BOOK A MEASURE OF DANGER: MEMOIRS OF A BRITISH WAR CORRESPONDENT (BOX44)

 COURTESY OF GIBSONS TACTICAL TAVERN                                                                       MILITARY SURPLUS LISTING INDIVIDUALLY PICTURED

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COPYRIGHT 1991, 1992 BY MICHAEL NICHOLSON

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                                                     A MEASURE OF DANGER                                                    MICHAEL NICHOLSON JOINED ITN IN 1963, SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING UNIVERSITY.  HE SERVED HIS APPRENTICESHIP AS A SUB EDITOR, SCRIPTWRITER, AND NEWS EDITOR BEFORE BECOMING A HOME REPORTER AND EVENTUALLY A ROVING FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT.  IN 1976, HECAME ITN'S AFRICA CORRESPONDENT, BASED IN JOHANNESBURG.  AFTER THE FALKLANDS WAR IN 1982, HE WAS APPOINTED NEWSCASTER FPR ITN'S EARLY EVENING NEWS AND IN 1986 HE WAS MADE SPECIAL SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT AND CO-PRESENTER OF CHANNEL FOUR'S INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMME THE WORLD THIS WEEK.  HE HAS WON NUMEROUS BRITISH AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS FOR HIS REPORTS--FROM BASAFRA, CYPRUS, AND VIET-SOCIET'S JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR. FOR HIS COVERAGE OF THE FALKLANDS WAR, HE WAS GIVEN THE BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM AND TELEVISION ARTS RICHARD DIMBLEBY AWARD.  IN 1991, MICHAEL NICHOLSON WAS AWARDED THE OBE FOR HIS REPORTING OF THE GULF WAR.