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Blogging on Terror: The Shadowland Journal

Just yesterday, New York City was the target of a failed terrorist plot. It’s a jarring reminder that terrorists are still out there, thinking about how to do Americans harm.

For inquiring minds who want information from an authoritative voice on terrorism, take a look at The Shadowland Journal. The blog includes postings and writings of Christopher Dickey, a veteran journalist who has authored six books, notably his most recent work, “Securing the City: Inside America’s Best Counterterrorism Force-The NYPD”.

In light of May 20’s arrest of would-be terrorists in New York (through an FBI and NYPD sting operation), Dickey’s book is especially timely. It describes, in great detail and through painstaking research, how the NYPD is one of the world’s best weapons in the fight against terrorism.

Dickey is also Paris bureau chief of Newsweek magazine. His perspective is a valuable one in understanding how the war on terror is being fought right here in New York City.

 

Author

Genevieve Belmaker

Genevieve Belmaker is a freelance journalist and contributing editor with The Epoch Times (www.theepochtimes.com). She also contributes to Quill, the magazine of the Society of Professional Journalists and Poynter.org. Her blog on journalism is http://artofreportage.com.

Genevieve has traveled throughout the U.S., Asia, Central America, Israel and the West Bank for reporting assignments, including major investigative reports on the recovery of New Orleans, the encroaching presence of China in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, the dangerous import of melamine-contaminated milk into the U.S. and settlement outposts in the West Bank. She regularly reports on issues related to journalism, and the work of journalists.

She holds a BA from the University of Southern California in International Relations, and has been a member of several prominent national and international professional media organizations, including the Society of Professional Journalists, Investigative Reporters and Editors, the International Women’s Media Foundation, the New York Press Club, and the Newswomen’s Club of New York. She lives in Jerusalem, Israel with her husband and son.

Areas of Focus:
New Media; Journalism; Culture and Society