A War Reporter Is Just a Reporter - no more, no less

Kate Webb is the author of On The Other Side, a book written in 1971 about the Viet Cong, and a co- author of War Torn. After graduating from Melbourne University, Australia in 1964, she joined the Rupert Murdoch-owned Sydney Daily Mirror. She left in 1967 for Vietnam, where she joined United Press International, and stayed until 1977, with postings in Cambodia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Pittsburgh, Pa., Singapore and Indonesia. She then freelanced for Business Week, the Economist, the London Times and the London Independent and as a part- timer for Reuters covering oil and Indonesian politics. She joined the French news agency where her assignments and postings until her retirement in 2001 included Afghanistan, the 1991 Gulf War, Bangladesh, Nepal, South Korea, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Noumea, the Philippines, Hong Kong and its handover to China. She is currently the Scripps Howard Visiting Professional at the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University.