Reporting from the Frontlines ... HISTORYCENTER

Reporting from the Frontlines ... HISTORYCENTER

This Sunday, February 12th at 8:30am

NEW YORK, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- From journalists to Walter Cronkite in Vietnam and most recently Bob Woodruff in Iraq, generations of American journalists have been reporting from war torn regions across the world. This week, HISTORYCENTER examines the risks and the gains correspondents face everyday in reporting the story from the frontlines. Guests Andie Tucher, professor of journalism at Columbia University and Jane Arraf, former CNN Baghdad Bureau Chief and Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow at The Council on Foreign Relations join host Steve Gillon in discussing these and many other questions facing journalists at war. HISTORYCENTER, airs Sunday, February 12th at 8:30am on The History Channel.

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Each Sunday, Steve Gillon, Resident Historian for The History Channel, examines the history behind today's news-making headlines. Featuring leading experts and historians on everything from politics to pop culture, HISTORYCENTER provides the historical perspective needed to understand that the issues which impact us today actually started yesterday.

Executive Producer for The History Channel is Charlie Maday. Managing Producer, John Verhoff and Producer is Anthony Giachinno.

Now reaching more than 88 million Nielsen subscribers, The History Channel(R), "Where History Lives(R)," brings history to life in a powerful manner and provides an inviting place where people experience history personally and connect their own lives to the great lives and events of the past. In 2004, The History Channel earned five News and Documentary Emmy(R) Awards and previously received the prestigious Governor's Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for the network's "Save Our History(R)" campaign dedicated to historic preservation and history education. The History Channel web site is located at www.HistoryChannel.com. Press Only: For more information and photography please visit us on the web at www.historychannelpress.com.

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CONTACT: Ashley Gillen, +1-212-907-9445, or ashley.gillen@aetn.com

Web site: http://www.historychannel.com/

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