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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Frei at The Frontline Club
By Alan Selby A packed house at The Frontline Club heard Matt Frei regale them with tales from his long and illustrious career. The former BBC Washington correspondent, recently poached by Channel 4 News, was on fine form as he......more
Full House UK Premiere Screening: Under Fire: Journalists In Combat
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Reflections: Alex Crawford
By Thomas LoweThree time winner of the Royal Television Society Journalist of the year award, Sky special correspondent Alex Crawford spoke on trauma, risk, the tools of her trade and why she would rather eat her own liver than be......more
Martin Bell: Neutrality, safety and how not to do television news
By Millie Cartwright Veteran war correspondent Martin Bell was at the Frontline Club last night to look back on his long career as a journalist and share some pearls of wisdom for aspiring foreign correspondents. Bell, who later went......more
Humanising Iran: Insights with Kamin Mohammadi
Video streaming by Ustream By Helena WilliamsIranian author and journalist Kamin Mohammadi explained her reasons for telling her family's story without saturating her book The Cypress Tree in her homeland's complex political history at the Frontline Club last night. “The greater truth I......more
Paul Mason: journalism and the power of the network
He's a self confessed “geek” who bought a Sinclair Spectrum computer with his first wage packet and says the arrival of the internet was "like Christmas". So it's not suprising that BBC Newsnight's economics editor Paul Mason embraced social media......more
Paul Mason on the art of telling stories and capturing the "unadorned truth"
Watch live streaming video from frontlineclub at livestream.com By Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi Paul Mason, the music teacher turned Newsnight economics editor, shared some trade secrets at the Frontline Club last night as part of its Reflection series in association with......more
Bill Neely: masterclass in using words, pictures and sound for TV news
frontlineclub on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free The international editor for ITV News, Bill Neely delivered a fascinating masterclass in television journalism last night at the Frontline Club. Part of a regular series of 'Reflections' events in association with the......more
Bill Neely's advice to journalists: stick at it, never give in, never say no
If you are an aspiring journalist or perhaps more seasoned, but want to sharpen up your skills, our Reflections events are a great opportunity to gain insight into the craft. Jeremy Bowen, the Middle East's foreign editor since 2005, is......more
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