The Forum - Journalism, insight and debate at the Frontline Club: February 2011 Archives

With so much going on in the Middle East and North Africa it's unsurprising that our two events in February focusing on the region sold out. Our First Wednesday event on 2 February was announced as a discussion on......more

  By Mariah Hamalainen “I don’t think there will be free and fair elections in Zimbabwe in 2011” Geoff Hill said at a recent panel discussion on the topic at Frontline Club. Geoff Hill wasn't alone; his fellow panelists......more

Streaming .TV shows by Ustream Listen to the podcast here or download from itunes. By Lucy Lacock A panel of journalists were at the Frontline Club last night to discuss "The Art of the Interview" and to pass on......more

Clay Shirky's article in Foreign Affairs magazine discussing the political impact of social media focuses on its long term potential for changing public anc civil life as well as for toppling governments. In the interview above with the Wall Street......more

Next week's First Wednesday will be an opportunity to discuss events in Libya and elsewhere in North Africa and the Middle East.With events moving so fast we will bring together a panel to take stock and to reflect on key......more

Channel 4 News' international editor Lindsey Hilsum, who took part in last week's First Wednesday special on Egypt wrote a piece at the weekend about the dangers journalists face following the sexual assault of Lara Logan in Cairo on the......more

In a post on the BBC's Editor's blog world news editor Jon Wiliams wrote yesterday about the difficulties news organisations face reporting the uprisings in Libya. The BBC and other news organisations are relying on those on the ground to......more

Vaughan Smith, founder of the Frontline Club, spent two weeks with the US Army’s 214th Aviation Regiment shooting Blood and Dust, a film being broadcast on Al Jazeera this week. The film will also be shown at the Club on......more

 The Empire programme on Al Jazeera English looking at "cyber-generated" change examined how the media "missed" the warnings of looming trouble in Tunisia. The programme looks at some of the themes which were covered at the Frontline Club's discussion:......more

 Listen to the podcast here or download from itunes.The First Wednesday 'emergency meeting' - announced just two days before in response to events in Egypt and continuing unrest in the Middle East and North Africa - was a fast-paced......more

    By Will Spens The recent demonstrations across the Arab world, unrest in Ireland, Greece and France and the student protests in Britain have highlighted what appears to be an unprecedented revolt against power structures around the world.......more

Looking ahead to March, we will be discussing homosexuality in Africa and the peace process in Afghanistan as well as tackling the thorny issue of media coverage of crime and hearing from Nick Robinson about his career in political journalism.......more

In response to the extraordinary events witnessed in Egypt we are holding a First Wednesday special event with Paddy O'Connell, presenter of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House. He will be joined by a panel of experts and journalists fresh from......more

Photograph by David Bowering: Giles Duley has shown me the strength and depth the human spirit is capable of. I hope for a speedy recovery so that we may see more of your excellent work. Hats off to you......more

by Gianluca Mezzofiore Videocracy, screened yesterday at the Frontline Club, is a groundbreaking documentary by Italian-born, Swedish-based director Erik Gandini about the power of Berlusconi’s TV culture over Italian society at large. Showing the dark side of TV industry controlled by......more

By Will Spens ‘Cyberwarfare’ is a term that is used more and more frequently, not least since bands of so-called ‘hacktivists’ sought to disrupt the websites of those companies that cut their connection to WikiLeaks in the wake of the......more

By Camilla GroomWith detailed insider knowledge David E Hoffman told the story of how the president of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev and the US president Ronald Reagan prevented the escalation of the Cold War into a full-blown conflict. As a......more

This evening we are joined by journalist David E Hoffman to discuss his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into the relationship between US president Ronald Reagan and Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the dying days of the Cold War. David E......more

Fascinating article by BBC Newsnight's economics editor Paul Mason: 20 reasons why it's kicking off everywhere -  on the common threads that join the current protests in Egypt with not only Tunisia and the Middle East but with Greece, Ireland,......more

For background and insight into the Middle East and US policy, here's some of the events we've had at the Frontline Club:   The question of how President Barack Obama would tackle the Middle East and the United States relationship......more

    By Will Spens With scores of protesters killed or injured in recent clashes, February’s First Wednesday was a sold out discussion focusing on the current and dynamic wave of popular protest across parts of the Arab world.......more

Martin Rowson walked onto the stage at the Frontline Club last night with a pint and Laurie Taylor. As you would expect from a satirist, the tone of Rowson's presentation was humorous with generous lashings of acerbic wit thrown into the mix. ...more

Tonight at the Club there's a great opportunity to hear Martin Rowson, winner of the Cartoon Society's political cartoonist of the year award 2010. You can watch him below in conversation with Will Self.   Rowson will be talking to Laurie......more