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Burns Alumni Newsletter, Oslo
I was fortunate enough to be able to write this article for the Arthur Burns Fellowship alumni newsletter. To see the whole newsletter click here. (Opens in a new window.) For just my article, keep reading…
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The transformation of sleepy Oslo to fortified Nobel host city was tangible. There was anxiety on the sidewalks as citizens walked carefully by concrete barricades, policemen with machine guns and bomb-sniffing dogs—all in place for the arriving VIPs. Even manhole covers were welded shut as a security measure—the official sign that a U.S. president is or has been to a city.
Report from Obama Nobel Peace Prize (auf Deutsch)
Following a sobering speech by US President Barack Obama, my colleagues at Westdeutscher Rundfunk wanted my analysis and impressions from Oslo. Here is the interview in German. Translation and transcription by Katie Ganzer also provided.
Continue reading “Report from Obama Nobel Peace Prize (auf Deutsch)”Peace Prize: Recap and Final Thoughts
As a journalist I like to think my view on life is influenced by a variety of sources, ideally giving me enough information to responsibly and accurately inform my audience. Experiencing something first-hand is often one of the most powerful ways to report a story. As I sat on the streets of Oslo after President Obama had left, I drank an apple juice, and watched life continue as before the Nobel ceremony, the reality of the previous 2 days set in—I had witnessed something truly historic…for better or worse.
Audio: Barack Obama Awarded Peace Prize
Photos: Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony
President Barack Obama
President Obama delivers his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize
President Barack Obama listens to his introduction at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.
President Obama
President Obama
President Obama
President Obama delivers his acceptance speech for the Nobel prize.
President Obama
President Obama
Mrs. Michelle Obama (center)
President Obama and a member of the Nobel selection committee.
President Obama
The view from the press gallery at Oslo City Hall
The Norwegian royal family at the Peace Prize ceremony
Will Smith at the Nobel ceremony
Will and Jada Pinkett Smith at the Nobel Peace Prize
Wyclef Jean at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.
White House adviser David Axelrod after the Nobel ceremony.
Before the Nobel ceremony the city hall was relatively quiet.
Before the ceremony
Oslo Grand Hotel
Helicopters circle Oslo ahead of President Obama’s arrival
Banners in the street in Oslo
A warm welcome to me
Manholes are secured for the President’s visit
Nighttime in Oslo, near a downtown shopping center.
To Oslo for Peace…
President Obama isn’t here yet, but the city is breathing anticipation–not all of it positive. For 99 Norwegian Crowns one can buy an Obama t-shirt with “Hope” across the bottom, and for 0 Crowns one can enjoy Greenpeace’s characteristically aggressive campaigning for environmental issues.
So in just a few hours the President will board Air Force One and begin his 26 hours in Oslo, to accept a controversial and arguably confusing peace prize, just days after ordering the deployment of 30-thousand more American troops to Afghanistan. This is an uncomfortable time; an insecure time; and this is the time in which we live.