Past Event

Peter Greste: In Conversation with Barry Cassidy

18th Oct 2017

Presenter: Readings
Website: https://www.readings.com.au/
Event Duration: 60 minutes

In a world where the first casualty of war is truth, journalism has become the new battleground.

Extremely timely, enlightening and passionate, The First Casualty is foreign correspondent Peter Greste’s first-hand account of how the war on journalism has spread from the battlefields of the Middle East to the governments of the West.

Peter Greste spent two decades reporting from the front line in the world’s most dangerous countries before making headlines himself following his own incarceration in an Egyptian prison. Charged with threatening national security, and enduring a sham trial, solitary confinement and detention for 400 days, Greste himself became a victim of the new global war on journalism.

This is a FREE event, but bookings are essential.