The Frontline Club
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Frontline is a media Club in London for a diverse group of people united by their passion for quality journalism and dedication to ensuring that stories that fade from headlines are kept in sharp focus. It exists to promote freedom of expression and support journalists, cameramen and photographers who risk their lives in the course of their work.
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Photo Week 2012 - Liberty and Justice: A tribute to Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros | On 20 April, 2011 photojournalists Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros were tragically killed while covering the civil war in Libya. In the aftermath of this tragedy, Benjamin J. Spatz and the American literary magazine Alaska Quarterly Review brought together 68 of the world’s leading photographers to proactively honor Tim and Chris. The result, Liberty and Justice (for All): A Global Photo Mosaic, is an exploration of the many facets of liberty and justice through images and personal narrative. Join Spatz and Giles Duley in the final event in Photo Week 2012 for a presentation of the proactive tribute and to discuss the challenges to interpret and depict these universal themes in a dangerous and changing world. Chaired by filmmaker and journalist James Brabazon. Giles Duley worked for 10 years as a fashion and music photographer before becoming accomplished humanitarian photographer. His work has been exhibited and published worldwide in many respected publications including Vogue, GQ, Rolling Stone, The Sunday Times and The Observer. In February 2011 Duley was severely injured while working in Afghanistan. Benjamin J. Spatz is Guest Editor of the Alaska Quarterly Review and is a Truman National Security Fellow. He recently served as Special Advisor to the Government of Liberia and has worked with a relief and development NGO in Darfur, the global political risk advisory firm Eurasia Group, and the United Nations Mission in Liberia. Saptz's photography has been recognized by Pictures of the Year International and the National Press Photographers Association. Sponsored by: | 27 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Photo Week 2012 - Reportage showcase by Getty Images | Reportage by Getty Images covers a huge diversity of topics in the news: from famine and conflict to documenting the quirkier side of life. Two Getty photographers Peter Dench and Tom Stoddart will be in conversation with Getty's Vice President of Assignment Aidan Sullivan about their distinctive projects and their experience of photographing diverse subjects. Peter Dench joined Reportage by Getty Images this year and is about to publish his first book,England Uncensored which was crowd funded through Emphas.is . His work takes a humorous look at the state of the nation. Dench has won a World Press Photo Award in the People in the News category and an exhibition of England Uncensored was displayed at Visa pour l'Image in 2011. Seasoned photojournalist Tom Stoddart has covered the fall of the Berlin wall, the wars in Lebanon, Bosnia and Iraq as well as famine in Sudan. He works closely with Getty Images to produce photo-essays on significant world events. Stoddart has recently returned from Southern Sudan and will be showing work from this trip and other work he has produced in conjunction with the ICRC campaign,Healthcare in Danger. Sponsored by: | 25 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Photo Week 2012 - Voices of the South Atlantic with Adriana Groisman | Nearly eight years in the making, Voices of the South Atlantic is a major exhibition by Argentinian photographer Adriana Groisman, which marks the 30th Anniversary of the Falklands/Malvinas War. Join us at the Frontline Club where Groisman will be speaking about her motivations for the project and her experiences whilst making the work. Brief but bloody, the Falklands/Malvinas War remains a defining moment in the Falkland's history as well as Britain's and Argentina's. To this day, sovereignty of the islands remains a contentious issue and tensions are mounting over the hunt for oil and gas in the Falkland's waters. An experienced photographer, Groisman's work has appeared in major publications around the globe, including The Smithsonian Magazine, Newsweek, The Atlantic, Aperture, Sette-Corriere della Sera in Italy and French GEO, and has been displayed at numerous galleries and festivals. Moderated by Director of Autograph ABP Mark Sealy. Sponsored by: The exhibition opens on 30 March at the Photofusion Gallery in London and will run until 25 May. It was made possible with support from Autograph ABP, Ffotogallery, Peninsula Arts, Arts Council England and Arts Council of Wales | 25 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Photo Week 2012 - VII: Questions Without Answers | Picture credit: Christopher Morris Since its formation in 2001, VII Photo has represented some of the leading photojournalists of the 21st century. As a collectively owned agency, it has grown from seven to 23 members, diversifying from conflict photography to all branches of photojournalism. VII's new book, Questions Without Answers, tackles issues that have shaped the world in our lifetime. A powerful visual history of the world from the end of the Cold War to the present day, the book features a startlingly wide variety of work; from coverage of the war in Iraq and the events of 9/11 to an exploration of Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, from portraits of our most significant cultural figures to dispatches from the current economic crisis. VII photographers Lynsey Addario, Gary Knight, Christopher Morris and John Stanmeyer will be at the Frontline Club to discuss the key themes in the book and their individual experiences of covering history in the making. The event will be moderated by Alexia Singh, Editor-in-Charge, Wider Image Desk at Thompson Reuters. Lynsey Addario began photographing professionally in 1996 for The Buenos Aires Herald in Argentina, with no professional training. Since 2001, Addario has freelanced for the daily New York Times, National Geographic, and TIME while living in Mexico, Iraq, Turkey, and India, covering feature stories worldwide, in addition to conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Darfur, Lebanon, and Congo. Addariohas won many awards and was part of the NYT team to win the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, for her Talibanistan photographs. Gary Knight made his name covering the breakup of the former Yugoslavia and conflicts arond the world. His work has been widely published by magazines all over the world, exhibited globally, is in the collections of several museums and private collectors and has been the recipient of numerous high-profile awards. Knight lectures on photography an journalism at Tufts University in Boston. Christopher Morris is also a founding member of VII. He spent the first twenty years of his career covering conflict and a further eight years as the White House photographer for Time Magazine. He has won numerous awards, including the Robert Capa Gold Medal award, the Visa d'Or award and numerous World Press Photo Awards. John Stanmeyer another founding member of VII, has witnessed nearly every major historical event in Asia in the past 12 years, photographing the rapid changes taking place throughout the entire region. Working regularly for National Geographic Magazine and Time Magazine, Stanmeyer has been awarded the Robert Capa and numerous World Press Photo awards. In 2008 he received the National Magazine Award for this in-depth essay on the global Malaria epidemic. Questions Without Answers will be on sale at the event and available for signing. Sponsored by: | 25 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sri Lanka: reconciliation and justice | Nearly three years after the end of the 26-year civil war in Sri Lanka that reportedly left an estimated 80,000-100,000 dead, questions are still arising about alleged war crimes and how they will be addressed. The Killing Fields, first broadcast by Channel 4 in June last year and a follow up aired this March called Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished, have been significant in bringing evidence of executions, the shelling of civilians and other atrocities to light. The Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence rejects the evidence, however, arguing that it has been falsified by Channel 4 and that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE ) were responsible for a proportion of the civilian casualties. It also rejected calls from the UN-led investigation into alleged war crimes, opting for a locally-organised investigation, the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC). What action will the Sri Lankan government take in light of new footage and will it be forced address the issue of high-command responsibility? After the failing of the international community to prevent such atrocities, what role can they play in the future? Join us at the Frontline Club to discuss the impact of Sri Lanka's Killing Fields and the situation today in Sri Lanka. Chaired by Stephen Sackur, the host of BBC Hardtalk. With: Callum Macrae, journalist, filmmaker and Director of both Sri Lanka's Killing Fields and Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished that documents evidence of alleged war crimes committed by the Sri Lankan Government. Arun Thambimuttu, a Tamil political activist from Batticaloa, in the Eastern province, Sri Lanka. His father, Sam Tambimuttu, a Member of Parliament of the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF), and his mother were both assassinated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 1990. Jan Jananayagam, spokesperson for Tamils Against Genocide [TAG] an NGO that assists victims and witnesses of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide including by bringing litigations against perpetrators. Professor Rajiva Wijesinha MP, adviser to the President on Reconciliation. Yolanda Foster, Amnesty International's Sri Lanka researcher | 17 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#FCBBCA with Timothy Garton Ash: Is it time for a global conversation on free speech? | In a year of unrest that began with the Arab spring and spread to Russia and the Ukraine, the spotlight has been on the role of the internet and