Doug Vogt (; born 1959) is a

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and

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. He was born in

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, Canada. He lived 25 years in Europe and presently lives in

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, United States.

Education

Doug Vogt studied Broadcast Journalism at Mount Royal College in Calgary Alberta Canada. He graduated from the college in 1980. Mount Royal College is now known as Mount Royal University.

Career

While on assignment in

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for

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with anchor

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, Vogt and Woodruff were both severely injured by a

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. Vogt was struck by shrapnel in the head and suffered other body injuries. He and Woodruff were wearing

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and protective helmets at the time of the explosion. Woodruff and Vogt received battlefield surgical treatment at the U.S. Air Force hospital south of Balad, Iraq and were evacuated to the United States Army Medical Command hospital at

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, Germany on Sunday, January 29. After arriving in the USA they were treated at the Intensive Care Unit at the NNMC in Bethesda, Maryland. Vogt extensively covered war zones from 1986 until his injury in 2006. In 1992, covering the start of the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Doug Vogt was teamed up with ABC journalists Sam Donaldson, David Kaplan, Ben Sherwood and soundman Dave Calvert. After leaving the Sarajevo Airport in different vehicles producer David Kaplan was shot and killed by a sniper on the road nicknamed 'Sniper's Alley'. Vogt has won six

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s and two DuPont Columbia Awards for his work. He was also awarded the USO Heart Of A Patriot award in 2007. Vogt has extensive experience with conflict journalism in

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, Iraq,

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and

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. Vogt has worked extensively with Peter Jennings, Diane Sawyer, Barbara Walters and Ted Koppel.

Personal

Vogt is married to Vivianne Maia E. "Vivian" Souza. They have three daughters, Naima, Savannah and Kira. They live in

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References

External links

* http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0502/dis_vogt.html Village of Lost Souls, by Doug Vogt] (February 2005)
Iraq After Saddam: A Reporter's Notebook
by Doug Vogt
The Incredible Journey of Doug Vogt
- interview by Mark Boogieman (November 14, 2015) {{DEFAULTSORT:Vogt, Doug Canadian expatriate journalists in the United States Canadian male journalists Journalists from Alberta 1959 births Living people People from Lethbridge Mount Royal University alumni Iraq War casualties 20th-century Canadian journalists 21st-century Canadian journalists Canadian photojournalists