The Associated Press correspondent is the ninth recipient of the award for her dangerous, important work in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Kathy Gannon received the 2015 Tully Award for Free Speech on March 7. Gannon, a native Canadian, spent the past 18 years in Afghanistan and Pakistan as a senior correspondent for the AP. She is known for having exclusive contact with the Taliban and for her tenacious attitude when it comes to reporting on important issues in the region such as women's rights, elections and the intricacies of war.
With turmoil in the Middle East and recent news of another Pakistani reporter killed, a journalist honored at SU shares his personal story of torture and the challenges of freedom of information.
As protests continue to rumble across parts of the Middle East and North Africa, freedom of the press has increasingly come under attack. In the spotlight have been high profile cases like the abduction of four New York Times' reporters in Libya.
John Baily and Michael Frishkopf show a different side of the Middle East through music.
The sun has been beating against your skin for eternity as you curl your bare toes into the burning yellow sand. You inhale through parched lips to breathe in the heavy heat.As you shade your eyes with tanned fingers you see that the fiery globe is finally nearing the horizon.Across the snaking, dry desert dunes the coming night outlines a caravan of camels, silhouetted against the setting sun.