Kristina Wong, an MRE member, joined the Washington Times as a National Security Reporter. Previously, she was with ABC News.
Alex Quade joins MRE board of directors
December 5, 2011 By
War reporter Alex Quade was appointed to the MRE board of directors at the annual conference by new president Bryan Bender, filling a vacancy on the board.
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USAF to MRE: ‘We could and should have done better’ on Dover Mortuary Affairs story
December 5, 2011 By
The chief spokesman for the U.S. Air Force has acknowledged his office’s failure to properly inform the media last month about the mishandling of soldiers’ remains and said he has directed the public affairs office to review its procedures. [Read more...]
Joint Chiefs chairman: Don’t lose interest in us
November 21, 2011 By
By MRE board member Sig Christenson
San Antonio-Express News
The new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, had a message for journalists at last week’s Millitary Reporters & Editors Conference in Arlington, Va. [Read more...]
Kelly steps down, Bender takes reins of MRE as new president
November 18, 2011 By
After serving two years as president of Military Reporters & Editors Association, USA Today reporter Kelly Kennedy stepped down as president. Bryan Bender of the Boston Globe was elected by the board of directors as the organization’s new president. [Read more...]
Don North: Sixty-nine years after Dieppe truth is still a casualty
September 3, 2011 By
“If any question why we died, tell them because our fathers lied.”
Rudyard Kipling. Epitaphs of the war.
By Don North
MRE Vice President
The template for unashamed deceit of the news media in wartime is the disastrous raid on Dieppe Aug. 19, 1942. The controversy over the lessons learned at Dieppe continue to this day, perhaps proof that unless truthful, the “first rough draft of history” lives on without aggressive scholarship or journalism.
At the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Ontario there is a citation on the wall of an official display; “Some insist that the lessons learned at Dieppe contributed to the success of later allied landings including Normandy. Others insist that the raid was poorly planned and an avoidable blunder.” It seems the Canadian preference is to “choose your own version of history on Dieppe.” [Read more...]
New board members elected for MRE
July 12, 2011 By
Members of Military Reporters & Editors elected three new board members last week, as well as approved changes officers’ and board members’ terms from one year to two years, and to allow communications within the organization to be done by any means available using current technology at the time. [Read more...]
War photographers’ retreat to honor Tim Hetherington
June 29, 2011 By
Three military families, along with David Emerson, Yoga Program Director at The Trauma Center, announced the upcoming War Photographers’ Retreat.
Remembering our colleagues Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington
April 21, 2011 By
We at Military Reporters & Editors join many others today in mourning the deaths of Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington. [Read more...]
Obituary: Jack Pulwers, a giant in journalism
April 3, 2011 By
By Don North
Distinguished journalist, author and military historian Jack Edward Pulwers died March 29, 2011 at Fair Oaks Hospital in Fairfax, Va. of extended illness after congestive heart failure. [Read more...]
