Josh Rushing
{{Short description|American journalist}}
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| birth_place = Lewisville, Texas, U.S.
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| birthname = Joshua Rushing
| occupation = Journalist
| spouse = Paige Rushing
| children = 5
| employer = Al Jazeera
| website = {{URL|http://www.joshrushing.com/}}
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| allegiance = {{Flagu|United States|1960}}
| branch = {{Marines|United States|name=U.S. Marine Corps}}
| serviceyears = 1990–2004
| rank = {{Dodseal|USMCO3|25}} Captain
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Josh Rushing is an Emmy Award winning American broadcast journalist and photographer. He is the senior correspondent for the award winning documentary series, Fault Lines, on Al Jazeera English. He is also a former officer of the United States Marine Corps (USMC).
Early life
Career
=Military service=
Rushing enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1990 and completed basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California.{{cite interview |last=Rushing |first=Josh Rushing|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2007/6/20/ex_marine_josh_rushing_on_his |interviewer=Amy Goodman |title=Ex-Marine Josh Rushing on his Journey from Military Mouthpiece to Al Jazeera Correspondent |date=June 20, 2007 |work=Democracy Now! }}
He was selected for Public Affairs and attended the Defense Information School (DINFOS) in 1991. He was selected for the [http://nrotc.ou.edu/mecep.html Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program (MECEP)] and studied at the University of Texas at Austin where he received a dual degree in Ancient History and Classic Civilization in 1999. Rushing became a Mustang upon his graduation from UT and moved to Quantico, Virginia, to further his military officer training at The Basic School (TBS). Though slated to be a Marine Corps aviator at TBS, hearing loss prevented Rushing from completing flight school. Instead, he returned to Public Affairs and reported to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California. Rushing moved to Los Angeles in 2002 where he represented the Marine Corps in Hollywood in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110814133048/http://www.marines.mil/unit/divpa/lapa/Pages/default.aspx Marine Corps Motion Picture and Television Liaison Office].
Aware of future military operations in the Middle East, Rushing volunteered to deploy with forward units before the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Rushing was assigned to United States Central Command (CENTCOM) in Doha, Qatar, during Operation Iraqi Freedom where he served as a spokesperson to General Tommy Franks. Unbeknownst to him, an independent film, Control Room, captured his efforts to communicate the American message on Al Jazeera Arabic. The documentary debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004 and enjoyed theatrical release across the world.{{cite news| url=http://motherjones.com/politics/2006/11/education-lieutenant-rushing | work=Mother Jones | first1=Daniel | last1=Schulman |author-link1 = Daniel Schulman (writer)| title=The Education Of Lieutenant Rushing | date=November–December 2006}} After the Pentagon ordered him not to comment on the film,{{cite news|url=http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0802-03.htm |work=L.A. Times online repost by commondreams.org |first1=Mark |last1=Mazzetti |title=Marine Lands in Film, Collides With Superiors: A military spokesman is silenced after candid comments in a movie on Al Jazeera and Iraq war |date=August 2, 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060111040803/http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0802-03.htm |archive-date=January 11, 2006 }} he left the Marine Corps after 14 years of active duty service in October 2004 and later helped start Al Jazeera English in 2005.{{cite news| url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1110008,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051013084609/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1110008,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 13, 2005 | work=The New York Observer | first1=Sally B. | last1=Donnelly | title=Al Jazeera Hires an Ex-Marine | date=September 27, 2005}}
=Broadcasting work=
Rushing has been with Al Jazeera English since the run-up to its launch. As an international correspondent, Rushing has hosted and produced programs all over the world. So far in 2011 Rushing has filmed two Fault Lines episodes in Mexico - "Mexico: Impunity and Profits",{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/joshrushing#p/c/618C2C9DA2CF296A/4/A-4ALKGBbOE|title=Josh Rushing|website=YouTube}} and "Mexico's Hidden War"{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/joshrushing#p/c/618C2C9DA2CF296A/3/2Rc72FZYlCM|title=Josh Rushing|website=YouTube}} - plus a third in Colombia.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/joshrushing#p/c/618C2C9DA2CF296A/0/yCpYf8B1vYs|title=Josh Rushing|website=YouTube}} He has also traveled to Iraq, for the eighth time, to provide special news coverage marking the 6-month milestone before the planned withdrawal of the U.S. military.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/joshrushing#p/c/618C2C9DA2CF296A/2/IE8rghcOGD4|title=Josh Rushing|website=YouTube}}
=Writings=
Rushing's book, Mission Al Jazeera: Build a Bridge, Seek the Truth, Change the World,{{cite book|title=Mission Al-Jazeera: Build a Bridge, Seek the Truth, Change the World|first1=Josh|last1=Rushing|first2=Sean|last2=Elder|date=12 June 2007|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-1403979056}} was published by Palgrave-MacMillan in 2007. The book blends his personal story with a unique behind-the-scenes look into the controversial Al Jazeera broadcast networks. Rushing is also published in Reader's Digest{{'}}s 10th Anniversary of 9/11 special edition.{{cite web|url=http://www.rd.com/|title=Reader's Digest: Official Site to Subscribe & Find Great Reads|website=Reader's Digest}}
Rushing blogged regularly for AJE and the Huffington Post before beginning his own online journal.
Personal life
He is married, with a daughter and four sons.
Notes
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References
;Books
- {{cite book | last = Rushing | first = Josh | title = Mission: Al-Jazeera | publisher = Palgrave Macmillan | year = 2007 | isbn = 978-1403979056}}
External links
- [http://www.joshrushing.com/ Josh Rushing Official Website]
- [http://www.noujaimfilms.com/ Official Control Room Website]
- {{IMDb name|id=1655282|name=Josh Rushing}}
- [https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-09-28-rushing-cover_x.htm Former Marine in media glare as he joins Al-Jazeera], USA Today, September 28, 2005
- [https://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2006/11/education_of_lt_rushing.html The Education of Lieutenant Rushing], Mother Jones, November/December 2006
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080724214026/http://www.fastcompany.com/subscr/104/open_aljazeera.html Al Jazeera's (Global) Mission], Fast Company, April 2006
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051013084609/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1110008,00.html Al Jazeera Hires an Ex-Marine], Time magazine, September 27, 2005
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060111040803/http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0802-03.htm Marine Lands in Film, Collides With Superiors], Los Angeles Times, August 2, 2004
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070630164839/http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07%2F06%2F20%2F152255 Democracy Now! interview], June 20, 2007
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{{Al Jazeera America anchors and reporters}}
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Category:United States Marine Corps officers
Category:United States Marine Corps personnel of the Iraq War
Category:American male journalists