Much of Britain’s press was taken in by cynical manipulation when they accepted the case for invasion of Iraq, journalists at the Frontline Club involved in reporting the war and its lead up claimed on Wednesday. Speaking during a discussion......more
The Forum - Journalism, insight and debate at the Frontline Club: February 2010 Archives
Richard Sambrook on the future of journalism and leaving the BBC
By Michael Haddon With a career spanning 30 years at the BBC, Richard Sambrook, director of the organisation's global news division, has revealed how he once carried a resignation letter with him every day, in the expectation it would eventually have to be......more
Call for freelance entries for Amnesty International awards
Amnesty International has set up an entry fee sponsorship fund to support a limited number of submissions from freelance journalists and filmmakers for this year's Amnesty International Media Awards.If you have worked on a story over the past 12 months......more
The Iraq war inquiry: time to call the media witnesses?
As an exercise in self-criticism the admissions by the New York Times and the Washington Post that their reporting on the build up to war in Iraq was "not as rigorous as it should have been" provoked a great deal......more
Changing sides: BBC's Richard Sambrook joins growing list of journalists who abandon the newsroom for PR
What is it that makes them switch? Higher salaries? Shorter hours? Whatever it is, there's no shortage of senior BBC journalists making the move from the newsroom to the world of PR. The latest is Richard Sambrook, one of the......more
Digital Election 2010: social media's important, but not a kingmaker yet
MPs, Westminster hacks and activists might be addicted to expressing themselves in 140 characters or less, but don't expect this year's general election to be decided on which party has the best social media strategy. But politicians and the media......more
Iraq: Assessing the media's role in seven years of war
By Alison Larsen Seven years after the Iraq invasion, The Chilcot Inquiry has stirred up old tensions about the rights and wrongs of American and UK military intervention. But what role did the media play in reporting the conflict? An......more
Mandela's walk to freedom remembered: South Africa still suffering effects of Apartheid
By Gouri SharmaIt could take South Africans another two generations to release themselves from the inferiority complex acquired during decades of Apartheid.Expert panelists at a Frontline Club event to mark 20 years since Nelson Mandela's release from prison spoke of......more
Understanding the Taliban: Experts warn military force is misplaced, as 'psychological' war rages on
As the United States and allied forces prepare to deploy 15,000 troops in southern Afghanistan to battle Islamic insurgents, experts are warning that the problem isn't one of physical might but of completely misunderstanding what the Taliban is. In the......more
First Wednesday: the reporting of Haiti so far - are journalists getting it right?
Though some reporters may be guilty of over-oversimplifying the crisis left in wake of the Haiti earthquake, journalists can still aid the country's reconstruction by reporting the truth on the ground. That was the broad consensus from panelists at a......more
David Hoffman: The war on photography
In case you missed last night's first In the Picture strand, here is a brief recap. We also have the discussion available on video and to download on podcast here - without his captivating pictures of course....more
Haiti, the fight against the Western aid policy
Christian Wisskirchen is a member of the Management Committee of the Haiti Support Group who has been involved in campaigns to work towards participatory democracy in Haiti since 1992. He has worked for the UN in Haiti in 1995, as......more
First Wednesday: Haiti, now or never?
This month we will focus entirely on Haiti - looking at the country's recent history and looking ahead to the meeting of international donors at the UN in March.It's almost three weeks since an earthquake devastated the country, leaving an......more
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