UNH alum talks war coverage in age of ISIS

Marcus Weisgerber ...'04 grad

DURHAM, N.H. - Marcus Weisgerber '04, global business reporter for Defense One, has been named the 2016 Donald M. Murray Visiting Journalist at the University of New Hampshire. He will discuss "How ISIS is Changing the Way Journalists Cover War" Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at 5 p.m. in MUB Theater I. The talk is free and open to the public.

Weisgerber has reported from Afghanistan, the Middle East, Europe and Asia, and often travels with the defense secretary and other senior U.S. military officials. He writes about global military operations, arms sales and policy.

As vice president of the Pentagon Press Association he has appeared on CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, NPR, BBC World Service, WABC, WBAL, WJLA, Monocle 24 and other nationally syndicated television and radio programs.

Before joining Defense One, Weisgerber was senior Pentagon correspondent for Defense News and chief editor of Inside the Air Force. Prior to that he embedded with the New Hampshire National Guard covering the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina from New Orleans while at Foster's Daily Democrat.