PeterArnett
- Journalist
The long journalism career of Pulitzer-Prize winner Peter Arnett includes interviews with Fidel Castro, General Manuel Noriega, Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden. But he is probably best known for the two month period in 1991 when he reported on the Gulf War for CNN — the only Western journalist then left in Baghdad.
Screenography
Biography
Of the many New Zealand journalists who have reported around the globe, Peter Arnett arguably became one of the most visible on the international stage.
Arnett grew up in Bluff, "at the bottom end of the world" one of three brothers. All three would go on to write for The Southland Times in Invercargill, before heading much further afield. Peter went to Indonesia and Laos, then made his name during a decade plus in Vietnam, reporting for news agency Associated Press.
Awards
2007 New Zealand Order of Merit
For Services to Journalism
1984 CableACE Awards (Cable Television Awards, United States)
Nominated for Best Documentary Series (with Steve Nevas, Mike Chinoy and Stacey Jolna): CNN Special Reports
“He came from the right kind of New Zealand provincial journalism training: 'Don't get involved, just get out there and get the facts.'”