Life During Wartime
Apr 23rd, 2010 by Jinja
Last evening: The newly rebranded Overseas Press Club of Cambodia had their first do at the Himawari hotel, presenting four journalists who’d worked in Phnom Penh up until the 1975 revolution.
A huge crowd turned up demonstrating great interest in the ‘old hacks’ as they’d dubbed themselves. In addition to the four journalists featured, Tim Page, Al Rockoff and Elizabeth Becker could be spotted as well.
This was the culmination of a reunion of sorts, during prior days these old Cambodia hands explored old haunts and met friends from decades ago.
Earlier in the day, a memorial was dedicated to members of the press corps at Wat Po in Kompong Speu, a site where several reporters had been lost.
Knowing how much journalists love to cover their own, I’ll provide links to much better photos and coverage.
Memorial: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2010042337818/National-news/honouring-fallen-comrades.html
PP Post Editor Michael Hayes on Flynn, Stone and Tim Page: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2010042337821/National-news/lost-but-not-forgotten-the-ongoing-search-for-two-of-the-missing.html
‘Old Hack’ Perry Young‘s blog: http://delicious.com/slugdog/oldhackscambodia
Pictures from Overseas Press Club Talk: http://www.opccambodia.org/events/oldhackspanel/oldhackspanel.html
Informed Cambodia enthusiast Andy Brouwer:
http://www.andybrouwer.co.uk/blog/2010/04/survivors-reunion.html
http://www.andybrouwer.co.uk/blog/2010/04/talk-shop.html
Further multimedia coverage is promised at the Post. As for the Overseas Press Club, they’re going to have to figure out how to top this event!
Postscript: Yet more coverage courtesy Details are Sketchy.
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