#Long war journal afghanistan plus#

The journal states that it is a publication of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, which describes itself as non-partisan but has been called ' neoconservative' by various resources. The Review, however, noted that Roggio has at times aligned himself with conservative bloggers on issues such as the ' Easongate' controversy. The Columbia Journalism Review reports that the Long War Journal for the most part avoids political bias in its stories. According to the Columbia Journalism Review, 'Roggio's greatest service, then, may be the way he picks up where the mainstream press leaves off, giving readers a simultaneously more specific and holistic understanding of the battlefield.' Roggio, a former United States Army signalman and infantryman, uses his military experience to add strategic, operational, and tactical level context to the journal's reports. In some cases, PMI has funded trips by its own media-credentialed journalists to report on war zones such as Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Philippines. Roggio and the Long War Journal's staff use reports from various media organizations, including publications in countries where terrorists or Islamic insurgencies are active, such as in Afghanistan and Pakistan, then amplify and add historical context to what they find with information from their own network of US intelligence sources.

Thus, in 2007, Roggio and Hanusz left their full-time jobs and created PMI as a non-profit corporation with the goal, according to the Columbia Journalism Review, 'to develop a first-of-its-kind media entity made up of independent reporters, at home and abroad, dedicated solely to reporting on terrorism, so-called small wars, and counterterrorism efforts around the world, to do it in the kind of fine-grained detail that the mainstream press never will, and, as much as possible, without an overt partisan bent.' Hanusz, a regular reader and financial contributor to Roggio's blog, had the idea of organizing Roggio's reporting into a nonprofit journalism organization along the lines of the Center for Public Integrity.

#Long war journal afghanistan plus#

The journal's reporting has included stories on insurgent and terrorist activities in Pakistan.ДЇDD's Long War Journal began as Roggio's personal blog,, in which he provided detailed reporting on conflicts around the world using information obtained from media and internet sources plus information given him by contacts in the United States intelligence community. FDD's Long War Journal has been used as a source by a number of large, mass media organizations. As of 2011, the site received an estimated average of 12,000 views a day. The organization is funded by private donations, sponsorships, and grants. The site's staff, led by Roggio, use international media sources plus contacts in the United States intelligence community for information for their reports.

PMI states that its journal seeks to provide news on conflicts without promoting a political agenda and with a goal of providing in-depth, contextual, detailed reporting. The journal evolved from Roggio's personal blog with which he reported on conflicts involving terrorism and Islamic insurgencies around the world. The site is a project of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, where both Roggio and Joscelyn are senior fellows. Roggio is the managing editor of the journal and Thomas Joscelyn is senior editor.

PMI is run by Paul Hanusz and Bill Roggio. The site is operated by Public Multimedia Incorporated (PMI), a non-profit media organization established in 2007. FDD's Long War Journal ( LWJ) is an American news website, also described as a blog, which reports on the war on terror.