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Journalist Jason Rezaian Talks About 544 Days in Iranian Prison

Tara Calligan / WGCU

It’s been three years since journalist Jason Rezaian was released from an Iranian prison, where he had been jailed for alleged espionage. Now, in a new memoir, he recounts the experience of the 544 days he spent in the notorious Evin Prison.“Prisoner” offers insight not only into his experiences while incarcerated, but it also brings a greater understanding of a country most Americans understand little about.He was in Southwest Florida for an event with the Naples Council on World Affairs and managed to carve out a little time to come visit us in our studio.

 

 

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Julie Glenn is the host of Gulf Coast Live. She has been working in southwest Florida as a freelance writer since 2007, most recently as a regular columnist for the Naples Daily News. She began her broadcasting career in 1993 as a reporter/anchor/producer for a local CBS affiliate in Quincy, Illinois. After also working for the NBC affiliate, she decided to move to Parma, Italy where she earned her Master’s degree in communication from the University of Gastronomic Sciences. Her undergraduate degree in Mass Communication is from the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
Mike Kiniry is producer of Gulf Coast Live, and co-creator and host of the WGCU podcast Three Song Stories: Biography Through Music. He first joined the WGCU team in the summer of 2003 as an intern while studying Communication at Florida Gulf Coast University.