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Listen to Jackie's interview with Fresh Air Host Terry Gross
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THE WASHINGTON POST

Cooking In the Red Zone
By Jackie Spinner

Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, February 1, 2006; Page F01

The explosion shook the hotel and nearly knocked the skillet off the stove. The guards ran toward my dank cooking space, and a few minutes later I was hovering in a stairwell, under their protection, to wait out a mortar attack while my onions burned.
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The Other Beat Of Her Heart
In Iraq , the Reporter Learns You Go Into Battle Alone
By Jackie Spinner

Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, January 26, 2006; Page C01
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THE PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY

Sister to Sister
After surving an attempted kidnapping, a young journalist in Iraq and her twin back home share war stories
By Tom Acox

On a typical balmy night in Baghdad , now 35-year-old Washington Post reporter Jackie Spinner slept in a tattered bed wearing long pants and a long-sleeved shirt. Her bed was located in a shabby hotel room with a fish tank and an Iraqi flag. She wore the warm clothing (despite the heat) in case she had to evacuate the run-down hotel should mortars or other threats come in the middle of the night. She hung the Iraqi flag to remind herself she was a guest in a foreign country.
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In May 2005, Jackie delivered the commencement address at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. For a transcript of the address, click here.

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