Journalist Santiago Lyon was impressed by the play's veracity. "There were times when it was like watching strangers act out parts of my own life." Lyon was speaking as part of a panel discussion earlier this week at The Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University about the lives of war reporters. In conjunction with the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, the event was led by Bruce Shapiro, executive director of the Dart Center, and featured Lyon and his wife Emma Daly, both reporters, who spoke candidly about what it is like to be in the action, reporting from the source. Also part of the conversation was playwright Donald Margulies, whose new play, "Time Stands Still," delves into a similar theme: How a couple—one a photo journalist, the other a war correspondent—deals with returning home from a disastrous assignment. In particular, the play reveals how harrowing it...
- 2/13/2010
- backstage.com
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