Cal Perry to speak in Fredericksburg

Former CNN Baghdad Bureau Chief Cal Perry will speak at the University of Mary Washington on Wednesday from 4:30 until 6 p.m. The public is invited to attend.

The speech will be in Room 109 of a trailer called Annex A, which is next to George Washington Hall. Perry’s appearance is hosted by the Department of Classics, Philosophy & Religion and the Middle Eastern Studies Program.

Perry’s talk is titled “Covering the War in Iraq: American Journalism and Coverage in the Middle East.”

Former CNN Baghdad bureau chief to speak at UMW

Cal Perry in Baghdad

Cal Perry is back in Baghdad and had two pieces air on CNN Domestic today. The first is about the reported arrest of the head of al Qaeda in Iraq and the two bombings that made today the bloodiest day of 2009:

The second clip updated both of the earlier stories but focused on Cal's interview with General Ray Odierno: