Author: Richard Dudman

Eyewitness to a century of big news stories

Publisher’s note:  Richard Dudman wrote this third-person autobiography about his career in 2004 by Richard Dudman                                       When Richard Dudman was captured in Cambodia in 1970 by Viet Cong guerrillas when covering the Vietnam war for the St. Louis

‘Citizenfour’ is an Oscar favorite. Does it deserve it?

By RICHARD DUDMAN / “Citizenfour,” a film by Laura Poitras telling in glowing terms how she helped Edward Snowden publish thousands of secret documents about widespread government surveillance of U.S. citizens, is considered a shoo-in for Best Documentary Feature at the Oscars on Sunday. The award seems inevitable, since Poitras and others associated with the