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from the issue of April 12, 2007
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Journalism grad featured in NET special
To many Americans, Afghanistan is synonymous with Osama Bin Laden, the Taliban and the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
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| | | IN KABUL - Matthew Hansen (right), a College of Journalism and Mass Communications graduate, and Farhad Peikar, an Afghan journalist who helped Hansen, rest atop a rooftop in Kabul, Afghanistan. Courtesy photo/NET.
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However, for two American journalists - including Matthew Hansen, a College of Journalism and Mass Communications graduate - two weeks spent in the southern Asian country resulted in transformations, both professional and personal.
"Afghan Journey: A Story of Friendship," airing at 7:30 p.m. April 18 on NET1, repeating at 10 p.m. April 23, follows Hansen (a former Lincoln Journal Star reporter, now with the Omaha World-Herald) and photographer Dior Azcuy as they travel to Kabul in October 2005. Their journey - reported in the Lincoln Journal Star series "Beyond Bin Laden" - explores the connections between Nebraska and Afghanistan. The program also airs at 4:30 p.m. April 28 on NET2.
The series was proposed by Kathleen Rutlege, Lincoln Journal Star editor, because Nebraska and Afghanistan are connected in surprising ways - Afghan refugees raise families in Nebraska, the Nebraska National Guard helps to train Afghan soldiers, and the renowned Center for Afghan Studies is part of the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
When the two young journalists stepped off a plane in Kabul, they stepped into another world. There, not only did they discover a culture that is unfamiliar and strange, but a people whose love of life and country is infectious. This included Farhad Peikar, a young Afghan journalist who not only became their "fixer" - their interpreter, their driver and the person with the needed connections - but also their friend.
Every evening at a gritty Internet café in Kabul, Hansen and Azcuy shared their experiences online with readers back in Nebraska.
Through Azcuy's photographs and hand-held movies taken in Afghanistan, as well as blog accounts and more recent interviews with Azcuy, Hansen and Peikar, "Afghan Journey" looks at the friendship that develops between the three journalists, utilizing it as a metaphor for enlightened relationships on an international stage.
"Afghan Journey" is an episode in the six-part PBS series, "America at a Crossroads." The series - covers terrorism, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Muslim world and America's global role - airs at 8 p.m. April 15-19, concluding at 10 p.m. April 20 on NET1 and NET-HD.
Hosted by journalist Robert McNeil, program topics include the men and ideas behind Al Qaeda, gangs in Iraq, America's Muslims, Islam and security versus liberty. Funding for "America at a Crossroads" is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Another NET Television production, "On The Frontline: Nebraskans at War in Iraq," tells the compelling story of Nebraska Army National Guard soldiers serving in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, a community a little smaller than Omaha. Though thousands of Nebraska National Guard soldiers have been deployed recently, none have seen more hazardous duty than the 63 soldiers from Troop A of the 1-167th Calvary.
"On The Frontline: Nebraskans at War in Iraq" airs at 9 p.m. April 23 on NET1. It repeats at 9:30 p.m. April 25 on NET1. It also repeats at 7 p.m. April 29, and at 9 p.m. May 1 on NET2.
Excerpts from "On The Frontline" will air on NET Radio during "Morning Edition" at 6:30 and 8:30 a.m. on April 20 and April 23.
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