{"id":12752,"date":"2024-09-10T13:44:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/?page_id=12752"},"modified":"2025-10-14T14:32:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:32:42","slug":"robert-fisk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/robert-fisk\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Fisk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Robert Fisk\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright wp-image-12753 size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/Robert-Fisk-160x187.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/Robert-Fisk-160x187.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/Robert-Fisk-200x234.png 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/Robert-Fisk.png 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">1946 &#8211; 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Fisk, the internationally acclaimed journalist, was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, on Friday, June 11, 2004 &#8220;in recognition of an outstanding career as a reporter.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Fisk served as the Middle East correspondent for <em>The Independent<\/em> in London, England. He was honored with 28 British and international press awards, including the Johns Hopkins SIAS-CIBA prize for international journalism and the Overall Winner of the Amnesty International UK Press Awards in 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At great personal risk, Dr. Fisk endeavored to bring truth and understanding to international affairs and conflicts. He resided in the Middle East for 28 years and reported on the Iranian Revolution, the Iran-Iraq War, three Gulf wars, and numerous other global conflicts. He authored two books on Irish history, as well as <em>Pity the Nation<\/em>, tracing the history of the Lebanon war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Fisk passed away on October 30, 2020, at the age of 74, leaving behind a legacy of fearless reporting and unwavering commitment to journalistic integrity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Fisk, the internationally acclaimed journalist, was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, on Friday, June 11, 2004 &#8220;in recognition of an outstanding career as a reporter.&#8221; Dr. Fisk served as the Middle East correspondent for The Independent in London, England. 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