Anne Longworth Garrels (July 2, 1951 – September 7, 2022) was an American broadcast journalist who worked as a foreign correspondent for

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, as well as for

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and

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, and other media.Engle, Jane
"From Beijing to Baghdad, Garrels strayed far to the drumbeat of war,"
L.A. Press Club, retrieved September 8, 2022 In the mid-1970s, when she worked for ABC (including as producer), Garrels was one of the few women national broadcast journalists in the United States—eventually serving as ABC's

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Bureau Chief in the Soviet Union, until expelled for her detailed, unflattering reporting on the country and its issues. She became a war correspondent for ABC, covering Central American conflicts. She later became NBC's reporter at the U.S. State Department. In 1988, Garrels began her 22-year career as a foreign correspondent for

(NPR), closely covering conflicts and other major events throughout the world, earning numerous media awards, most famously for covering the 2003 Iraq War and its aftermath—at one point the only American broadcast journalist in Iraq's war-torn capital. Garrels was active in journalism-related organizations, and global affairs causes, and wrote two noted books—one about the Soviet Union, and one about the Iraq war and its aftermath, both recounting her own experiences, as well as providing detailed historical coverage of those places in that time.

Background and education

Anne Longworth Garrels was born in

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, on July 2, 1951, the daughter of Valerie (Smith) and John C. Garrels Jr. She spent part of her childhood in London, where her father worked as an executive for

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. She was educated at

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. Garrels returned to the United States and enrolled at

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, but later transferred to

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, where she studied Russian and graduated in 1972."Alumnae to be honored by Radcliffe Association in June,"
May 30, 2002, ''Harvard Gazette'',

, retrieved September 9, 2022

Career

Early career

In 1975, Garrels worked for the

television network in several positions for ten years, including as producerone of the few women broadcast journalists at the time."Remembering longtime NPR foreign correspondent Anne Garrels who died at 71,"
September 8, 2022, ''Morning Edition'',

(NPR)"Anne Garrels"
from "Board of Directors," at

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(CPJ), retrieved September 9, 2022 She served ABC in the

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as Moscow bureau chief and correspondent until she was expelled in 1982. Able to speak Russian, and "in love" with the country, she was noted for more in-depth reporting from that country than most other U.S. journalists. She interviewed prominent Soviet dissidents

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, and

Sergei Kovalyov Sergei Adamovich Kovalyov (also spelled Sergey Kovalev; ; 2 March 1930 – 9 August 2021) was a Russian human rights activist and politician. During the Soviet period he was a dissident and, after 1975, a political prisoner. Early career and ...

. Her reporting exposed numerous hardships of Soviet citizens, displeasing the Soviet government, resulting in her 1982 expulsion. She did not return until 1988, just before the collapse of the Soviet Union. As ABC's Central American bureau chief from 1984 to 1985, she covered the wars in Nicaragua and El Salvador. From 1985 to 1988, Garrels reported for

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as its correspondent at the

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. In mid-1988, Garrels hosted ''Science Journal,'' a 25-part weekly news series on science, medicine and technology, at

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, and aired by

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. It was the first such television series of its kind, with panel discussions among experts and journalists.Brennan, Patricia
"Wimbledon Tennis, 'Capitol Fourth,' 'Science Journal',"
July 3, 1988, ''

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,'' retrieved September 11, 2022Brennan, Patricia
"All-Star Baseball, News Specials, Summer Comedy,"
July 10, 1988, ''

,'' retrieved September 11, 2022 However, Garrels' workload at

(particularly as State Department correspondent), and a family illness, forced her to withdraw from the program that November."The TV Column"
''

NPR career

Garrels joined NPR in 1988 and reported on conflicts in

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, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Israel, the

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, and Iraq. She also reported from China (and covered the

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) and Saudi Arabia. She returned to Russia in 1988, as the Soviet Union began to collapse, and from 1993 until 1997 was NPR's Moscow bureau chief."Anne Garrels, Journalist,"
from "Our Fellows," Fall 2003, The Montgomery Fellows Program,

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, retrieved September 9, 2022 Garrels was the Edward R. Murrow Fellow at the

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in 1996, and was a member of the board of the

from 1999 until her death in 2022. She also served on the board of

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. Following the

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on the U.S., in September 2001, and during the subsequent U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, Garrels spent several months in northern Afghanistan with the

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, and in or around

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, also traveling to Pakistan and Israel in early 2002. Shortly before the U.S. and its coalition invaded Iraq in 2003, Garrels traveled there. and was one of the sixteen Western journalists who remained in

Baghdad Baghdad ( or ; , ) is the capital and List of largest cities of Iraq, largest city of Iraq, located along the Tigris in the central part of the country. With a population exceeding 7 million, it ranks among the List of largest cities in the A ...

