Daniel Bennett - Reporting War: September 2009 Archives

Secretary of Defence: "Afghanistan first"

on September 15, 2009 3:46 PM

The British Secretary of Defence said operations in Afghanistan must take priority in the next Strategic Defence Review in a speech at King's College, London.Bob Ainsworth said longer term strategic considerations should be secondary to providing the necessary equipment and......more

Access Denied: Twitter, Iran and embedding journalists in online culture

on September 11, 2009 5:45 PM

The Iranian Election was the moment when Twitter "exploded into our consciousness as a really powerful newsgathering tool" Adrian Wells told the Frontline Club earlier this week. Sky's Foreign Editor was discussing how media organisations cover 'news black holes' with......more

Michael Yon to end Afghanistan embeds and go it alone

on September 1, 2009 9:43 AM | 2

Independent war reporter Michael Yon has not so much burnt his military embed bridges as completely obliterated them.He claims that the Ministry of Defence has been trying to have him removed from the area of Regional Command (South) and from......more