The News-Miner is about to send a reporter to Iraq.
Our reporters have traveled long distances to cover local-interest stories over the years. We've written from all corners of Alaska, and most places in-between. [...]
On Tuesday, military reporter Margaret Friedenauer leaves for a six-week stay in Iraq. If all goes well, she will be in Mosul before the Dec. 15 elections, spend the holidays with our troops, and return at the end of January.
She will be embedded with the 172nd Stryker Brigade soldiers from Fort Wainwright and Fort Richardson. The reason for this is simple. It's because those 3,000 soldiers from Fort Wainwright are roughly 10 percent of the Fairbanks population. This is an intensely local story and she will be there to cover the daily activities of our troops, to tell their stories and to help our community understand and share in their daily challenges.
News-Miner's first embedded reporter leaves for Iraq on Tuesday
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By Kelly Bostian
The News-Miner is about to send a reporter to Iraq.
Our reporters have traveled long distances to cover local-interest stories over the years. We've written from all corners of Alaska, and most places in-between. [...]
On Tuesday, military reporter Margaret Friedenauer leaves for a six-week stay in Iraq. If all goes well, she will be in Mosul before the Dec. 15 elections, spend the holidays with our troops, and return at the end of January.
She will be embedded with the 172nd Stryker Brigade soldiers from Fort Wainwright and Fort Richardson. The reason for this is simple. It's because those 3,000 soldiers from Fort Wainwright are roughly 10 percent of the Fairbanks population. This is an intensely local story and she will be there to cover the daily activities of our troops, to tell their stories and to help our community understand and share in their daily challenges.
