Live from Baghdad: Making Journalism History Behind the Lines

by Robert Wiener

On August 23, 1990, CNN executive producer Robert Wiener landed at Saddam International Airport. In tow were correspondent Jim Clancy, a camera crew, and enough equipment to fill seven taxis. Wiener's job was to orchestrate the network's coverage from the Iraqi capital--a herculean task that involved everything from negotiating with difficult Iraqi officials to gathering news to lifting spirits (including those that came in bottles). All in a day's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312314655
• ISBN13: 9780312314651
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Griffin
• Length: 313 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A portrait of cooperation, luck, and determination

Live From Baghdad is one of those books that you just cannot put down. Giving the details of the struggle to get the story out before and during the Gulf War, this book is a tremendous personal account of what it takes to succeed in impossible circumstances. Robert Wiener and his crew made extreme personal sacrifices, sometimes in life-threatening circumstances, to get the story out and beat the competition. A great textbook example on how to negotiate what you need through respect and patience, being rewarded with sucess and a place in history. Great anecdotes about life behind the scenes make this a truly enjoyable read.