Jeremy Scahill Talks About What Sparked his Film 'Dirty Wars'

Jeremy Scahill is the National Security Correspondent for The Nation
and a New York Times bestselling author.

His second book, "Dirty Wars" was recently the basis of a film by the same name.
Scahill told 10,000 words contributor Mona Zhang the story behind his first book
about Blackwater and how an investigation into a night raid
by US Joint Special Operations Command became
the driving force behind the film "Dirty Wars."

Jeremy Scahill : 'No One's an Objective Journalist'

Jeremy Scahill, National Security Correspondent for "The Nation" and "New York Times"
bestselling author, recently sat down with 10,000 words contributor Mona Zhang
to talk about his new film "Dirty Wars," which is based on the book of the same name.

Scahill tells mediabistroTV about what he sees as a war on journalists in the US
and whether he thinks anyone can be an objective journalist.

In Part II Wednesday, Scahill talks about the gruesome incident
that drove the making of the "Dirty Wars" film

Jeremy Scahill on Getting His First Advance

Unless you are one of the very lucky few who win the book deal lottery, a book advance
won't change your life. In a recent Media Beat interview, The Nation's national security
correspondent and a New York Times bestselling author Jeremy Scahill broke down
how quickly a book advance can disappear - even before taxes.

 Most recently, Scahill wrote Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield for Nation Books.