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Michael Yon | |
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 Michael Yon in Iraq in 2011 | |
| Born | 1964 (age 59–60)[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, author, blogger, columnist, photographer, war correspondent[1] |
Michael Yon (born 1964)[1] is an American writer and photographer. He served in the Special Forces in the early-1980s, and he became a writer in the mid-1990s. He focused on military writing after the invasion of Iraq.[2] Yon has been embedded on numerous occasions with American and British troops in Iraq, most prominently a deployment with the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment (Deuce Four) of the 25th Infantry Division in Mosul, Iraq that ended in September 2005.[3]
Yon has had vocal feuds with the United States military hierarchy, and the nature of his reports is also controversial.[2] In 2008, The New York Times reported that he has spent more time embedded with combat units than any other journalist in Iraq.[1] He shifted the focus of his blogging from Iraq to Afghanistan in August 2008.[4] His work is supported primarily by donations from readers.[5]
- ^ a b c d Frontline Blogger Covers War in Iraq With a Soldier’s Eyes. The New York Times. Published January 21, 2008. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
lonewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Replacing Fatalism with Hope Archived July 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Kathryn Jean Lopez. National Review. Published April 21, 2008. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
- ^ Yon, Michael (August 28, 2008). "Hurricane Afghanistan". Michael Yon Online Magazine. Retrieved August 14, 2009.
- ^ Jay Rosen (August 22, 2007). "The journalism that bloggers actually do". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 19, 2009.