, and reported live during the 2003 Iraq War—and for a while was the only American broadcast reporter still broadcasting from the middle of Baghdad."Anne Garrels, Back in the U.S.A.,"
April 23, 2003,

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, retrieved September 9, 2022 Garrels survived the April 8, 2003, U.S. tank attack on the

Palestine Hotel The Palestine Hotel (Arabic language, Arabic: فندق فلسطين), often referred to simply as ''The Palestine'', is a 16-story hotel, luxury hotel in Baghdad, Iraq. Located on the Firdos Square near from Saadon, across from the Ishtar Hotel, ...

, where she and hundreds of other journalists were living."Foreign media suffer Baghdad losses,"
April 8, 2003,

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, retrieved September 11, 2022"Reporting From Baghdad During the War: NPR correspondent Anne Garrels describes what she observed and thought while reporting from Iraq,"
book excerpts, Winter 2003, ''Nieman Reports'',

, retrieved September 11, 2022 Following the April 8, 2003, U.S. bombing of the

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office in Baghdad, which killed journalist

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("Tariq/Tareq Ayoub"),"3 scribes killed by US troops in Baghdad,"
April 9, 2003, ''

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'' (citing ''

''), retrieved September 11, 2022 Garrels reportedly said that Ayyoub should have known better than to be in his office during the invasion—a comment that raised angry responses from some in the international journalism community, who accused her of "blaming the victim." Goodman, Amy
"Independent Media in a Time of War, featuring Amy Goodman: Transcript"
2003, ''

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,'' as transcribed at

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, retrieved September 11, 2022 Shortly after her return from Iraq, she published ''Naked in Baghdad'' (2003,

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), a memoir of her time covering the events surrounding the invasion.Garrels, Ann, interviewed by

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"News from CNN: Book Documents Wartime Baghdad..."
transcript, September 10, 2004

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, retrieved September 11, 2022 She subsequently returned to Iraq several times for NPR. She was an embedded reporter with the U.S. Marines during the November 2004 attack on

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. Garrels also covered the January 2005 Iraqi national elections for an interim government, as well as

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and the December 2005 elections for the first full term Iraqi government. As sectarian violence swept much of central Iraq Garrels continued to report from Baghdad, Najaf and Basra. In 2007 Garrels was criticized by

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for using confessions by prisoners who had been tortured, during a story about an Iraqi

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militia (broadcast on NPR's ''

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''). Garrels later defended her story on NPR's ''Letters'' program, saying: "Of course, I had doubts. But the details that were given seemed to me to gel with other things that I had heard from people who had not been tortured. But I was as uncomfortable as the listeners were with the conditions." Garrels retired from NPR in 2010.

Late career

Garrels continued her work with the

until the end of her life, serving on its board of directors. In 2016, she published her second book, ''Putin Country: A Journey into the Real Russia,'' with

. Toward the end of her life, Garrels served as a judge for the Overseas Press Club Awards, including the Lowell Thomas Award which she judged in 2021."OPC Award Judges,"
March 17, 2022,

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, retrieved September 11, 2022"People Remembered,"
in ''People Column,'' September 8, 2022,

, retrieved September 11, 2022 After the

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, Garrels, then 70 years old and undergoing treatment for cancer, approached NPR about coming out of retirement to cover the conflict. While her offer was declined, she started a non-profit organization, Assist-Ukraine, to raise money to support Ukraine and victims of the war, particularly medical supplies,"Anne Garrels,"
Assist-Ukraine, retrieved September 11, 2022 reportedly raising US$1 million for the cause.Voight, Heid
"A Tribute to War Correspondent and Pioneering Journalist Anne Garrels,"
September 7, 2022,

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, retrieved September 8, 2022

Personal life

In 1986, Garrels married

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, one of two

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paramilitary officers from the

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stationed in Laos in the early 1960s, who worked with

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tribesmen and the CIA-owned airline Air America. They were married until Lawrence's death from leukemia in 2016. Garrels lived in

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, where she died from

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on September 7, 2022, aged 71.

