News: May 2007 Archives
Ukraine unravels
Just over two years ago it seemed Ukraine was firmly headed on a democratic path after its bloodless "Orange Revolution". But for the last several months the country has been in political crisis and opposing demonstrators have crowded onto its......more
Dying to get the news
Last year was undoubtedly one of the worst on record for deaths in our profession. Figures from the International News Safety Institute (INSI) show that the shocking total reached 167 and this enabled the organization to remind us that so......more
Frontline's future
I have just come back from New York where the Frontline Club has put on its maiden US event. I was also looking into the possibility of opening a sister club along the lines of the London club. The event we......more
Inside Out - May 07
So would a Frontline Club and Forum work in the United States? If so, where? In New York? In Washington? That's a question Vaughan and Pranvera Smith and many of us involved in the Frontline Club since its inception have......more
The Orwell Prize 2007
This year's Orwell Prize, held last Tuesday night at the Frontline Club, reeked of the welcome stench of real reporting - a celebration of journalists and writers who work "from the ground up", in Martha Gellhorn's famous phrase. George Orwell......more
The death of Ajmal Naqshbandi
Ever since his videotaped beheading by the Taliban on the afternoon of Sunday, April 8, Ajmal Naqshbandi has become a household name in Afghanistan. No death in recent years has so galvanized public opinion here. Like the murder of......more
Another bloody love letter
The Balkans international press corps in the nineties had its fair share of haunted characters. Sitting around in Sarajevo or Vitez of an evening as slivovitz melted inhibitions and loosened tongues it seemed that almost everyone present was on the......more