Gareth Porter on Muck Rack

Gareth Porter

  • Independent Investigative Journalist, Freelance
Arlington
As seen in: Wiley Online Library, Al Jazeera English, The Hill, Salon, Foreign Policy Magazine, Haaretz, New York Review of Books, The Nation, Common Dreams, Truthout and
Covers:  us relations with pakistan, iran nuclear, war in afghanistan, u.s. policy toward syria, us-iran diplomacy, us national security policy, us intelligence
Doesn't Cover: issues, security, other, than, national
Investigative historian and journalist on the national security state; author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare (2014).
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Bureau Chief in Saigon for Dispatch News Service in 1971

How is social media changing news?

By offering opportunities for journalist for other than corporate media to cover and interpret stories.

Why did you become a journalist?

Because I realized that connecting the dots and revealing stories that were not obvious or actually hidden is what I do best.

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

In was the first to report that the new commander of the Central Command, Adm. William Fallon, was determined to avoid war with Iran.

When's the best time to pitch you?

This question does not really apply to me.
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