Awards and recognition

* 1992

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(as part of

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team receiving the award), for coverage of the

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"2005: Anne Garrels, National Public Radio,"
Trinity College (Connecticut), retrieved September 8, 2022 * 1994 Citation for Excellence, Madeline Dane Ross Award ("for best correspondent in any medium showing a concern for the human condition"),

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, for her

work: ''Russia: The Human Cost of Reform.''"The Madeline Dane Ross Award 1994,"
April 4, 1995,

, retrieved September 11, 2022 * 1996–97, Edward R. Murrow Fellow at the

* 1997 Silver Baton,

, (and

) for coverage of the former Soviet Union."Documentary Series on Former Yugoslavia Wins Highest duPont-Columbia Journalism Award,"
press release #19037, January 16, 1997,

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, retrieved September 11, 2022 * 1998 Whitman Bassow Award,

, with Loren Jenkins, for an NPR series on water issues around the globe."1998 OPC Award Winners,"
April 22, 1999,

, retrieved September 11, 2022 * 2002 Alumnae Recognition Award, Radcliffe Association,

* 2003

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for Radio Reporting for her coverage of the war in Iraq,"Anne Garrels, an NPR Senior Foreign Correspondent, to Accept Missouri Honor Medal and Host Master Class,"
February 23, 2009,

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, retrieved September 8, 2022 "enduring bombings, blackouts, thirst and intimidation to report from the besieged Iraqi capital of Baghdad.""George Polk Awards Past Winners"

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, retrieved September 11, 2022 * 2003 Courage in Journalism Award from the International Women's Media Foundation (

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). * 2003 Fellowship, The Montgomery Fellows Program,

* 2004

, (to

, specifically citing Garrels and 6 other NPR journalists), for coverage of the war in Iraq."Coverage of Iraq, NPR , duPont-Columbia Award Winner 2004,"
(video on

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), posted 2011, Alfred I. duPont Awards, retrieved September 8, 2022 * 2004

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, to

– specifically citing Garrels (first) and 9 other NPR journalists, for coverage of the war in Iraq."War in Iraq, National Public Radio,"
2004,

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, retrieved September 8, 2022 * 2004 Edward R. Murrow Award from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)."NPR Foreign Correspondent Anne Garrels Named 2004 Murrow Award Recipient,"
May 11, 2004 Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), retrieved September 8, 2022 * 2004 Fellow,

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"SPJ Names the 2004 Fellows of the Society"
September 14, 2004,

, retrieved September 9, 2022 * 2004 Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism,

, (awarded in 2004, presented in 2009) * 2006 Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy,

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"Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting"
Institute for the Study of Diplomacy,

, retrieved September 11, 2022 * 2010 Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism,

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"Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism"
Los Angeles Press Club, retrieved September 11, 2022 *2012 Inductee: "Writers & Journalists" category,

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"Anne Garrels,"
2012 Inductee: Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame, retrieved September 8, 2022 * Inter-Action's Award for Excellence in International Reporting

Publications and programs

Books

* ''Naked in Baghdad: The Iraq War as Seen by NPR's Correspondent,'' 2002,

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(account of her 5 years as a radio correspondent in Iraq) (Excerpts at: ''Neiman Reports,'' Harvard University) * ''Putin Country: A Journey into the Real Russia,'' 2016,

(study of Russian public, during the era of

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, particularly in

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, Russia)Smith, Wendy: "Want to See the Real Russia? Skip Moscow," February 26, 2016, ''

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'', retrieved September 9, 2022

Films

* ''Journalist: Killed in the Line of Duty,'' – Co-narrator, with

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Tom Brokaw Thomas John Brokaw (; born February 6, 1940) is an American author and retired network television journalist. He first served as the co-anchor of Today (American TV program), ''The Today Show'' from 1976 to 1981 with Jane Pauley, then as the anch ...

Walter Cronkite Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the ''CBS Evening News'' from 1962 to 1981. During the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trust ...

Peter Jennings Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings (July 29, 1938August 7, 2005) was a Canadian-American television journalist. He was best known for serving as the sole anchor of ''ABC World News Tonight'' from 1983 until his death from lung cancer in 200 ...

and

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(director: Steven Rosenbaum; host:

Anderson Cooper Anderson Hays Cooper (born June 3, 1967) is an American broadcast journalist and political commentator who anchors the CNN news broadcast show ''Anderson Cooper 360°''. In addition to his duties at CNN, Cooper serves as a correspondent for ''6 ...

)Yoder, Pamela
"Dying to Tell the Truth: The High Cost of Free Speech,"
March 31, 2004, ''Documentary'' Magazine,

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, retrieved September 11, 2022

Television programs

* ''Science Journal,'' 25-part weekly news series on science, medicine and technology, 1988,

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NPR articles by Anne Garrels

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