social media in challenging power elites and their capacity to control what the outside world sees. But as with China, the use of social media also raised questions about the relationship between the big global companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google with not only the activists who used them, but also with the regimes they were challenging. We saw too that decisions made in the US and Europe about mobile phone security levels and government access to social media sites had consequences for those who were tracked down and imprisoned not only in Egypt but also in Iran. As westerners face greater surveillance in the name of security, including threats of increased controls in the wake of the August 2011 riots, we will be joined by Timothy Garton Ash and a respected panel of experts to discuss what the historian and commentator has set out as the first principle of free speech: That all human beings must be free and able to express themselves, and to receive and impart information and ideas, regardless of frontiers. Is it time to create a new global code that governs freedom of speech? We will be discussing this vital issue and examining what such a code would include. Chaired by Sina Motalebi, editor of Persian Online and Interactive at the BBC World Service. He has worked for BBC since 2004 in various capacities including an online editor and director of Iran projects for World Service Trust (now known as Global Media Action), editor of interactivity and Head of Output on BBC Persian TV. With: Timothy Garton Ash, the director of Free Speech Debate, a multi-lingual online platform for discussing freedom of expression. He is Professor of European Studies in the University of Oxford, Isaiah Berlin Professorial Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford, and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. His essays appear regularly in the New York Review of Books and he writes a weekly column in the Guardian. Marie Gillespie, Professor of Sociology at The Open University and Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change. She researches transnationalism and diaspora cultures comparatively and historically. Recent projects include an exploration of the new politics of security via a collaborative ethnography of transnational news cultures in eight UK cities, a national survey with the BBC on the changing face of British humour and a large-scale study of the BBC World Service as a multi-diasporic institution. She was recently awarded an AHRC Public Policy Fellowship to assess the potential of social media for opening up transnational political debate, specifically in relation to the BBC Arabic Services. Khaled Fahmy, professor and chair of American University in Cairo's Department of History. He is author of several publications including Mehmed Ali: From Ottoman Governor to Ruler of Egypt, All the Pasha's Men: Mehmed Ali Pasha, His Army and the Founding of Modern Egypt and The Body and Modernity: Essays in the History of Medicine and Law in Modern Egypt. Kirsty Hughes, the Chief Executive of Index on Censorship - an international freedom of expression non-governmental organisation. She is a commentator on European and international affairs and has worked at Chatham House and written for Friends of Europe and the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels. She contributes to international and European media including the BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, The Huffington Post and others. | 16 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alan Cowell in conversation with Charles Glass - The Paris Correspondent | Join us at the Frontline Club for an evening with Alan Cowell as he discusses his latest novel and the real life stories that inspired it with broadcaster, journalist and writer Charles Glass. A long-time correspondent for the New York Times in Africa, the Middle East and Europe, Alan Cowell previously worked at Reuters, achieving the distinction of being the last correspondent to date to file by carrier pigeon. Now heading the New York Times web-based breaking news operation in Paris, it is the shift from print to digital news that provides the backdrop to The Paris Correspondent, his second novel. The book follows Ed Clancy and Joe Shelby, both reporters for The Paris Star, an English-language newspaper based in French capital. Having survived reporting from war-torn countries they now find themselves under attack from something very different to enemy fire: the Internet and 24-hour news cycle. With: Alan Cowell, a senior correspondent for The New York Times based in Paris. He is also the author of A Walking Guide: A Novel and The Terminal Spy: The Life and Death of Alexander Litvinenko. Charles Glass, a broadcaster, journalist and writer, who began his journalistic career in 1973 at the ABC News Beirut bureau and was chief Middle East correspondent from 1983 to 1993. Since then, he has been a freelance writer, regularly covering the Middle East, the Balkans, southeast Asia and the Mediterranean region. He has also published books, short stories, essays and articles in the United States and Europe | 10 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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In conversation with Lindsey Hilsum: Libya in the Time of Revolution | Channel 4 News' international editor Lindsey Hilsum will be joining us in conversation with BBC Arabic presenter Rasha Qandeel to discuss Libya and her new book charting the country's history from the beginnings of Muammar Gaddafi's regime to the dictator's squalid end. Sandstorm, Libya in the Time of Revolution is an insightful account of the overthrow of the Arab world's most bizarre dictator brought down by his own people with the aid of NATO aircraft. Hilsum will be discussing the history of Gaddafi's strange regime from its early days when he had looks, charisma and popular appeal - to its paranoid, corrupt final state. She will also be bringing alive the stories of the Libyan people who overcame fear and disillusionment and found the strength to rebel | 27 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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In the Picture: 25 years of Panos Pictures | For 25 years photo agency Panos Pictures has been operating as the commercial arm of the development NGO the Panos Institute (now Panos London). Over that period Panos Pictures' photographers have covered events at the epicentre of history and on the peripheries of the world, focusing on social and development stories globally. This event will bring together key voices in Panos Pictures to discuss the developments at Panos and in the photojournalism industry over the past 25 years, and what the future holds. Award-winning photographer and Senior Lecturer in Photography at the University of the Arts, London, Paul Lowe, will be in conversation with the Director of Panos Pictures, Adrian Evans, and two Panos photojournalists, Andrew Testa and Chloe Dewe Mathews. Freelance documentary photographer Chloe Dewe Mathews joined Panos Pictures in 2011. She has worked all over the world, and her most recent project Caspian won her the 2011 British Journal of Photography International Photography Award. Andrew Testa began his career freelancing for the Guardian and Observer in the early 90s. Covering a wide range of topics, from the emerging environmental protest movement, to the war in Kosovo, he quickly made a name for himself. Since then has accumulated an array of prestigious awards, including three World Press Photo Awards, and has twice been named Amnesty International's Photojournalist of the Year. | 26 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Behind the wall of secrecy: Escape from Camp 14 | Little is known about the prison camps of North Korea where it is estimated that 200,000 are imprisoned. Many are born in the camps and generations of families are imprisoned because one of their relatives has been detained. Shin Dong-Hyuk is one such case. He was born 26 years ago in Camp 14 in Pyeongan province, known as a 'complete control district', where the only sentence is life. For most of his life all he knew was the camp, working 12 to 15-hour days mining coal, building dams or sewing military uniforms. If inmates were not executed they were killed in work-related accidents or died of an illness usually triggered by hunger. But after the execution of his mother and brother, Shin Dong-Hyuk decided to try and escape. No one born into a North Korean prison camp has ever escaped before. Shin Dong-Hyuk will be joining us at the Frontline Club with Blaine Harden whose book Escape from Camp 14; One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West recounts his extraordinary journey. Blaine Harden is an author and journalist who reports for PBS Frontline and contributes to The Economist. He worked for The Washington Post as a correspondent in Africa, Eastern Europe and Asia, as well as in New York and Seattle. He was also a national correspondent for The New York Times and writer for the Times Magazine. Chaired by Charles Scanlon, Asia Pacific editor at BBC World Service and formerly BBC correspondent in Japan and South Korea from 2000 to 2007 | 25 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Insight with Ahmed Rashid - Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan | As we approach the one year anniversary of the death of Osama Bin Laden, Ahmed Rashid will be joining senior BBC presenter and special correspondent Lyse Doucet to discuss the future for Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States. An expert on Central Asia, jihad and Muslim extremists movements and insurgency, Ahmed Rashidis also an authority on the catastrophe of US policy in the region after 25 years of reporting from there. Author of three books including Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia andDescent into Chaos: The U.S. and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia Ahmed Rashid is a regular contributor to the Financial Times, Washington Post and the International Herald Tribune, among others. Join us for what is sure to be an insightful discussion on the future of the region with two highly respected journalists as they share their knowledge and experience | 19 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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20th anniversary of the Bosnian war | It is 20 years since the beginning of the war that unleashed a wave of violence against Bosnians and Croats at the hands of Serbian President Slobodan Miloševic and his allies, the Bosnian Serbs. During the three and half years of conflict sparked by the break up of the Yugoslav republic, countless UN Security Council resolutions did little to halt the indiscriminate shelling of cities and towns, ethnic cleansing and genocide. The international community proved powerless as journalists uncovered evidence of systematic mass rape and the existence of concentration and death camps. Memories of that conflict have been evoked in recent months not only because of this anniversary, but because of fears that Syria is following the same pattern. But after the eyes of the world have moved on, what has happened to the people of Bosnia? Ed Vulliamy writer for the Guardian and Observer will be joining Frontline Club founder Vaughan Smith in conversation to look back at the impact of the war both then and on people's lives today. Ed Vulliamy, writer for the Guardian and Observer. He is author of Amexica: War Along the Borderlineand most recently The War is Dead, Long Live the War - Bosnia: the Reckoning documenting the war in Bosnia. Chaired by Frontline Club founder Vaughan Smith, who during the 1990s worked as an award winning independent cameraman and video news journalist covering wars and conflict in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Chechnya, Kosovo and elsewhere. Picture credit Robert Kin | 12 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Tenth Parallel: Africa’s fault line between Christianity and Islam | From Senegal in the West to Somalia in the East runs a fault line, 'the knife edge where Islam and Christianity meet'. This area of land separates the continent's 400 million Muslims from its 500 million Christians. In her New York Times bestseller The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam, award-winning journalist and poet Eliza Griswold spent seven years exploring the relationship between religion and conflict along this circle of latitude 10 degrees north of the equator. Religious beliefs are deep rooted and in areas such as Northern Nigeria this fault line has seen violent clashes between Muslims and Christians. But many believe this fault line presents a chance to develop peace and prosperity between faiths. Join us to discuss Africa's fault line with: Eliza Griswold, award-winning journalist, poet and author of New York Times Bestselling and 2011 Anthony J. Lukas prize winningThe Tenth Parallel. She is currently senior fellow at the New America Foundation and former Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. She reports on religion, conflict and human rights. Her reportage and poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, Harpers, The New Republic, among many others. Chaired by Solomon Mugera, the BBC's Africa Editor | 29 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Russia: Another six years of Vladimir Putin? | Vladimir Putin is back in presidential office for a third term after four years as Russia's Prime Minister. We will be asking what the people of Russia think of the man who has dominated the country's politics for more than 12 years and will now be President for a new extended term of six years? Convinced the parliamentary polls were rigged in December last year, Russians took to the streets in protest. They have now turned their focus to preventing Putin from returning to the Kremlin. Tens of thousands of Muscovites have taken part in protests to demand free and fair elections. But how deep and how far does the disaffectedness go? Join us to discuss the outcome of the presidential elections in Russia and what they mean for the future of the people of Russia and its development on the world stage. Chaired by Edward Lucas, Central and Eastern European correspondent for The Economist and deputy editor of the international section, who has been covering Central and Eastern Europe since 1986. He is author of The New Cold War: How the Kremlin Menaces both Russia and the West and most recently Deception: Spies, Lies and How Russia Dupes the West. Masha Gessen: Born in Moscow in 1967, Gessen emigrated to the United States aged fourteen. In 1991 she returned to the Soviet Union as an American reporter, and witnessed the fall of the Soviet Union. Now based permanently in Russia she has reported on all the key events in Russian politics for leading Russian publications as well as for Vanity Fair, New Republic, New Statesman and others. She was the first journalist to be black-listed by the Putin administration in 2000 and is author of several books, most recently The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin. William Browder, the Founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management. He is a leading global shareholder rights activist and has been an outspoken voice for better corporate governance in Russia. He was the largest foreign investor in Russia until November 2005, when he was suddenly denied entry to the country and declared “a threat to national security” by the Russian government for exposing corruption at large Russian companies | 27 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#FCBBCA: Iran - power struggles and diplomatic tension | EXTERNAL EVENT HELD AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN Recent months have seen increased tension between Iran, its neighbours and the West. Israel's concerns over Iran's nuclear programme, the storming of the UK embassy in Tehran and the closure of the Tehran embassy have all played a part in ratcheting up tensions across the region. Sanctions on the trade of its oil provoked warnings from Iran that they will close vital access to the strait of Hormuz. As President Barack Obama warned against the "loose talk of war" Iran's political elite is also focused on internal power struggles between the spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Join us as we bring together a prominent panel to discuss the growing tensions between Iran, its neighbours and the West, the impact of the power struggles at the heart of government and what role the pro-democracy movement still might play in the country's future. Chaired by Martin Fletcher, associate editor and former foreign editor of The Times. With: Ran Gidor, the Minister-Counsellor for Political Affairs at the Embassy of Israel in London. Prior to this he worked as the Head of the UK 8 Ireland Desk at the Israeli Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem. From 2000 to 2003 he served as the Cultural 8 Academic Attaché at the Embassy of Israel in Beijing, China. From 1997 to 2000, he served as the deputy Ambassador at the Embassy of Israel in Tbilisi, Georgia. Azadeh Moaveni, Iranian-American writer, journalist and former Middle East correspondent for Timemagazine. She is author of Lipstick Jihad and co-author, with Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, of Iran Awakening. Roberto Toscano, Italian Ambassador to Iran for five years (2003-2008). As a career diplomat, he has served in a number of other posts (India, Chile, USSR, Spain, United States, as well as at Italy's Permanent Mission to the United Nations at Geneva). He is the author of books and articles on human rights, peacekeeping, conflict prevention, ethics and international relations. Christopher de Bellaigue, a leading expert on modern Iran. Between 1996 and 2007, he lived and worked as a journalist in south Asia and the Middle East, writing for The Economist, the Financial Times, the Independent and the New York Review of Books. He is author of many books including most recently Patriot of Persia: Muhammad Mossadegh and a Very British Coup. Picture credit: Daniella Zalcma | 26 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nine years on is the UN still failing Darfur? | Since the start of the 2003 conflict in Darfur, questions have been raised about the role played by the United Nations and the viability of its mandate. With the recent expulsion from Chad of the former UN head in Sudan during the original outbreak of violence in Darfur, and the crisis edging towards its first decade, is there any more that the UN can do? Or has the situation reached a level that is beyond resolution? After the UN came under fire for not having done enough to help civilians during recent attacks, we will be discussing how the enduring situation in Darfur reflects on the UN. Join us at the Frontline Club to discuss the actions of the UN and whether they are still failing Darfur. What could be done to reduce the possibility of future failures? Chaired by Patrick Smith, editor of Africa Confidential. With: Dr. Mukesh Kapila CBE, former Under Secretary General, National Society and Knowledge Development for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies based in Geneva. He has worked extensively in the Sudan where he was previously UN Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative. He is Special Representative for The Aegis Trust. Sir John Holmes, a British diplomat for over 30 years, serving as the UK’s Ambassador to France and Portugal, and as Overseas Adviser to both Tony Blair and John Major when Prime Minister. He was Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the United Nations in New York from 2007-2010, and visited Sudan five times during that period. He is now the Director of The Ditchley Foundation. Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi, Research Fellow and Co-founder of the Sudanese Programme at St Antony's College, Oxford University. In association with the Aegis Trust. Image Credit: Babasteve / Flick | 22 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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THIRD PARTY EVENT: Are cheap, local hires saving or ruining foreign reporting? | How are the rules of reporting being rewritten by risk? What innovative methods are journalists using to report from some of the world’s most dangerous places? Journalists working in areas of conflict reveal how they get information when traditional techniques are insufficient. The discussion will focus on the interaction between local hires and foreign journalists. Local journalists are typically less conspicuous and more mobile than their foreign counterparts. They perform a vital service – bringing information from areas that are off-limits to the foreign press. Perhaps most critically for a cash-starved news industry, they are also cheaper to use than Western news gatherers. But are they cutting corners and breaching ethics? How are the rules of reporting being rewritten by risk? The event will be led by Richard Pendry of the University of Kent’s Centre for Journalism. While at Frontline News Television, he worked in Chechnya and across the former Soviet Union as well as Afghanistan and the Congo. He will show his film "A Strange Animal", which focuses on the risks and rewards of adapting traditional models of news gathering. It follows local reporters in Falluja and Baghdad and looks at the phenomenon of "sub-contracting" news gathering, where local reporters pass on stories one to another when conditions are dangerous. With: Aamer Ahmed Khan, head of the BBC Urdu Service, has been in journalism for 25 years. He worked for the English daily newspaper The Nation in Lahore, joined the launch team of Pakistan’s first English language weekly The Friday Times as its News Editor and was special correspondent for Pakistan’s premier political magazine The Herald. He has worked with local people in Pakistan’s Tribal areas to identify the victims of US drone strikes. Amie Ferris-Rotman, a Reuters correspondent in Kabul. She was previously a reporter in Moscow, working across the former Soviet Union covering pipeline politics, foreign policy and running stringers reporting on the Islamist insurgency in Russia's North Caucasus. Callum Macrae, the producer/director behind Channel 4's multi-award winning "Sri Lanka's Killing Fields". Using mobile phone footage and other video footage from non-professional sources the film revealed the shocking truth behind the final operation against Tamil Tigers and the civilians trapped with them. The film led David Cameron to call on the UN to investigate the war crimes apparently revealed in the film. He has made films for the BBC, Channel 4, Al Jazeera and PBS and has reported and directed from around the world including Iraq, Sudan, Congo, Uganda, Cameroon and Ivory Coast. Neil Arun, international editor who has produced a range of investigative stories during his time in Iraq, working with a bureau of local journalists. His own reporting from the country has been published by Vanity Fair and the Financial TimesWeekend magazine. He also spent five years with the BBC, and has reported from the Balkans, Caucasus and Pakistan | 20 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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On the media: The protesters toolkit - revolutionary apps | In association with BBC College of Journalism Governments and security forces are becoming increasingly wise to the role of social media in organising and enhancing protest movements. As a result they are developing new ways to block, hack and track citizens tweets, Facebook and other social media tools in order to prevent unrest. Protesters and citizen journalists the world over are able to stay one step ahead, however with the help of Open Source developed phone apps that allow them to communicate effectively without being tracked as easily. From letting friends know if you've been arrested to getting your story public, there is an app for all possible situations. ObscuraCam, a collaborative project between Witness and technology-focused activists, has developed a camera app for Android phones. It allows the user to share video and images without it being tracked back to them through data embedded into the file, whilst detecting and obscuring faces. Protestors can now safely share information without fear of identification. But will apps really protect protesters, and are they any safer than traditional social media? What do mobile apps mean for citizen journalism? Join us at the Frontline Club for a lively debate about the latest technology for protesters and citizen journalists and how far technology could go in making protest safer and smarter. Chaired by Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC's technology correspondent and author of the blog, dot.rory. (@BBCRoryCJ) With: Christian Payne, mobile media maker and professional blogger. He champions story making with mobile devices and explores new social media and its applications. He can also be found speaking internationally on technology and lecturing MA journalism students at Goldsmiths. (@documentally) Sam Carlisle, entrepreneur, hacker and developer of the Sukey mobile app that crowdsources information during demonstrations onto a map, allowing protestors to stay safe and one step ahead.(@samthetechie) Tom Barfield, site editor and community manager at Demotix, the crowdsourced photojournalism wire. He's a linguist, sci-fi and technology lover and something of a news junkie. (@tombarfield) Ryan Schlief, programe manager at Witness. An international nonprofit organisation that uses video and storytelling to inform the world of human rights abuses. They are also one half of the Obscuracam collaboration. (@witnessryan) Image Credit: The Guardian Projec | 14 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Wednesday: The problems facing Pakistan and its leadership | Political tensions are rising in Pakistan following the the Supreme Court's decision to charge Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani with contempt for failing to re-open corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. The government has also been under pressure as a result of what's become known as "memogate" after an unsigned memo emerged asking for US help to avert a coup by the Pakistani army. With the outlook for the Pakistani government so uncertain, there is concern that the country's many and complex problems, including its dire economic situation, dealings with its domestic Taliban, drone attacks, as well as the aftermath of floods and other natural catastrophes will be overlooked. We will be bringing together a panel of experts to discuss the deepening political crisis in Pakistan and what lies ahead. Chaired by the BBC's Owen Bennett-Jones, he was BBC Pakistan correspondent between 1998 and 2001 and is author of Pakistan: Eye Of The Storm. With: Omar Waraich, he has been covering Pakistan for TIME Magazine and The Independent since 2007. He regularly appears as a commentator on Al-Jazeera English, CNN and NPR. Twitter: @OmarWaraich Ali Dayan Hasan, Pakistan Director, Asia Division at Human Rights Watch. Previously he was a senior editor at Pakistan's premier independent, political news monthly magazine, Herald. Professor Anatol Lieven, of King's College London, he has travelled extensively for research in Pakistan and is author of Pakistan: A Hard Country. Dr Farzana Shaikh, is an associate fellow and convenor of the Pakistan study group at Chatham House. Born and brought up in Pakistan, she has written widely on the country's history, culture and politics. She has most recently published, Making Sense of Pakistan. | 8 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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In conversation with Marwan Bishara: The promise and peril of the Arab revolution | “Never has the power of the people appeared so humane, so inspiring, so personal, so determined as in Tunisia, so daring as in Syria, so diverse as in Yemen, so humble as in Bahrain, so courageous as in Libya, or so humorous as in Egypt. If, as one keen observer noted, every joke is a tiny revolution, the Arabs, and most notably the Egyptians, are revolutionaries par excellence. Marwan Bishara, The Invisible Arab: The promise and peril of the Arab revolution. The uprisings across the Arab world have often been portrayed by the media as spontaneous acts that were sparked by the death of Tunisian street seller Mohamed Bouazizi after he set fire to himself in late 2010. In his new book Marwan Bishara of Al Jazeera English challenges this perception, exploring the history and deep-rooted feelings behind the apparently spontaneous takeover of Tunisia’s November 7 Square, Egypt’s Tahrir Square, and Bahrain’s Pearl Square. These events and others in the region, Bishara explains, were the culmination of a long social and political struggle: countless sit-ins, strikes, pickets and demonstrations by people who risked and suffered intimidation, torture and imprisonment. Marwan Bishara will be joining senior BBC presenter and special correspondent Lyse Doucet to discuss the roots of the uprisings, how they have evolved from country to country, the shifts they have created in the region and asking what lies ahead as people continue to battle for freedom and justice? Marwan Bishara is Al Jazeera English’s senior political analyst and editor and host of its flagship show Empirewas previously a lecturer in International Relations at the American University of Paris, and a fellow at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Newsweek, Le Monde, and The Nation amongst other titles | 7 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Bigger Picture with A. A. Gill and Tom Craig | Travelling together on assignments across four continents, photographer Tom Craig and writer A. A. Gill have worked alongside each other on stories from Albanian capitalism to Madagascan Baobabs over the past eight years. In a new exhibition opening in March, Flaere Gallery have brought together 20 unseen photographs by Tom Craig with accompanying text by A. A. Gill. The pair will speak at the Frontline Club about their close collaboration and the explorations they have embarked upon together. As journalists are increasingly expected to multi-task and provide the text, photography, video and tweets for their stories, Gill and Craig will mount a defence of their increasingly rare form of partnership and the insights and enrichment two sides on each story can bring. The event will be moderated by reader in photography at Westminster University David Campany. “The one thing words and pictures have in common is that their craft is all in the editing. Out of the streaming confusion of information and images, we have to sift and select the things that make a cogent, coherent, engaging plot... What is happening just outside the picture are the words. And when we get it right, the image and the writing, when they come together, they make something that is greater than their binary parts. They’re not illustrations or captions, but a tandem, complimentary work, without repetition or duplication.” A. A. Gill The exhibition will run from 5-10 March