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From the Frontline to Kigali
Former foreign correspondent Thomas Crampton talks to Eric Weiner, another former foreign correspondent, about his thoughts on the 10 career options left for foreign correspondents. As media giants crumble and budgets for "the old way of doing things" no longer exist it's a timely (and funny) 10 minute chat....more
On the road with Robert Adams
Robert Adams, one of the original Frontline TV cameramen and a founder member of the Frontline Club, is on the road. For six months Rob, his family and some friends will be on the road in Africa. From their home in Harare they'll head to Cairo, Cape Town and back...more
Jestina Mukoko abducted in Zimababwe
Jestina Mukoko, a prominent journalist and executive director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project, was abducted from her home in Norton about 40km from the captial Harare by "15 men in plain clothes" yesterday, according to the African Press Organization, “Everything must be done to secure the swift release of...more
Thinking of going to Somalia?
Well if you are, Rob has some sage advice... and be sure to read the comments. Frontline bloggers David and Alex both blogged from Somalia earlier this year. I hope they don't go back for a while. Not sure my nerves could take it....more
Update on the Amanda Lindhout kidnap in Somalia
Amanda Lindhout and Nigel Brennan are safe and still being held in Somalia according to Reporters Without Borders. The two journalists were kidnapped in August along with their Somali fixers. A ransom deadline, for an alleged $2.5 million, passed a month ago. "What we can confirm is they are fine,...more
Clifford Derrick reporting Kenyan election violence
Video journalist Clifford Derrick talks to The Mail & Guardian about how he reported the election violence in Kenya that began on December 27, 2007, He decided to set up base in the slums to record the story. It was a distinctly dangerous choice. "On three occasions cops threatened...more
Contact with Somalia kidnappers
AFP reports that contact between the authorities in Puntland, Somalia and the kidnappers of one British and one Spanish journalist in Bosasso has been made, "The kidnappers are asking for a ransom, but we refuse negotiations. We just want them to be released," [Bossaso Governor Musa Gueleh Yusuf] said without...more
LIVE event: Gideon Mendel - Looking AIDS in the face
[video:bliptv:1519889] Award winning photographer Gideon Mendel has documented the impact of HIV/Aids in Africa for more than 12 years. He'll be discussing his work at the Frontline Club tonight. If you can't make it in person, do please join us online at 7.30pm UK time tonight Wed 26th November on...more
2 foreign journalists kidnapped in Somalia
Two freelance journalists, presumed to be British, are reported kidnapped by police in the northern Puntland region of Somalia earlier today, "I think both the journalists are British but we shall investigate ... we are sending police to free them," Puntland's police spokesman Abshir Said Jama told Reuters. link via...more
Kate Peyton inquest kicks off
The inquiry into the death of Kate Peyton, the BBC producer who was gunned down outside the Sahafi Hotel in Mogadishu in February 2005, opens today, Ms Peyton's sister, Rebecca, an actress who lives in Brixton, south London, said: "All the journalists we've spoken to who have been to...more
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