Harriet Sherwood reflects on life as a foreign correspondent after four months in Jerusalem for The Guardian. Here she offers an assessment of the new platforms available to journalists:"...in the digital age, there are other platforms to consider. I have......more
Daniel Bennett - Reporting War: September 2010 Archives
BBC Newsnight says MoD refused to provide figures for Sangin attacks
British forces have handed over responsibility for security in Sangin, Afghanistan to their U.S. counterparts. More than a hundred British soldiers lost their lives in the district.As part of their research for last night's coverage of this story, BBC Newsnight......more
Should local voices replace foreign correspondents?
Solana Larsen, one of the co-founders of Global Voices, argues that local bloggers and journalists are able to connect us deeply to the stories they tell and are unencumbered by the news production process in Western media newsrooms:"Events don’t look......more
Embedded in Afghanistan: "All you can do is give a snapshot"
Embedded journalism in Afghanistan is on the agenda at the Frontline Club this evening. Several journalists are on the panel including Caroline Wyatt, (BBC), Tim Marshall, (Sky News) and the Club's founder Vaughan Smith.While they'll be discussing Afghanistan and......more
Upcoming paper on the BBC's coverage of the Mumbai attacks
Just a note to let you know that later this month I'll be speaking about the BBC's coverage of the Mumbai attacks in 2008. The paper is a case study of the BBC's adoption of live text commentary to report......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...