WFHB Bloomington Community Radio
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Host Deb Kent talks with Bloomington-based Douglas Wissing, an award-winning journalist and author about his experience as a reporter in Afghanistan embedded with the Indiana National Guard’s Agribusiness Development Team. Wissing discusses how he prepared for his assignment, and what it was like to work in a war-ravaged and highly “kinetic” (a.k.a. violent) environment. He also shares his insights on a realistic timetable for troop withdrawal based on current data on the efficacy of counterinsurgency efforts. Wissing has contributed to publications including The New York Times, National Geographic Traveler and the Los Angeles Times. His reporting on the Agribusiness Development Team was a 15-part series, “Cultivating Afghanistan,” which aired on Indiana Public Broadcasting.
