Conversation with Sean Carberry, former NPR Kabul Correspondent and Author

Sudan, Congo, Iraq, Syria, Yemen—all countries in some form of conflict today. And they are some of the conflict zones and fragile states Sean Carberry, MC/MPA 2006, reported from as a public radio journalist 2007 through 2014. That period of his life, including covering the 2011 Arab Spring and serving as NPR’s last Kabul-based correspondent, is the subject of his memoir, “Passport Stamps: Searching the World for a War to Call Home” in which he discusses his journey into and out of conflict reporting. Described by Kirkus Reviews as a “poignant, gritty memoir of a disillusioned journalist,” the book is a revealing meditation on the nature of so-called “vulture journalism” and the mental health impacts of that work. Carberry is currently managing editor of National Defense Magazine and previously served in the Defense Department Office of Inspector General as managing editor of oversight reports on contingency and counterterrorism operations in…