Janine di Giovanni

Janine di Giovanni is the CEO of the Reckoning Project and a senior fellow at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs. A longtime war reporter, she is the author of nine books.

Articles by Janine di Giovanni

A U.S. soldier fires a rocket-propelled grenade during a firefight with insurgents in the Pech Valley, Afghanistan, on June 22, 2012.

A Masterful Account of America’s Doomed Afghanistan Mission

Review

Janine di Giovanni

April 11, 2021, 6:00 AM

A mass demonstration in support of the Syrian opposition marks the 10th anniversary of the start of the Syrian civil war in Idlib, Syria, on March 15.

Ten Years on, Will There Ever Be Justice for Syria?

Voice

Janine di Giovanni

March 17, 2021, 2:17 PM

A photo from the film Quo Vadis, Aida?

Oscar-Shortlisted Film Puts Bosnian Genocide on Silver Screen

Review

Janine di Giovanni

February 27, 2021, 6:10 AM

From left: Reporter Kate Webb in 1968; reporter Frances Fitzgerald on May 1, 1973; and photographer Catherine Leroy about to jump with the 173rd Airborne during
Operation Junction City in South Vietnam on Feb. 22, 1967.
Bettmann Archive/Getty Images/Bob Cole/Catherine Leroy Fund — From left: Reporter Kate Webb in 1968; reporter Frances Fitzgerald on May 1, 1973; and photographer Catherine Leroy about to jump with the 173rd Airborne during Operation Junction City in South Vietnam on Feb. 22, 1967. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images/Bob Cole/Catherine Leroy Fund

How 3 Women Broke Into the Uber-Macho World of War Reporting

Review

Janine di Giovanni

February 21, 2021, 6:30 AM

Janine di Giovanni in Helmand province, Afghanistan, in January 2010.

The First Draft of History

Essay

Janine di Giovanni

January 15, 2021, 10:29 AM

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