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Web Extra: Desmond Tutu On Forgiveness

KUER 90.1 | By Doug Fabrizio

Published December 28, 2021 at 12:15 PM MST

Desmond Tutu passed away on December 26^th, 2021. We’re sharing Doug Fabrizio’s 2002 interview with him.

Desmond Tutu played a pivotal role in helping South Africa heal from the brutality of apartheid. Tutu and others were faced with various paths to take, and they chose forgiveness—something Tutu says is an essential element of African conscientiousness. But justice also had to be dealt with. How does one forgive without forgetting? (Rebroadcast)

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Doug Fabrizio

Doug Fabrizio has been reporting for KUER News since 1987, and became News Director in 1993. In 2001, he became host and executive producer of KUER's RadioWest, a one hour conversation/call-in show on KUER 90.1 in Salt Lake City. He has gained a reputation for his thoughtful style. He has interviewed everyone from Isabel Allende to the Dalai Lama, and from Madeleine Albright to Desmond Tutu. His interview skills landed him a spot as a guest host of the national NPR program, "Talk of the Nation." He has won numerous awards for his reporting and for his work with RadioWest and KUED's Utah NOW from such organizations as the Society of Professional Journalists, the Utah Broadcasters Association, the Public Radio News Directors Association and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

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