Talks
Media Talk – Print Online: Making it Pay
As the internet fast becomes the dominant medium for news delivery, we look at the relationships between print and their online identities. How do traditional media remain relevant? What are some of the business models for solving the internet equation? How will papers continue to make content pay and how do they cope with a "promiscuous readership"? What is the relevance of multi media and add-ons? And who has solved the internet equation and do we believe them?
Insight with Alan Rusbridger, Editor of The Guardian: Getting it Right on the Left
Stephen Sackur talks to Alan Rusbridger about his role as one of Fleet Street’s longest-serving editors. What have been the high and low points during his time on the paper? How is The Guardian coping with the challenges facing print? With major changes taking place within The Guardian and the biggest editorial overhaul in the paper’s history, will The Guardian’s multi-media strategy be enough to survive the current climate?
Frontline Confidential: Philip Gourevitch on Standard Operating Procedure
Standard Operating Procedure is an original account of the first full reckoning of what actually happened at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison.
FULLY BOOKED Insight with Joseph E. Stiglitz: The Real Cost of the Iraq War
Winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics, Joseph E. Stiglitz of Columbia University is the author of The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict. The book assesses the true cost of the Iraq War as $3 trillion – and counting – rather than the $50 billion projected by the White House and measures what the US taxpayer’s money would have produced if instead it had been invested in the further growth of the US economy.
FULLY BOOKED Media Talk: Assassination and Insurgency – Are the Taliban Winning?
The British death toll in Afghanistan has now reached 100 as the cost of the war spirals ever higher. Suicide attacks are on the rise and President Karzai narrowly escaped a recent suicide attempt as the security situation continues to deteriorate. As the insurgency appears to be spreading from the south to the central and northern regions we ask if the Taliban are gaining the upper hand?
Media Talk: Lebanon – Civil War or Ceasefire? FULLY BOOKED
Do recent developments in the region allow us to draw any conclusions about the future of Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Hizbollah and the wider Middle East?
Insight with Heidi Holland: Dinner with Mugabe
At a time when the world waits anxiously to see what will happen next in Zimbabwe, Heidi Holland talks about her book which gets to grips with the man at the helm of a corrupt regime; the man behind the monster.
In the picture with John Moore – Pakistan on the Brink FULLY BOOKED
John Moore has spent most of the last year photographing Pakistan’s slide into instability and in December 2007 was one of the few photographers present at the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Tonight, for one night only, he presents his work and talks in the context of the events in Pakistan over the last twelve months.
NEW: Media Talk – Inside Burma
Frontline will pull together a panel of journalists, aid workers and country experts and try to get to the bottom of what is really going on in Burma. What is the situation in the worst affected areas and how much aid is actually getting through? And just what is the relationship between the military junta and the international community?
Insight with Alex de Waal: the Crisis in Darfur
Alex de Waal, author of Darfur: a Short History of a Long War, talks about the history of Darfur, its conflicts, and what the future holds in store.
Insight with Matt Frei: US Elections special – FULLY BOOKED
As the race for the US elections continues to attract world attention, Matt Frei, BBC Washington correspondent, explains the intricacies of the election process and gives us his views on the remaining candidates.
Talk and Screening: Anybody Here Been Raped and Speaks English? FULLY BOOKED
Congo Season: Media Talk – Lifting the Curse
Are Congo’s natural resources to be found at the root of the nations problems or do they offer a key to its future development?
Insight with Professor Shai Feldman: Israel at Sixty – What Chance for Peace?
May 14th marks the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel. We talk to Professor Shai Feldman, one of the world’s leading experts on the Middle East, who talks about the political and ideological challenges that face Israel in its 60th year.
NEW – Frontline Confidential with Ray Fitzwalter: the rise and fall of ITV
Ray Fitzwalter, executive producer of World in Action and author of The Dream that Died – the rise and fall of ITV – talks about his forthcoming book.
Congo Season: Media Talk – Demystifying the Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has witnessed one of the world’s worst ongoing humanitarian crises, where as many as 5.4 million people may have died since 1998. We discuss why this country is beset by so many problems and if there are any forseeable solutions for it.
FULL – World Press Freedom Day Debate: New Media is Killing Journalism
As newspapers wrestle with declining circulation and the rise of the new media, is the profession behind the headlines in jeopardy?
CANCELLED – Media Talk – Does the News Industry Value Fixers?
It is impossible to underestimate the importance of a good local fixer in getting to the heart of the story, especially in fast-moving and complex situations. Does the industry give them editorial credit for the role they play in getting the stories, do they compensate them financially and are they doing enough to ensure their safety and protection?
All proceeds from this event will go towards the Frontline Fixers Fund.
NEW – Media Talk: The Real Africa
Leading African journalists and media specialist discuss big African stories seen from the African point of view
NEW – Media Talk: Zimbabwe – Where Next?
With the continued uncertainty surrounding the elections results in Zimbabwe we talk to returning journalists Patrick Smith, Laura Lynch as well as Tererai Karimakweda of SW Radio Africa and Catherine Phelp reporting from Zimbabwe. The event will be moderated by George Alagiah of the BBC. We discuss the problems in covering Zimbabwe so far and ask what the future may hold.
Insight with Sir Menzies Campbell – War, Politics and the Lib Dems
Former foreign affairs spokesman and leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Menzies Campbell, talks about the party, the war in Iraq and British politics.
Frontline Confidential with Andrew Gilligan
Andrew Gilligan, former BBC Radio 4 Defence and Diplomatic Correspondent and the man in the centre of the Hutton Inquiry and the ‘sexying up of the dossier’ scandal, tells his side of the story.
NEW – Media Talk: Boycotting China
With recent events in Tibet raising questions about international support for the Olympics, our panel discusses the possibility of boycott.
In the picture with Seamus Murphy: A Darkness Visible – Afghanistan – FULLY BOOKED
From 1994 to 2006, Seamus Murphy photographed the effects of the Taliban regime, the tumultuous years of civil war and the historical elections following the fall of the Taliban. Alongside scenes of war and politics, his magnificent photographs capture intimate images of domesticity, work and leisure.
Insight with Edward Lucas – Russia and the West – the New Cold War? – FULLY BOOKED
Edward Lucas, the Central and Eastern Europe correspondent for The Economist, talks about Russia’s increasing military muscle, its use of energy politics to pursue its international agenda and the affect of a resurgent Kremlin on the rest of the world.
Insight with Robert Fisk – Covering wars, insurgencies and massacres – FULLY BOOKED
Robert Fisk, the iconic Middle East correspondent for the Independent, talks about his reporting career spanning three decades.
Insight with Patrick Cockburn – the real Muqtada Al-Sadr – FULLY BOOKED
Award winning war correspondent Patrick Cockburn examines the role of Muqtada al-Sadr – the man who leads a movement in Iraq that opposed both Saddam Hussein and the US occupation.
Media Talk: Global Economic Slowdown and Foreign Policy
What implications might the credit crunch and a global economic slowdown have on the current political environment?
Media Talk: Independent Kosova – FULLY BOOKED
Following its declaration of independence in February, Kosovo is now facing a long uphill struggle to take its place among the estabished European nations.
Insight with Tyler Brule – Global Affairs in Style – FULLY BOOKED
Style and media guru and creator of the ground-breaking magazines Wallpaper* and Monocle, Tyler Brule talks to John Owen about the media, consumerism, style and world politics.