Scott Taylor (journalist)
Scott Taylor (born December 30, 1960) is a
Taylor is a regular op-ed contributor to the
In 2004, Taylor and a
Early years of Esprit de Corps
Taylor's Canadian military magazine,
After struggling to have his proposal accepted by the
Due to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Canadian government’s subsequent downsizing of its military expenditure, the Canadian Forces were experiencing cutbacks and changing the way in which its personnel would be transported. This affected Esprit de Corps drastically, as Canadian Forces personnel would now be transported via flights chartered by Air Canada. Because of the loss of its Canadian Air Force distribution and the cost-cutting atmosphere of the military community, Taylor and his wife decided to convert their magazine to a newsstand monthly.
The new magazine would feature mainly current military news and Canadian military history. The magazine continued to retain its seat-back distribution with Air Canada military charters and Taylor began to hire staff in order to help fill their new eighty-four page format.
In 1991,
2004 Kidnapping and Release
On September 7, 2004, Taylor and Turkish journalist Zeynep Tugrul, who works for the Turkish newspaper Sabah, arrived in
They were driven by the masked gunmen to a resistance safe house, where they were kidnapped by Ansar al-Islam, a radical Islamist group and accused of being spies. Scott and Zeynep were held captive for five days by the Mujahedeen in which they were transported to numerous resistance sites, tortured for information, threatened with execution and continually beaten.
On September 12,
Family
Taylor currently lives in Ottawa, Ontario with wife Katherine and son Kirk. He works at Esprit de Corps office as the publisher. He also plays for the Esprit de Corps Commando's hockey team as a right winger.
Books
Taylor has authored several books during his career:
Year | Titles | ISBN |
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1997 | Tarnished Brass: Crime and Corruption in the Canadian Military | ISBN 1895555930
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1998 | Tested Mettle: Canada’s Peacekeepers at War | ISBN 1895896088
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2000 | Inat: Images of Serbia and the Kosovo Conflict | ISBN 189589610X
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2002 | Diary of an Uncivil War: The Violent Aftermath of the Kosovo Conflict | ISBN 1895896207
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2003 | Spinning on the Axis of Evil: America's War against Iraq | ISBN 1895896223
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2004 | Among the 'Others': the forgotten Turkmen of Iraq | ISBN 1895896266
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2008 | Unembedded: Two Decades of Maverick War Reporting | ISBN 9781553652922
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2010 | Unreconciled Differences: Turkey Armenia and Azerbaijan | ISBN 9781895896381
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Taylor has also starred in and been the subject of several documentaries:
Documentaries
Year | Titles | Subject |
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1999 | Yugoslavia: the Avoidable War | a documentary that explores Western countries involvement during the war in Yugoslavia. |
2005 | Passionate Eye: Reporters in Iraq | The kidnapping of journalists in Iraq and the impact that is having on reporting in Iraq. |
2009 | National Geographic's Locked Up Abroad : Iraq |
A docudrama in which Taylor recounts the events of his kidnapping by insurgents. |
2009 | Myths for Profit | a dramatic exposé documentary which explores Canada’s role in the industries of war and peace. |
2010 | If I Should Fall | a documentary about the life and death of Trooper Marc Diab of The Royal Canadian Dragoons who was killed in Afghanistan when his vehicle struck an IED .
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2010 | Afghanistan: Outside the Wire | a documentary in which Taylor travels throughout Afghanistan as a civilian, learning the civilian' side of the Afghanistan war.[3] |
2010 | The Weight of Chains | a documentary analyzing the break-up of Yugoslavia and the part played by the United States, NATO and the European Union |
2011 | From Belgrade to Baghdad | A documentary about Taylor's military journalism career, following him from his reporting in the Balkans to the war in Iraq. |
2011 | F-35 Politics of Procurement |
Taylor looks at the Canadian governments project to acquire new fighter planes to replace their CF-18 's
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2013 | Homecoming: The Casualties of War | An in-depth look at the challenges faced by soldiers returning from Afghanistan and families of the fallen, particularly "invisible wounds" like PTSD and Survivor guilt.[4]
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References
- ^ "Captive Turk in Iraq Tells Of Fearful Struggle to Live". The New York Times. 24 September 2004.
- ^ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kidnapped-canadian-journalist-freed-in-iraq-1.499624 | CBC News 13 September 2004.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAPfHzKlKEU | Afghanistan: Outside The Wire, You Tube
- ^ http://www.cpac.ca/eng/programs/cpac-special/episodes/homecoming-casualties-war A CPAC Special "Homecoming: The Casualties of War"