Joe Chenelly
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Joseph R. Chenelly (born October 2, 1976) is an American journalist and political adviser. He is now directing the "Warriors for Webb" grassroots movement of the Jim Webb campaign for U.S. president.[1] He is also assistant national director of communications for Disabled American Veterans.[2]
Chenelly covers military and veterans matters, on staff with the Military Times newspapers and Gannet News, reporting on operations in the Middle East, Southwest Asia, Africa, as well as disaster relief in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Chenelly was named one of the 100 "most influential journalists covering armed violence".[3] He was the first U.S. Marine combat correspondent to step into enemy territory after September 11, 2001,[4] documenting American military action and providing it for broadcast throughout the international media.
Chenelly was the first military reporter in Pakistan and Afghanistan after the terrorist attacks in the United States.[5] He also reported from the frontlines with American and allied forces in Kuwait and Iraq as that war began in 2003.[6] Chenelly was on the ground for the start of both Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. After returning to Washington to cover the wars from the policy aspect,[7] he headed back to field reporting, corresponding live from the Louisiana Superdome and flooded streets of New Orleans as a civilian reporter in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.[8] As part of the first conventional U.S. ground force to enter Afghanistan, he was the first to provide combat footage of Operation Enduring Freedom,[2] the first to report from inside a coalition detention facility in Afghanistan[2], the first to report an Iraqi man had given American forces information about where U.S. Army prisoner of war Pfc. Jessica Lynch was being held,[9] the first to report that the other American[10] prisoners of war had been rescued, and he was the first to report FEMA and the National Guard had pulled out of the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.[11] Chenelly is now assistant national director of communications for the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) in Washington, D.C. On November 6, 2012, he was elected to a four-year term on the Calvert County Board of Education (District 1).[12] Chenelly was named Calvert County (MD) Man of the Year by the county's Republican Central Committee in May 2013.[13]
References[edit]
- ^ DOUCET, SUSAN (15 August 2015). "Due to flight cancellations, Webb is a no-show in Hudson". Concord Monitor. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ Magazine, DAV. "Masthead". DAV Magazine. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ AOAV. "Top 100: The most influential journalists covering armed violence". aoav.org. Action on Armed Violence. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
- ^ Lubold, Gordon (12 January 2002). "Marine has the 'write stuff'". Marine Corps Times (12 January 2002) (Gannet). Gannet News.
- ^ Perry, Tony (1 April 2002). "What the Marine Saw". Los Angeles Times (1 April 2002) (Los Angeles Times). Retrieved 1 April 2002.
- ^ Chenelly, Joseph (1 June 2003). "Rescues, Medivacs and Firefights: Marines Get In On in Iraq". Leatherneck magazine (1 June 2003) (Marine Corps Association).
- ^ Chenelly, Joseph (26 July 2004). "Free Speech At A High Cost; For this captain, speaking out exacts a huge personal toll". USA TODAY (26 July 2004) (Gannet News). Army Times. Retrieved 26 July 2004.
- ^ Chenelly, Joseph (3 September 2005). "Troops begin combat operations in New Orleans". Army Times (3 September 2005) (Gannet News). Retrieved 3 September 2005.
- ^ Frieden, Terry (30 April 2003). "Iraqi who helped rescue POW granted asylum". CNN (CNN). CNN. Retrieved 30 April 2003.
- ^ Chenelly, Joseph (15 April 2003). "Marines recount POW rescue operation". Free Republic. Marine Corps News. Retrieved 15 April 2003.
- ^ Chenelly, Joseph (2 September 2005). "Troops begin combat operations in New Orleans". USA TODAY (2 September 2005) (Gannet). Army Times.
- ^ Buck, Laura (6 November 2012). "Chenelly, McGuire, McConkey elected to Calvert BOE, Ches. Beach has new council.". South Maryland Newspaper (6 November 2012) (South Maryland Newspapers). Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ Madden, Marty (14 May 2013). "BOE's Chenelly named Calvert GOP man of year".
