Post People: Remembering those on the frontline
Australian-born journalist Lynne O'Donnell gave a fascinating insight into her career as a war correspondent when she addressed Birmingham Press Club members at a lunch held at Edgbaston Golf Club.
Lynne, the winner of an Amnesty International Human Rights Press Award for her series of stories on Afghan women, was on the last flight out of Afghanistan before the US and º£½ÇÊÓƵ finally pulled out last year.
For eight years, she was the bureau chief in Kabul for the Associated Press and the French news agency AFP.
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Lynne, who was made an honorary life member of the press club after receiving its traditional gift of a bugle created by Acme Whistles, also signed copies of her book High Tea in Mosul.
A raffle in aid of The Frontline Club, which supports journalists, cameramen and photographers who risk their lives in the course of their work, raised £600.
Pictures by Ian Tennant
Back Row: Adrian Kibbler, Tony Adams, Llewela Bailey, Elizabeth Negus and Fred Bromwich and front row: Bob Warman and Lynne O'Donnel
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