Lorissa Rinehart, author of “First to the Front, The Untold Story of Dickey Chapelle, Trailblazing Female War Correspondent,” uncovers the incredible story of Dickey Chappelle, who endured harrowing challenges in Vietnam and became the first female journalist killed in combat. In 1962 Chapelle took one of the first photographs published of an American soldier in combat in Vietnam, and won the George Polk Memorial Award for courageous coverage.
In the War Zone: How groundbreaking women correspondents beat the odds to cover the Vietnam War
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Oct 11 2023
WHEN:
Oct 11, 2023 at 2:00pm
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Conference Rooms
CONTACT INFO:
Cecily Scott Martin
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Join the National Press Club's History and Heritage Team for a discussion with Lorissa Rinehart and Elizabeth Becker on the breathtaking challenges endured on the battlefield by female war correspondents during the Vietnam War on Wednesday, October 11 at 2 p.m.
The event will be moderated by team member Claire Swift, award-winning broadcast journalist, Executive Chairman of the American News Women’s Club, and associate editor of American Heritage Magazine.
The event is free for Club members and $15 for the general public.
Elizabeth Becker, award-winning author of “You Don’t Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War,” shines a light on the truth of war through the eyes of three women correspondents in Vietnam. Becker herself was a war correspondent for the Washington Post and one of the only reporters to interview Pol Pot, the genocidal leader of Cambodia. She has won numerous awards including from the Overseas Press Club and a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for team coverage of 9/11.