The Camden Opera House was packed on Aug. 24 as journalist Nick Schifrin shared his experiences and insight gained from his years reporting overseas in war-torn territories. He is currently a correspondent for PBS News Hour’s Foreign Affairs and Defense and was formerly a Middle East correspondent for Al Jazeera. He has covered the war in Gaza for a decade.
As one of the first journalists on-site in Abbottabad, Pakistan, to cover Osama bin Laden’s death in 2011, he gave the world the first look into bin Laden’s compound. It was Schifrin’s first visit to Maine, and Gov. Janet Mills was in attendance as Schifrin touched on global topics such as the war on Ukraine, Gaza and the upcoming U.S. presidential election. American journalist Matt Storin acted as moderator.