By Thomas LoweHow to send stories by carrier pigeon, when to run when you are under fire and the best way to brush off tweets were amongst titbits of information from Alan Cowell’s discussion of his new book ‘The Paris Correspondent.'......more
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Afghan Army Girls: Q&A with first-time director Lalage Snow
by Charlene RodriguesThe screening of Afghan Army girls ended with a roaring sound of applause at the Frontline Club yesterday evening. Lalage Snow, also a photojournalist, made her directing debut with a film beautifully weaved in stills and moving images......more
Is Invisible Children's KONY 2012 campaign baloney?
By Thomas Lowe With over one hundred million ‘views’ the Kony 2012 video has started a far-reaching debate on the aims and value of a production seen by many as an over-simplification of complex situation. Produced by the NGO ‘Invisible......more
Al Jazeera's Indian Hospital series preview: Q&A
'Indian Hospital' is a new six part series that looks at a new style 'super' profit driven hospital that also cares for people with limited means.The post-screening Question and Answer session with Al-Jazeera Executive producer Jon Blair was covered live by......more
Apps for the Paps
By Thomas LoweIt could have made no sense. But with a gently-gently approach to explaining new apps and why they exist, the gap between the journo geeks and the journo technophobes was momentarily bridged - with a little help......more
The promise and peril of the Arab revolution
By Helena Williams “’It came out of nowhere because of Facebook and Google’ is not true. It was a long time coming.” So said Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera English’s senior political analyst and author of ‘The Invisible Arab: The promise and......more
Defending collaboration, with A. A. Gill and Tom Craig
By Alan Selby The advent of new media has seen an increasing pressure placed upon journalists to become multidisciplinary, but often to the detriment of each medium. During an evening moderated by David Campany, reader in photography at Westminster University,......more
Matt Frei and the 'light touch' (five tips for journalists)
By Thomas Lowe In conversation with Vin Ray, Matt Frei let us into the deepest, darkest and funniest recesses of his journalistic mind. Here is his advice for putting together a good story for television. 1. Pictures Writing well for TV is quite......more
Part 2: Frontline Club discusses Italian press after Berlusconi
By Charlene Rodrigues Interestingly, condemnation of Berlusconi's media involvement was not wholesale. Paolo Mancini, professor at the University of Perugia said: "Everyone here will expect me to say one thing but I don't think Berlusconi is controlling the media. It’s......more
Phone hacking - ethics and tabloid journalism
By Rebecca Omonira-OyekanmiRupert Murdoch's positive contributions to the British press as well as the negative effects of his influence were discussed by a Frontline Club panel on phone hacking last night. Although some of the panelists concluded that the positives might even......more
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