CinemATL Magazine - News & Notes: Journalists get their due in "War and Truth": "More than 2,000 journalists risked their lives embedded with Coalition forces on the front lines in the war in Iraq, but not everything made the news. The documentary War and Truth brings to light things that weren't seen by the general public.
A journalist covers a story in Iraq in 'War and Trurth.' (courtesy Debbie Locker Etchison)War and Truth producer Debbie Locker Etchison earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Auburn University and served reporting stints for UPI and a daily newspaper before becoming an award-winning screenwriter and film producer. Etchison, who was living in Atlanta at the time, began the documentary in 2003 at the onset of the ground war.
She was amazed at the number of imbedded journalists who were heading to Iraq. 'It was important for me to talk about the dangers that reporters face, and what it really takes from them for us to get the stories,' Etchison said.
Director/producer Michael Samstag of Knoxville came to the project after being introduced to Etchison while working on a Harry Potter DVD at Crawford Communications. 'She pitched the idea to me and we've been working together on the film since March of 2003,' Samstag said."
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