at The Gallery in Cork Street in association with Quintessentially and sponsored by Boucheron. The production of the artworks in the exhibit is sponsored by Spectrum Photographic | 2 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reflections: Matt Frei | In association with BBC College of Journalism From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the handover of Hong Kong to China, Matt Frei has spent over two decades reporting across the globe. Newly-appointed to Channel 4 News as Washington correspondent, Matt Frei, will be in conversation with former BBC executive Vin Ray to look back over nearly two decades at the BBC before his move was announced in May last year. The author of Only in America, Frei has covered numerous high profile stories and reported from Asia, Europe, America and Africa. He has been awarded, amongst others, the Prix Bayeux award for War Reporting for his coverage of the conflict in East Timor. He presented the BBC World News America broadcast and a weekly Radio 4 show, Americana. Image Credit: Channel 4 New | 1 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#FCBBCA: Crisis in Syria - what can be done? | The response of President Bashar Assad to the protests in Syria has been to launch a brutal crack down on his opponents that has reportedly led to the deaths of an estimated 6,000 people. As the violence intensifies in the wake of the veto by Russia and China of the U.N. Security Council's resolution condemning the violence, we will be discussing what options are now available to the people of Syria, the Free Syrian Army and President Bashar al-Assad and his regime. What role should the international community play in the face this deepening crisis? Should the Arab League put more pressure on President Assad to cease the bombardment of rebel-held areas? What of the rest of the people of Syria, where does their support lie? Chaired by BBC Arabic presenter Rasha Qandeel. With: Dr Mouna Ghanem, a Syrian politician and vice president of the Syrian political movement "building the Syrian state". She is also a senior gender advisor with an extensive experience in the Arab region, mainly on women issues and reproductive health. Ammar Waqqaf, member of the Syrian Social Club (a group of British Syrians and Syrians living in the UK, who prefer regime reform, rather than regime change.) Ramita Navai, British-Iranian journalist and reporter for Channel 4's foreign affairs series, Unreported World. Late last year she spent two weeks living undercover in Syria with members of the opposition movement. Malik Al-Abdeh, chief editor of Barada TV a London-based Syrian opposition satellite channel and former BBC journalist | 27 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reporting under fire: covering a new world of political unrest | Over 40 journalists were killed during a tumultuous year of political unrest last year. Hundreds more remain imprisoned, censored, suppressed and exiled around the world. Increasingly pressured into self-censorship through intimidation, fear and legislation, journalists are facing increasingly dangerous times. Such danger are compounded by repressive governments and violent criminal groups. Join us at the Frontline Club for the first in a series of events, screenings and workshops examining the challenges to safety faced by journalists around the world. We will be discussing the dangers faced by journalists today and the impact on journalism of a world more and more people are demanding their rights to equality and justice. What more can be done to protect journalists in their work? The event will also mark the launch of the Committee to Protect Journalists’ Attacks on the Press report which will be presented by CPJ executive director Joel Simon. Chaired by Award-winning journalist and reporter, Jenny Kleeman, has been working with Channel 4'sUnreported World since 2007, reporting from locations as diverse as the Amazon rainforest, the slums of Liberia and most recently Afghanistan. She writes regularly for the Guardian, Sunday Times and Independent. With: Joel Simon, executive director of the CPJ, under which they launched the 'Global Campaign Against Impunity' and established the 'Journalist Assistance program' which provides help to journalists in distress. Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari who was detained in Iran during the uprising following the 2009 disputed election. He is author of Then They Came for Me: A story of injustice and survival in Iran's most notorious prison. (via Skype) Libyan contractor turned fixer, Suliman Ali Zway who was recently awarded the Martin Adler prize alongside Osama Alfitory for their dedication and bravery in reporting the conflict in Libya. They are known to international journalists as 'The A-Team.' Colin Pereira, head of safety and security at ITN, he is responsible for the security of ITN operations in high risk environments. Previously he was deputy head of the BBC High Risk Team. He has advised on thousands of deployments around the world, ranging from the London riots to deploying crews to downtown Mogadishu. He is also head of high risk for 1st Option Safety, specialising in production and freelance safety. In association with CPJ | 23 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Insight with Fawzia Koofi: Running for president of Afghanistan | Left in the sun to die as a baby because she was a girl, Fawzia Koofi has lived a life defined by struggle. The 19th of 23 children born to a member of the Soviet backed parliament who was killed when she was four years old by the Mujahedeen, she has lost brothers and her husband to the country’s successive wars. Elected as Member of Parliament for the Badakshan province in 2005, Fawzia Koofi has spent her life fighting prejudice and injustice She was the first woman to be elected as Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament in the history of Afghanistan. Despite receiving regular death threats and assassination attempts she continues her struggle to improve human rights in Afghanistan, especially for women and children and plans to run for President of Afghanistan in 2014. Join us at the Frontline Club with Fawzia Koofi and Nadene Ghouri, the co-author of the book that tells her story The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future | 20 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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THIRD PARTY EVENT: ENO presents The Death of Klinghoffer - the debate | On 25 February, ENO stages the London premiere of The Death of Klinghoffer by John Adams. A powerful and arresting opera from one of the world’s greatest living composers, directed by Warhorse’s Tom Morris. Based on the hijacking of the cruise liner Achille Lauro, and resulting in the death of Leon Klinghoffer, a Jewish-American passenger, The Death of Klinghoffer is a theatrical presentation of an event that dominated the world's headlines and became a defining moment in the Arab-Israeli conflict. The opera is a captivating response to the 1985 hijack, it even-handedly explores religious tolerance, displacement and exile. It does this through poignant lyrical choruses interspersed with dramatically etched moments of fear and fury as the hijack reaches an increasingly violent and tragic conclusion. This debate explores the complex role of the arts in illuminating contemporary events touching on the relevance of opera today and ENO’s role in bringing fresh, modern work to the London stage and extending the boundaries of theatre. Chaired by Christopher Cook, a broadcaster and journalist. His work can be found in places such as the Guardian and the New Statesman, as well as on BBC radio. His current academic work includes positions at Syracuse University, London Centre and American University (London Programme). With: Will Self, commentator and author. His many books include The Quantity Theory of Insanity, Grey Area, Cock 8 Bull, My Idea of Fun, Junk Mail, The Sweet Smell of Psychosis, Great Apes, Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys, Dorian, How the Dead Live, which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel of the Year 2002, The Book of Dave, Psychogeography, Psycho Too, and The Butt. Dimi Reider, an Israeli journalist and blogger. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Haaretz, and the Jerusalem Post. He's also contributing editor and co-founder at +972 Magazine, a publication by prominent Israeli and Palestinian bloggers. Ghada Karmi, a leading British-Palestinian academic and writer. Currently she is co-director of the European Centre of Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter. She is a frequent media commentator on Middle Eastern issues. She is the author of a memoir, In Search of Fatima; a Palestinian story. Her most recent book is Married to another man: Israel’s dilemma in Palestine. Baldur Brönnimann, regularly conducts the major orchestras and new music ensembles around the world and is now increasingly sought after in the opera house. Renowned for his mastery of complex contemporary scores, he is held in the highest regard by many of today’s foremost composers. In 2008 he was appointed Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia, and in 2011 he was announced as the new Artistic Director of Norway’s BIT20 Ensemble. In December 2010 he caught the headlines across the world when he travelled to the Middle East to conduct the newly-formed Palestine National Orchestra in Ramallah, Jerusalem and Haifa. Brönnimann is conducting the London premiere of John Adams’s The Death of Klinghoffer at English National Opera, directed by Tom Morris. | 17 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rebuilding Libya | On 15 February 2011, inspired by their Tunisian and Egyptian neighbours, the people of Libya took to the streets in Benghazi calling for the end of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's brutal regime. They clashed with Gaddafi's security forces who responded with brutal violence. What followed was a civil war that cost the lives of an estimated 30,000 people and ended eight months later with Gaddafi's death in his birthplace of Sirte. Join us at the Frontline Club to discuss the task of rebuilding Libya a year after the uprising began. We will be looking at the work of the National Transitional Council (NTC) and the tensions that remain. What are the prospects of a peaceful future? Chaired by Ian