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213:, where she covered major stories including the Arab Spring uprisings, the war in Afghanistan, and the Syrian civil war." When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 she also covered that. She is currently a special correspondent for the 202:
of Northern Ireland, in the 20th century's last decades. As she grew up, female television news correspondents became her role models. Hence, these were formative years that led to her career as a
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Filled with determination and a willingness to take risks, "...Ferguson became...a foreign correspondent for CNN and, later,
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Ferguson has reported from modern battle zones in such places as
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spanning thirteen years. The book was published in July 2023 by
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Index

Image of 2023 book jacket
Jane Ferguson
ISBN
9780063272248
OCLC
1385405906
HarperCollins
Jane Ferguson
war correspondent
Mariner Books
Afghanistan
Yemen
Somalia
Syria
Ukraine
Irish Republican Army
Troubles
network news
Al Jazeera
PBS NewsHour
Lessons From the Edge: A Memoir
Marie Yovanovitch
A Journey
Tony Blair
At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA
George Tenet
Decision Points
George W. Bush

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