Breaking News from Israel: Reports from the Front Lines

Martin Fletcher / Joseph Berger, moderator From the 1973 Yom Kippur War to the Iranian hostage crisis to the Palestinian intifada, Martin Fletcher, NBC News bureau chief and correspondent has seen up close more conflicts and hardships in his 35 years as a news broadcaster than most people will ever experience in 10 lifetimes.

Stationed in Tel Aviv, Israel, the five-time Emmy award-winning bureau chief and correspondent has been in the middle of some of the most harrowing events of the past thirty-five years, bringing the news of the day to the households of America. Join him as he shares his experiences, both personal and political: his evolving understanding of the human element, the art of news coverage, and perhaps most importantly, how to stay alive and report the news in the midst of mayhem and even death.

Joseph Berger is the deputy education editor at the New York Times and has reported from Israel on a half-dozen occasions. His most recent book is A World in a City: Traveling the Globe Through the Neighborhoods of the New New York. He hosts the 92nd Street Y series Breaking News in the Jewish World and Beyond.

Date & Time: Tue, Mar 4, 2008, 8:15pm

Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Directions

Venue: Buttenwieser Hall

Code: T-BL5LB05-01

Price: $26.00