Black, the Guardian's Middle East editor. In more than 25 years on the paper he has also been its European editor, diplomatic editor, foreign leader writer and Middle East correspondent With: Ahmed Gebreel, deputy head of the Libyan embassy in London, he was a political advisor to the chairman of the NTC and the spokesperson for the MOFA during the revolution. Dr Faraj Najem, Libyan writer and historian. Rana Jawad, of British-Lebanese nationality, she is married to a Libyan and resident in Tripoli where she has been reporting for the BBC for seven years. Author of Tripoli Witness. Khaeri Aboushagor, media researcher, political activist, and human rights defender; calling for the establishment of a secular state in Libya. Carsten Jurgensen, Libya researcher for Amnesty International. Picture credit: B.R.Q's photostrea | 16 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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In the Picture: Let’s Celebrate 365 with Jeremy Hunter | LET’S CELEBRATE 365 allows us to glimpse the diverse, colourful and sometimes obscure festivals, ceremonies and rituals celebrated around the world. Artful and anthropological in equal measure, Jeremy Hunter's photographs are a snapshot of a world of truly disparate cultures and their celebrations, many of which have remained unchanged for centuries. Hunter has travelled to more than 60 countries in 30 years, collecting images that explore the cultural landscape of the world that may help to create a better understanding of the essential “glue” that binds all societies together. Hunter will specifically explore, through their celebrations, the cultural DNA of North Korea, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea and India. This event will be moderated by Paddy O'Connell of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House and the Frontline Club's First Wednesday strand | 9 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Italy after Berlusconi: What now for media freedom? | In association with Open Society Foundations and the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism On 12 November the longest-serving post-war Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi resigned after losing his majority and public support. While no longer Prime Minister, he continues to control one half of the countries terrestrial TV market and his company Media Set is a big player in the print and advertising sectors. What will Berlusconi's influence be and will he still be able to shape the agenda through his party and media ownership? We will be bringing together a panel of experts to discuss the future of the media in Italy.How will the channels he owns fair now he doesn't have a hand in legislative decisions that affect them and what control will he wield over state funded channels? Join us to discuss the future of his media empire and the prospects of Italy or the EU bringing in legislation to break up his media empire and prevent such a monopoly existing? Chaired by Steve Hewlett, Guardian Columnist, broadcasting consultant and host of The Media Show on BBC Radio 4. He is visiting Professor of Journalism and Broadcast policy at Salford University and a fellow of the Royal Television Society. With: Paolo Mancini, professor at Dipartimento Istituzioni e Società, Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, Università di Perugia. His scientific interests are focused on political communication and more generally on the relationship between politics and communication. While at the Reuters Institute Mancini is working on a project trying to interpret under a new light the political adventure of Silvio Berlusconi and to place it within the new forms that political participation is undertaking in different parts of the world. Gianpietro Mazzoleni, professor of sociology of communication and of political communication at the University of Milan, Italy, where he coordinates the post-graduate courses in communication in the Faculty of Political Sciences. He is member of the editorial boards of the European Journal of Communication and of Political Communication and editor of the Italian scholarly journal Comunicazione Politica. His research interests focus especially on media policies and political communication. Damian Tambini, senior lecturer in the department of media and communications at LSE and convenor of the MSC in Communication Regulation and Policy. He is an Associate Fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), at the Oxford Internet Institute and at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies. He co-edited Cyberdemocracy and Citizenship, Markets, and the State. Other recent and forthcoming publications include: Nationalism in Italian Politics, New News: Impartial Broadcasting in the Digital Age, Privacy and the Media and Codifying Cyberspace. Marco Niada, partner of RLM Finsbury, a Financial Pr firm. From 1993 to 2008 he was London bureau chief of the political and financial Italian daily Il Sole 24 Ore. Previously at Il Sole he was international editor corporate finance and a roving correspondent, covering South Asia and the Far East. He is author of four books. Mattia Bernardo Bagnoli, journalist and novelist, he currently works for ANSA, the Italian national news agency as the UK correspondent. He is also a contributor to La Stampa daily and a commentator for Sky News focusing on Italian affairs. Picture credit: Alessio8 | 1 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Insight with Gene Sharp: From Dictatorship to Democracy | The past year has seen people take to the streets across the Middle East and North Africa to demand an end to tyranny and oppression and as a result, unprecedented regime change has taken place across the region. Less known is the extent to which the protesters were influenced by the 83-year-old political scientist, Dr Gene Sharp. His book From Dictatorship to Democracy has previously been utilised as a blueprint by democratic movements from Serbia, to the Ukraine, Guatemala to Indonesia, in their fight to overthrow oppressive regimes . We are thrilled to announce that Dr Gene Sharp will be joining us at the Frontline Club in conversation with Ruaridh Arrow, journalist, filmmaker and director of the award winning documentary How to Start a Revolution to discuss the uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa and his work. From the ground floor of his home in Boston the 83-year-old runs the Albert Einstein Institution which is devoted to the study and promotion of the use of nonviolent resistance worldwide. The 198 "non-violent weapons" listed in his book range from the use of colours and symbols, writing large banners in English to mock funerals and boycotts. First written in 1993 to support the opposition movement in Burma, Sharp's work has now been circulated amongst dissidents around the world | 31 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Insight with Wadah Khanfar former director general of Al Jazeera | Wadah Khanfar oversaw the creation of Al Jazeera English and was credited with revolutionising the Arab media landscape before he stepped down as director general in September 2011. Having begun his career with the Arab news organisation analysing African affairs, he took on the director general role in 2006 and was to steer Al Jazeera as it responded to the tumultuous events that began sweeping across the Arab world in January 2011. Commentators compared the Arab Spring for Al Jazeera to CNN's coming of age during the early days of the Gulf War in 1991. With an increasing global presence, Al Jazeera, which is based in the Qatari capital Doha and previously partially owned by the state's Emir, has also been criticised for pulling its punches over the uprising in the Gulf state of Bahrain and for its lack of coverage on events in Qatar itself. With limited access in the United States, it has also been criticised for biased reporting and for being anti-American and pro-Islamic. Wadah Khanfar will be joining us at the Frontline Club in conversation with Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow to discuss the rise of Al Jazeera, the role he played in its development and where the news organisation can go from here | 19 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Egypt: After a year of military rule, what next? | Egypt's 'day of rage' on Tuesday 25 January 2011 has been enshrined in Egypt's history after millions of people took to the streets to oppose the tyranny and oppression of President Hosni Mubarak's regime. As we approach the one-year anniversary of that day we will be joined by a panel of Egyptians to discuss their hopes for revolution in Egypt a year later. Since 11 February, when Hosni Mubarak finally stepped down, Egypt has been governed by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. In this time there have been a growing number of military trials, new anti-protest laws and protesters have been detained. In response, protests have continued in Tahrir Square. With elections underway, we will be discussing how the future looks for the Egyptian people and the challenges that lie ahead. Chaired by Peter Beaumont, foreign affairs editor at the Observer. He has reported extensively from conflict zones including Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East, and has written widely on human rights issues and the impact of conflict on civilians. The winner of the George Orwell Prize for his reports from Iraq he is the author of The Secret Life of War: Journeys Through Modern Conflict. With: Hossam Abdalla, a leading Fertility Consultant and a political activist, he was one of the leaders of the student movement in the 70’s in Egypt. He is also father of actor, producer and activist Khalid Abdalla. Ahdaf Soueif, Egyptian author, political and cultural commentator. Her most recent book is entitled Cairo: My City, Our Revolution; Tarek Osman, Egyptian writer and author of Egypt on the Brink: From Nasser to Mubarak. Abdel Latif El Menawy, author and journalist. As head of the news at the Egyptian Radio and Television Union he oversaw all news content, founded Radio Misr, and pioneered documentary broadcasts. Author of Tahrir: The Last 18 Days of Mubarak | 18 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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On the media: Becoming a freelance foreign correspondent | With uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa setting