Stars and Stripes
Phillip Walter Wellman is an accomplished journalist and photographer with a robust background in reporting and media production. Currently serving as a reporter and photographer for Stars and Stripes since February 2016, Phillip previously worked as a Gulf Stringer for Voice of America from January 2009 to September 2014, where significant contributions included covering breaking news in the Persian Gulf and extensive reporting during the 2011 Bahrain uprising. Additionally, Phillip held the position of Senior News Presenter and Reporter at Arabian Radio Network, where responsibilities encompassed initiating story ideas, conducting interviews, and producing content under tight deadlines. Early career experience included an internship at CNN in 2005. Phillip holds a Master of Science in Conflict Studies from The London School of Economics, a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Sociology from City, University of London, and a Certificate of Higher Education in Creative Writing from the University of Oxford.
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Stars and Stripes
Stars and Stripes exists to provide independent news and information to the U.S. military community, comprised of active-duty servicemembers, DoD civilians, contractors, and their families. Unique among the many Department of Defense authorized news outlets, only Stars and Stripes is guaranteed First Amendment privileges that are subject to Congressional oversight.* Stars and Stripes has published a newspaper continuously since World War II. Our unique military coverage first became available online in 1999. Today, Stars and Stripes operates as a multimedia news organization. We publish the Stars and Stripes print newspaper edition Monday through Thursday, a special Weekend Edition on Friday for Europe and Pacific, and a separate Mideast edition Friday through Sunday. In addition, we publish several weekly and monthly publications and numerous special supplements. Average daily readers number about 300,000. Stars and Stripes maintains news bureaus in Europe, Pacific and the Middle East to provide first-hand reporting on events in those theaters. In addition to news and sports, Stars and Stripes newspapers contain all the elements of an American “hometown paper,” from "Dear Abby" to comics, horoscopes, and crossword puzzles.