This Wednesday we turn our attention again to the crisis unfolding in Pakistan. With more than 14 million people displaced by relentless floods and disease spreading through the country, our First Wednesday event for September with chair Paddy O'Connell will......more
The Forum - Journalism, insight and debate at the Frontline Club: August 2010 Archives
Reporting Vietnam: 'We don't only work for the news, we work for the memory'
By Gouri SharmaThe only victory for the media during the Vietnam War was that the public decided it never wanted to see those images and stories again. That was a central theme at a Frontline event on Friday to mark......more
Gideon Levy in conversation with Jon Snow: why the media's role in the occupation of Palestine matters
With a protracted, complex and bloody conflict between Israel and Islamic forces in Palestine, the need for independent journalism has never been greater. Isreali journalist Gideon Levy says that when he started writing, "There [was] no one there to tell......more
Iraq revisited: What next for the Forgotten War?
Picture: Chris King By Sara Elizabeth Williams As the last full US combat brigade rumbled out of Iraq, what comes next for the region and its people, and what is the legacy of this long and divisive conflict? A Frontline......more
The small acts of mischief that could change the world
Challenging the pessimistic view that "nothing can ever change" was partly the purpose of last night's event looking at small acts of resistance around the world that have gone on to have greater impact. If you couldn't make it to......more
How Wikileaks is changing journalism
Tensions were revealed in the relationship between some of the news organisations that collaborated with the whistleblowing organisation Wikileaks in publishing the Afghan War Diary when its founder Julian Assange spoke at a Frontline Club event last night. Speaking via......more
Neither friend nor foe: Google is just the messenger
By Jasper Jackson Google’s online dominance puts it at the heart of forces undermining the traditional news publishing industry. But a Frontline Club panel on Google’s relationship with publishers on Wednesday focused on the wave of technological change behind the......more
Social networking and journalism: Power to the people?
By Julie Tomlin and Sirena Bergman How have Facebook, Twitter and blogs changed changed grassroots politics? This was the question tackled at the club on Tuesday, at an event moderated by Deborah Bonello, founder of Mexicoreporter.com and video journalist for......more
Tributes pour in for Frontline Club member Karen Woo, killed in Afghanistan trying to make a difference
There's no more sad news for us at the Frontline than to hear that one of our own has died. So it is with a heavy heart we read that the surgeon Dr Karen Woo was shot and killed......more
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