a relentless pace in this year's news agenda, media outlets have frequently turned to freelances to cover events in countries where they are without staff bureaus and wire services. The Frontline Club, in association with the BBC College of Journalism, will be bringing together a panel of freelancers who will discuss the practicalities of life as a freelance foreign correspondent from setting up in a country to finding and pitching stories and dealing with the realities of conflict. In contrast to the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, the recent fighting in Libya was not subjec to embedding restrictions and freelances were able to descend on the country and compete to get to the frontline. Join us to discuss the issues working in a war zone raise for freelances. Chaired by Paddy O'Connell of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House. With: Tom Finn, a freelance journalist currently based in Sana’a, Yemen. He moved to Sana’a in August 2010 to work as an editor at the Yemen Times. He has been covering Yemen's Arab uprising since January writing mainly for The Guardian but also for TIME, Foreign Policy Magazine, The Economist and Christian Science Monitor. In May his blog was selected by Foreign Policy Magazine as “recommended reading” for Barack Obama about the Persian Gulf. He is Al-Jazeera English's correspondent in Yemen. He also blogs on Yemen for the Frontline Club. Twitter: @TomFinn2 Portia Walker, a freelance journalist who spent the past year covering the Arab Spring. After three years working for Al Jazeera English in London, she moved to Yemen, where she was the stringer for the Economist, the Washington Post, and briefly the Daily and Sunday Telegraph. After being deported from Yemen in March while reporting on the increasingly violent crackdown on anti-government demonstrators, she went to Libya where she covered the war and its aftermath for the Washington Post, the Independent, USA Today and Foreign Policy, among others. Twitter: @portia_walker James Longman, freelance journalist working as an online producer between Sky News and CNBC. After having spent the past four or five years traveling, working and studying in the Middle East, he headed to Syria to spend time with opposition groups involved in the country's uprising. Between June-July and September-October 2011, he spent time in hiding with groups in Zabadani, Homs, Rastan, Qabon, Madaya and Damascus where he wrote for the Times and the Telegraph and set up interviews for Sky News, NPR and PBS. Twitter: @JamesReport Ruth Sherlock, a freelance journalist who has spent the year chasing the Arab Spring. She moved to the Middle East in 2009, living and working in Israel and the West Bank. On 23 January she packed her bag for a three day trip to see the protests in Cairo, and didn't come back for six months. Writing primarily for the Daily Telegraph she covered the Egyptian revolution, then the Libyan civil war, and now focuses on the escalating conflict in Syria. Other outlets include Foreign Policy, Sunday Times, The LA Times, The Scotsman, and Al Jazeera English (web) | 16 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Wednesday: The Leveson Inquiry - what have we learned? | Since the Leveson Inquiry hearings began on 14 November some of the worst of British journalism has been laid bare by the victims of phone hacking, politicians, journalists and editors who have spoken. As revelations from the phone hacking investigation continue, join us for the first event of 2012 to discuss what has been revealed about the workings of the tabloid press and what the fall out will be for the journalism industry. A lively public meeting hosted by Paddy O'Connell of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House. With: Tom Latchem, freelance journalist, writer, broadcaster and former TV editor for News of the World. Twitter: @theboylatch Anne Diamond, a journalist who for the past 25 years has been working in daily TV, radio and national newspapers. She is a regular panelist for The Wright Stuff on Channel 5 and a regular columnist for the Daily Mail. She hosts The Anne Diamond Show daily on BBC Radio Berkshire. She gave evidence at the Leveson inquiry on Monday 28 November. Peter Wilby, who writes a weekly column for the New Statesman, the magazine he edited between 1998 and 2005. A former education correspondent for both the New Statesman and the Sunday Times, he was editor of the Independent on Sunday from 1995 to 1996. Ben Fenton, chief media correspondent at the Financial Times. Twitter: @benfenton George Brock, Professor and head of journalism at City University. A journalist at The Observer from 1976 to 1981 he moved to The Times in 1981 and held positions from foreign correspondent to managing editor before leaving in 2009. He is a board member of the World Editors Forum, and a member of the British committee of the International Press Institute. Twitter: @georgepro | 5 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#FCBBCA: Israel and the Arab spring | EXTERNAL EVENT HELD AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN IN ASSOCIATION WITH BBC ARABIC With leaders toppled in Tunisia and Egypt, continuing uprisings in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain, the Arab world has seen tumultuous change in recent months. Where does all this upheaval leave Israel? We will be focusing on the response of Israel to the revolutions sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa. With a panel of Israeli experts and journalists we will explore how Israel and its people view the demands for democracy which are ousting friends in the region such as President Hosni Mubarak. What happens to the peace process now? We will be discussing Israel's position on Gaza and the West Bank in the light of changes taking place in the Arab world and of recent events. Chaired by Samir Farah, one of BBC Arabic's leading presenters and interviewers. He is the lead presenter of Nuqtat Hewar, BBC Arabic television’s flagship interactive programme and one of the most important interactive programmes in Arabic media. He has led a pioneering series of live interactive interviews with leading personalities across the Arab world, putting politicians and decision-makers directly before a live audience to answer questions and defend their policies. He is also the Deputy Head of Programmes for BBC Arabic TV. Twitter: @Samir_Farah With: Ambassador Yitzhak Lior joined Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1964. In 1967 he was a member of Israel's Delegation to the Middle-East Peace Conference in Geneva. From 1968 – 81 he did four tours of duty in the U.S: Chicago, New York, Houston and Washington. In Beirut from 1982 – 84 he was head of Israel's mission to Lebanon (peace negotiations). In 1987 he was appointed deputy director general of the Foreign Ministry for Middle East Affairs. He served as the ambassador to the UN in Geneva from 1990 – 95 and the ambassador to Tokyo from 2000 – 04. Daphna Baram worked in Jerusalem as a human rights lawyer, and later as a reporter, news editor and deputy editor in chief of the Jerusalem Based weekly Kol Hair. During fellowships with the Reuters Foundation and a period as a senior associate member at St Antony College, Oxford, she had written her book Disenchantment: The Guardian and Israel (published 2004). Her articles on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict were published by the Guardian, the Independent and the New Statesman, among others. She provided commentary for Al Jazeera, the BBC and other news outlets. She works for GRNlive in London as an editor. Twitter: @DaphnaBaram Eldad Beck, the Berlin-based Europe Correspondent for Israel’s most widely circulated newspaper Yedioth Ahronot. He is a former foreign affairs editor for Israel’s Haaretz newspaper. He has also worked as a Vienna based Correspondent for Israel’s Maariv newspaper. He has served as a Paris-based Correspondent for Israel’s Channel 2 Television station, The Jerusalem Post, Globes; Hadashot and The Jerusalem Report. In Paris, he worked as the Editor and Moderator at Radio Shalom and a Journalist at „L´Arche“. Beck studied at the Sorbonne University, majoring in Arabic and Islamic studies. During the Oslo process, he served as a correspondent for Arabic affairs on Gali-Zahl Radio Station in Israel. Most recently, Beck has published a book entitled Behind the Border documenting his visits to places such as Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Miri Weingarten, a Jewish Israeli, has worked for Israeli human rights group Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-Israel) since 1999. Based in London since 2009, she currently conducts advocacy/lobby for a coalition of three Israel-based human rights groups - PHR-Israel, Adalah and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, in the EU (Brussels) and the UN (Geneva). She also directs a British media initiative called JNews, which aims to provide alternative Jewi | 16 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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In the Picture: The Family with Jocelyn Bain Hogg | A decade ago, photographer Jocelyn Bain Hogg got under the skin of organised crime for his book The Firm which portrayed the lives of the gangsters, pimps and prostitutes who roam Britain's shadowy underworld. The VII photographer has revisited the UK's gangland to complete his recent three-year project The Family looking at a younger, more chaotic generation and the decaying empire of the British mob. By providing an intimate window on their criminal lives, Bain Hogg gives a rich picture of the UK's crime scene and the new characters who orchestrate it. Jocelyn Bain Hogg started his photography career as a unit photographer on film sets after studying Documentary Photography at Newport Art College. He shot publicity for the BBC and photographed fashion before moving into documentary projects and editorial assignments. His work has been included in numerous publications, including Vogue, Vanity Fair, the Sunday Times, The Independent, The Observer, GQ and Le Monde. He is a member of the VII photo agency. He will be in conversation with journalist and documentary filmmaker Sean Langan. The Family is available to pre-order from the Foto8 website | 7 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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THIRD PARTY EVENT: