Enders, David 1980-

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Enders, David 1980-

PERSONAL:

Born 1980, in Grand Rapids, MI. Education: University of Michigan, B.A., 2003.

CAREER:

Freelance journalist. Cofounder and editor of Baghdad Bulletin, an English-language news magazine, Baghdad, Iraq, 2003; teaches high school journalism in Brooklyn, NY. Has worked as a journalist for Associated Press, British Broadcasting Company (BBC), and NGO Occupation Watch.

WRITINGS:

Baghdad Bulletin: The Real Story of the War in Iraq—Reporting from Beyond the Green Zone, Pluto Press (London, England), 2005, published as Baghdad Bulletin: Dispatches on the American Occupation, University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI), 2005.

Contributor to periodicals, including the Guardian, Daily Star, New York Times, Men's Journal, Mother Jones, Nation, and London Sunday Times.

SIDELIGHTS:

Journalist David Enders is the author of Baghdad Bulletin: Dispatches on the American Occupation, "a street-level account of the invasion and occupation of Iraq," observed Middle East contributor Fred Rhodes. In 2003, having just graduated from the University of Michigan at age twenty-two, Enders journeyed to Iraq to start the Baghdad Bulletin, an English-language newspaper written, printed, and distributed in that nation. "We were foreign journalists covering Baghdad in the manner that you would if you were a local paper, and we didn't really care to cover it for a foreign audience," Enders told Rosie Anderson on the Guardian Unlimited Web site, adding, "We chose English because it was the language of the occupier." Enders and his staff published eight bimonthly issues before the paper folded. In his 2005 memoir Baghdad Bulletin, Enders recounts his experiences covering the war's aftermath. The book received generally strong reviews. According to Rhodes, the work "depicts the unseen complexity of Iraqi society," and Anderson noted that "its rich anecdotes of the small things of life in occupied Baghdad are a side to the conflict even many other journalists did not experience. A vivid cast of otherwise minor characters crowd the pages, such as Jim, the British graffiti artist who tags the CIA Baghdad headquarters and spends three days in a cage for his troubles; Ehmad, the action flick-obsessed greengrocer; the guards of Abu Ghraib." "Simply by being there and observing the daily charade of death and confusion, Enders provides a supremely useful service," remarked Peter Whittaker in the New Internationalist.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

BOOKS

Enders, David, Baghdad Bulletin: The Real Story of the War in Iraq—Reporting from Beyond the Green Zone, Pluto Press (London, England), 2005, published as Baghdad Bulletin: Dispatches on the American Occupation, University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI), 2005.