.
March 15, 2007

Strategizing to Cover the Afghanistan Story

Reporters’ movements and words were closely watched by certain Taliban officials. Journalists had to figure out ways to get stories out about what was happening while at the same time…
March 15, 2007

Consequences Occur When Reporters Testify

A reporter urges journalists to be better watchdogs of the war crimes tribunal process.
March 15, 2003

Examining the United Nations’ Role in Settling Conflicts

Insider journalism leaves too many questions unasked and unanswered.
June 15, 2000

What Difference Would It Make If Reporters Knew a War Crime When They Saw One?

This article is excerpted from a paper prepared by Roy Gutman, a correspondent for Newsday, for the International Studies Association conference held in Vienna, Austria in September 1998.Human rights abuses,…
March 15, 1999