War correspondent Charles Bean and the reporting on war

Published: Aug. 11, 2020, 10:05 a.m.

Charles Bean was our first official war correspondent in the first world war. Getting accurate information about the combat and fronts became possibly even more challenging in the following second world war. For the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII, Big Ideas looks at reporting in war times and features Charles Bean who devoted his life to telling the story of our soldiers.