Radio interview: Syria, Lebanon and the media

byHabib Battah
May 28, 2012

Here’s a link to my interview on Los Angeles Public Radio with Ian Masters. I speak about the coverage of Lebanon and Syria and the need to look beyond dichotomies to the complicated local dynamics. I also touch upon the new media scene in Syria, which will be featured in a forthcoming piece.

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Habib Battah

Habib Battah is an investigative journalist and founder of the news site beirutreport.com. Battah has covered Lebanon and the Middle East for over 15 years and teaches journalism and media studies at the American University of Beirut. He is a contributor to Monocle, The Guardian, BBC World, Al Jazeera and others, a former fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University and two-time recipient of the Samir Kassir Press Freedom Award. Battah's investigative work was recently recognized for outstanding local reporting by the Columbia University Oakes Award for Environmental Reporting. Battah earned a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. in Near East Studies and Journalism from New York University.