Daniel Bennett - Reporting War: November 2008 Archives

Recently, Dr Andrew Garner from RICU gave a talk at King's College London about the government's counter terrorism strategy. There's more information and background about RICU in a previous post, but just to reiterate for the purposes of what appears......more

I'm collecting a series of links on how Mumbai has been covered by blogs and social media. You can find all the links on my delicious account.......more

'The soldier keeps shouting "Sir!" as he deliriously looks around "Don't take my legs," he appeals. "Have I got my legs?" He doesn't believe the doctor who reassures him.' This is an extract from the diary of artist David Cotterrell......more

This post is long overdue, but I wanted to make sure I had time to write it because it concerns a potentially sensitive subject.At the end of October, Dr Andrew Garner from the UK Government’s Research, Information and Communications Unit......more

Last Thursday, the BBC World Have Your Say radio programme built their show around a discussion with a Taleban spokesperson. Through the BBC's Security Correspondent, Frank Gardner, and a translator, listeners from around the world could put their questions to......more

Independent journalist Michael Totten is going back to Baghdad. He's managed to organise an embed with the US military and will no doubt be blogging his trip here. "So stay tuned for an in-depth tour through Baghdad after the surge.......more

How about this for an army recruitment website? Relaunched today, goarmy.com, includes all sorts of video from soldiers deployed in Iraq. (Interestingly there are also strong video elements on the British Army recruitment website.) In an introductory montage, the......more

I've been doing some further work into 'Nick Meo vs the milbloggers' to try to work out exactly what is going on. The Telegraph journalist has got in touch with me and I have also had email contact with 1Lt......more

One of the ways in which bloggers have acquitted themselves in the media space is by acting as a 'fifth estate' - scrutinising what the fourth estate - the mainstream media - do, challenging facts and publishing corrections, clarifications, and......more