OBITUARY: John Pilger, a 'maverick' globe-spanning journalist

Abstract

Obituary: The breadth of Australian-born British-domiciled investigative journalist John Pilger’s journalism was staggering. Over five decades, he covered wars and/or social conflicts in Australia (frequently) Burma, Cambodia, Chagos Islands, Chile, China, Czechoslovakia, Iraq, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Okinawa, South Africa, Timor Leste, Vietnam, the UK and the US etc. He produced powerful documentaries about these issues. He was truly a globe-spanning journalist, and as he described himself a 'maverick' who gave a voice to those who did not have a voice. He died aged 84.

Keywords

• Australia
• documentary
• investigative journalism
• journalists
• John Pilger
• Julian Assange