From Brisbane to Baghdad

Advance and Crocmedia invites members to hear CNN’s international news correspondent and Australian journalist Michael Ware talk about his incredible journey from Brisbane to Baghdad.
Michael Ware is the only westerner to have survived an al-Qaeda kidnap. From the heart of Hollywood in Crocmedia’s office, comes one reporter's notebook of one of the biggest stories in recent years.
Listen to Ware's harrowing tales of reporting from the front line of the Iraq War.
Special Guest
Michael Ware, has lived the ‘War on Terror’ since 9/11, first in Afghanistan, then spending six years in Iraq as a front line journalist. Ware has covered virtually every major battle over the last two wars; from Shahi Kot to US invasion of Iraq, Fallujah, Samarra, Tal Afar, Basrah...to countless firefights, explosions and operations. Ware is considered the most authoritative voice on Iraq by the Pentagon and the U.S. Department of State.
Join us for a candid night of discussion and stories, including:


*Being kidnapped by Al Qaeda and surviving
*Dodging death every day
*Living in Baghdad near-continuously since before the American invasion
*Being embedded with American and British forces
*His views on American media
*The changing landscape of international media
*Going from Brisbane lawyer and Courier-Mail journalist to America’s authoritative journalist on Iraq