This Thursday Grapevine hosted a meeting of new media minds at the Frontline Club. Journalists such as Mona Chabali soon to be of the 538, Nicola Hughes of Data Miner, Dan Knowles of the Economist, Helen Lewis of the New Statesman and Luke Lewis of Buzzfeed UK among other journalists discussed in two panels how […]
How to make ‘serious’ journalism as popular as cats, and other stories
January 24, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Has the NSA spying gone too far and what damage has been done?
November 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Following the latest revelations from whistleblower Edward Snowden, the Frontline Club’s First Wednesday panel on 6 November gathered to discuss Has NSA spying “reached too far”? Read the full report here
The Sochi Project: Documenting the run up to the 2014 Winter Olympics in a city with no snow
November 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In 2007, what would become the most expensive Olympic Games in history was announced. Sochi, on the banks of the Black Sea and known as the Florida of Russia – complete with palm trees and sandy beaches – would host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. The story caught the attention of filmmaker and writer Arnold […]
Just Kenya’s problem? The Westgate Mall terror attack and the internationalisation of al-Shabaab
October 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment
A week after the climax of the 3-day terrorist attack which started on 21 September at the Westgate shopping mall in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, the Frontline Club’s First Wednesday panel on 2 October 2013 – chaired by BBC Africa Editor Solomon Mugera – gathered to discuss the Kenyan government’s response to the event and how […]
Communicating about Syria – A humanitarian perspective
October 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment
For my second instalment from the Frontline Club I was charged with reporting from the panel discussion Communicating about Syria – A humanitarian perspective. Lindsey Hilsum, Channel 4 News’ International Editor chaired a panel which included Hicham Hassan from the Red Cross; Lyse Doucet, BBC Chief International Correspondent; Ben Parker, head of the UN Office […]
First instalment from the Frontline Club
September 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I’ve got a new gig, I’m going to be writing up various talks, film screenings and panel discussions for the Frontline Club. You can read the first instalment about World Press Photo award winning photographer Andrew McConnell’s new project on the Frontline Club Blog but first listen to the answers to the quick questions I asked […]
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