John Pilger
John Richard Pilger (born 9 October 1939) is an Australian journalist and documentary film maker, based in London. England. He has twice won the UK's Journalist of the Year Award, and his documentaries have received academy awards in Britain and the US. [1] Noam Chomsky said of Pilger:
"John Pilger's work has been a beacon of light in often dark times. The realities he has brought to light have been a revelation, over and over again, and his courage and insight a constant inspiration." [2]
In Breaking the Silence: The Television Reporting of John Pilger, his appraisal of the journalist's documentaries, Anthony Hayward wrote,
"For more than a generation, he has been an ever stronger voice for those without a voice and a thorn in the side of authority and the Establishment. His work, particularly his television documentaries, has also made him rare in being a journalist who is universally known, a champion of those for whom he fights and the scourge of politicians and others whose actions he exposes." [3]
References
- ↑ John Pilger - New Statesman
- ↑ Noam Chomsky, introduction to 'The New Rulers of the World' by John Pilger, April 2002
- ↑ Breaking the Silence: The Television Reporting of John Pilger, Anthony Hayward (Network, 2008)
