I tweeted about this a couple of days ago, but if you haven't yet latched on to Michael Yon's latest reports and photography from Afghanistan then you should do so now.And while we're on the 'blogging from Helmand theme', this......more
Daniel Bennett - Reporting War: July 2009 Archives
Insight into The Times' Afghanistan debate
Earlier today I 'sat in' on The Times' liveblogging debate about whether the war in Afghanistan is winnable. The Times have been experimenting with Cover It Live for a while now, but haven't put it to use to cover defence......more
Blogs on the helicopters
On Wednesday, the Prime Minister Gordon Brown quoted Lt Col Nick Richardson in Afghanistan who said he had "sufficient [helicopters] to get on with the task with which he's been given".Which suggests he was given a very particular task (like......more
The front line in Afghanistan
The BBC's Ian Pannell and cameraman Fred Scott are on the front line in Helmand. The British troops they film are taking part in Operation Panther's Claw, which has cost the lives of seven British soldiers in the last week.......more
If you want a different take...
...on the recent deaths of British Army soldiers, Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe and Tpr Joshua Hammond, in Afghanistan then head over to Defence of the Realm.The author, Richard North, believes the BBC missed the point about the weaknesses of the......more
US Army uses wikis to update field manuals
The Small Wars Journal informs us that the US Army is converting the contents of their field manuals into wiki format allowing soldiers to update military doctrine. (It's wikipedia for the Army.)Lt Gen William Caldwell, a leader in the use......more
Truth: The first casualty of the Russo-Georgia War
Today, I've been multi-tasking: spending some time spying (with permission, I should add) on the BBC's news operation, keeping one eye on the tennis, and reading a very interesting paper on the media and the Russian invasion of Georgia.I can't......more
Daniel Bennett - Reporting War
Daniel Bennett is a PhD student researching the impact of blogging and new media on the BBC's coverage of war...