Mark Lavie
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Mark Lavie is a journalist who began covering the Middle East in 1972.[1][2] Lavie was born and grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and graduated from Indiana University in 1969.[1]
He worked as an Associated Press correspondent in the Middle East for 15 years, concluding in 2014.[1] He has worked as a radio reporter for National Public Radio (NPR, U.S.), NBC, Mutual Broadcasting System, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.[1] He won the Overseas Press Club's Lowell Thomas Award for “Best radio interpretation of foreign affairs” in 1994.[1]
Lavie has accused the Associated Press and other news outlets of reporting a biased view of the Israeli Arab conflict.[2][3][4][5]
Following his first book written during the Arab Spring in which Lavie was posted by the Associated Press in Cairo, he wrote a second book describing why Israel's focus on its existential threats is wrong and that the country should focus on its domestic challenges.[citation needed]
Books
[edit]- Broken Spring: An American-Israeli reporter's close-up view of how Egyptians lost their struggle for freedom, 2014 ISBN 9652296686
- Why are We Still Afraid: A Reporter's 46-Year Story of Israel Growing Strong, 2018 ISBN 1096200279
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Mark Lavie". The Tower. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ a b Friedman, Matti (30 November 2014). "What the Media Gets Wrong About Israel". The Atlantic. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ Bernstein, David (2 December 2014). "Blacklisting of pro-Israel watchdog organization NGO Monitor by the Associated Press". Washington Post. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ Marcus, Lori Lowenthal (3 December 2014). "AP Disses 'Whistleblower' But a New Whistle Blows". The Jewish Press. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ Miller, Abraham (9 December 2014). "Associated Press sells out journalism principles for anti-Israel 'narrative'". The Hill. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
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