Published: July 19, 2011
The Sacramento Press Club Welcomes NPR Cairo Correspondent Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - In the best of times, female reporters working in the Middle East and
Central Asia face some of the biggest challenges in journalism.
Significant cultural differences regarding women's role in society have
forced female reporters to regularly endure sexual harassment and
threats of violence just for daring to do their job. As we saw earlier
this year with CBS correspondent Lara Logan, those threats can and too
often do become reality.
As enduring wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have now been joined by
widespread social unrest across the Arab world, a volatile situation has
become more dangerous and chaotic than ever. Please join us on Tuesday,
July 26th as the Sacramento
Press Club very proudly welcomes one of the nation's most respected
journalistic voices, NPR Cairo correspondent Soraya
Sarhaddi Nelson, who will share her experiences reporting from both
her current assignment and her three-plus years as the network's voice
in Kabul, Afghanistan. Prior to opening the Kabul bureau in 2006, Nelson
specialized in covering Iran for three years as Middle East Bureau Chief
for Knight Ridder.
When: Tuesday, July 26.
11:30 registration opens, lunch from noon
to 1:00 p.m.
Where: Capitol Plaza Halls
1025 Ninth Street, between J and K,
Sacramento
Cost: $25 members/$30 non-members
RSVP by 5 p.m. Friday, July 22 at www.sacpressclub.org.
About the Sacramento Press Club
The Sacramento Press Club is a non-profit organization dedicated to
supporting journalism through providing scholarships to aspiring
journalism students in colleges throughout Northern California. None of
our speakers receive compensation of any kind for their appearance. www.sacpressclub.org
Sacramento Press Club
Kathleen Beasley, 916-446-6017
sacpressclub@gmail.com
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