UNH Alumnus Talks War Coverage in the Age of ISIS March 1, 2016

Thursday, February 18, 2016

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Marcus Weisgerber '04 has been named the 2016 Donald M. Murray Visiting Journalist at the University of New Hampshire.

DURHAM, N.H. - Marcus Weisgerber '04, global business reporter for Defense One, has been named the 2016 Donald M. Murray Visiting Journalist at the University of New Hampshire. He will discuss "How ISIS is Changing the Way Journalists Cover War" Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at 5 p.m. in MUB Theater I. The talk is free and open to the public.

Weisgerber has reported from Afghanistan, the Middle East, Europe and Asia, and often travels with the defense secretary and other senior U.S. military officials. He writes about global military operations, arms sales and policy.

As vice president of the Pentagon Press Association he has appeared on CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, NPR, BBC World Service, WABC, WBAL, WJLA, Monocle 24 and other nationally syndicated television and radio programs.

Before joining Defense One, Weisgerber was senior Pentagon correspondent for Defense News and chief editor of Inside the Air Force. Prior to that he embedded with the New Hampshire National Guard covering the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina from New Orleans while at Foster's Daily Democrat.

The University of New Hampshire, founded in 1866, is a world-class public research university with the feel of a New England liberal arts college. A land, sea, and space-grant university, UNH is the state's flagship public institution, enrolling 13,000 undergraduate and 2,500 graduate students

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Caption: Marcus Weisgerber '04 has been named the 2016 Donald M. Murray Visiting Journalist at the University of New Hampshire.