Looking back - moving forward? A humanitarian perspective | Third party event organised by Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute. From the popular uprisings in the Middle East, to the intervention in Libya, and now the tragedy unfolding in the Horn of Africa, many of this year’s top stories have been dominated by humanitarian issues. In this end of year debate, leading figures from the humanitarian world gather to discuss the main challenges to protecting and assisting people caught up in conflict and disaster. They will also explore prospects for principled humanitarian action in 2012. Chaired by Jonathan Rugman, Channel 4 News foreign affairs correspondent. With: Sara Pantuliano, head of the Humanitarian Policy Group at the Overseas Development Institute; Dennis McNamara, senior humanitarian adviser at the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; Leslie E Norton, the director general of the Canadian International Development Agency’s International Humanitarian Assistance Directorate; Manuel Aranda da Silva, director of Policy, Planning and Strategy, World Food Programme. | 6 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Democratic Republic of Congo: Presidential elections and blood minerals | Presidential elections are due to take place in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at the end of November and current President, Joseph Kabila, is standing again for what could end up being a 15- year presidency. We will be examining the prospects of the DRC which has suffered so much violence and where rape is used as a weapon by rebel forces fighting for control of valuable mineral resources such as Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten that are used in everyday electronics such as mobile phones. Recent election reforms mean that candidates can now win with only 15 - 20 per cent of the vote. Political speeches and broadcasts in the run-up to the election are using tactics that run along ethnic lines and violence has already broken out in some areas. Can Vital Kamerhe the leader the Union pour la Nation Congolaise party (UNC) present a viable challenge to Kabila and if so, could he fulfill his pledges of freedom, justice and tolerance? What can be done to address issues of corruption, abuse and extortion in the country? Join us at the Frontline Club to debate the outcomes of the Presidential elections and to address the challenges that the people of a country with such vast resources face. Chaired by Mary Harper, the Africa Editor at the BBC World Service. She has reported on Africa for the past twenty years, reporting from many conflict zones, including Sudan, Congo, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Algeria, and has done special investigations into Islamist extremism in Africa. She has written for several publications including The Economist, The Times and The Washington Post. With: Natznet Tesfay, head of Africa Forecasting at Exclusive Analysis Ltd. Prior to joining Exclusive Analysis she worked in the field of urban development, consulting for municipal governments in the Middle East, Asia and Latin America. Mike Davis, campaign leader of Global Witness' Conflict Minerals campaign, that is calling on the DRC to demilitarise their mining sector and for electronic companies to clean up their supply chains. Jean-Roger Kaseki, Human Rights campaigner in the UK and DRC and Labour councillor for Tollington Ward, Islington. He is originally from the Congo. Fiona Lloyd-Davies, award winning flm maker, she has been making flms about human rights issues in areas of confict since 1992; working in Bosnia, Iraq, Pakistan and extensively in the Democratic Republic of Congo | 1 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Frontline Club Annual Party and Awards | As another year comes to a close we warmly invite our members to join us to celebrate our eighth anniversary. An opportunity to enjoy the company of the Club's members and also a great night to introduce friends and colleagues who are interested in joining, so please bring a guest. Complimentary drinks will be available courtesy of our generous sponsors, Chivas. A set menu will be offered in the restaurant from 5.30-8pm or from 9pm, view the menu here. Space is limited so please indicate when booking if you would like to dine and at what time. During the evening there will be a presentation of the Frontline Journalism Awards recognising excellence in journalism, which for the first time have been nominated by Frontline Club members. The Awards are sponsored by Canon. An auction will also be held in aid of the Fixers' Fund. The Frontline Club Award is given annually in recognition of an outstanding body of work or series of contributions over a one-year period. Work nominated for the Frontline Club Award should be for the period 1 October 2010 to 30 September 2011. The Memorial Tribute Award is given in honour of front line journalists killed in the course of their work and can be awarded to recognise lifetime achievements or work that has not received the acclaim it deserves | 1 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kashmir: South Asia’s Palestine? | The former Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir, is seen by many as South Asia's Palestinian counterpart. Bordered by Pakistan, India, China and Afghanistan, each country has laid claim to the territory that lies in the foothills of the Himalayas. It has been caught between continuous contestation of borders and autonomy since the partition of British India. With India unwilling to acknowledge the demands of the people for freedom, and therefore avoiding debate on resolution, Kashmir's future looks like it will remain in limbo for years to come. But with the recent Jan Lokpal protests and the Arab Spring, will India take note and give the people of Kashmir the right to self autonomy? Or will it continue to arm itself with Israeli weapons and training in the name of counter-terrorism? The Jan Lokpal protests were carried out in support of social activist Anna Hazare and his continuing pressure on the Indian government to push forward an anti corruption bill that would see the establishment and enforcement of legislation against endemic corruption. Recently discovered unmarked graves of over 2000 bodies, of insurgents and local Kashmiris, have brought to the surface the horrific extent of the conflict that has left thousands of women widowed and subsequently abandoned by the Indian state with no knowledge of the fate of their husbands. An often forgotten and unreported conflict, in the name of diplomacy, Kashmir is slowly voicing itself onto the international agenda. But will Western powers support Kasmiri freedom, or will Indian diplomatic relations be put first? Join us at the Frontline Club with an expert panel to discuss where Kashmir stands in its fight for freedom and the options that lay before it. Chaired by Victoria Schofield, journalist and author of Kashmir in Conflict. She is an independent analyst and commentator on the Kashmir conflict for news agencies such as BBC World, Al Jazeera, CBS and CBC. She was also an independent rapporteur for the 4th Global Discourse on Kashmir that was sponsored by the International Council for Human Rights. With: Mirza Waheed, journalist and novelist. Born and brought up in Kashmir he joined the BBC’s Urdu Service in London in 2001. His first novel, The Collaborator, is set in his hometown during the early 1990s, and depicts the conflict between India and Pakistan and its effects on a border village in Kashmir. Subhash Chopra, former The Times journalist and author of Partition, Jihad and Peace: South Asia after bin Laden. Ashis Ray, Times of India journalist and former CNN South Asia Bureau chief and consultant editor. Imran Khan, correspondent for Al Jazeera English. He has reported extensively from Pakistan, Afghanistan and from across the Middle East. Lawrence Sáez, Senior Lecturer in Comparative and International Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) with expertise in Pakistan and India. Chair of the Centre for South Asian Studies. Image Credit: Kashmir Global courtesy of Flick | 25 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reflections: Alex Crawford | Alex Crawford's coverage in Libya won her widespread acclaim after she travelled into the conflict with rebel forces. The first journalist to make it into the city of Tripoli after it fell to rebel forces, she coloured her career further with the occasional arrest, detainment, bullet, IED, tear-gassing and mortar shell. One of the most decorated journalists in the field, Alex Crawford, is the only person to be awarded three Royal Television Society journalist of the Year awards and has recently been presented the James Cameron Memorial Award 2011 for her coverage of the fighting in Libya and the Middle East. Brought up in Nigeria and Zambia she began her journalistic career working on the Wokingham Times and later joined Sky News in 1989 where she has worked ever since, and is now their Special Correspondent. She will be joining us at the Frontline Club in conversation with former BBC executive Vin Ray to take a look back over her career as a foreign correspondent. | 21 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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In the Picture: Cairo Divided with Jason Larkin | Over the past century, in common with many capital cities, Cairo's population has increased exponentially. In recent years luxury private developments have popped up in the desert surrounding Cairo, making room for Egypt’s business elite with backing from the Mubarak regime. The boom in the construction of wealthy suburbs away from the chaos of the over-crowded city is sharply underlining the vast gap between rich and poor in Egypt. Photojournalist Jason Larkin chose these desert construction sites as the subject for his latest project, Cairo Divided. His two-year collaboration with journalist Jack Shenker has produced a long-form essay, accompanied by Larkin’s pictures, which has challenged traditional publication methods. Larkin will be speaking at the Frontline Club about photographing Cairo Divided and the means through which it was published. Released just before the much-anticipated November elections in Egypt, the publication is a free paper supported by academic institutions, cultural centres, architectural organisations and Panos PICTURES. Its production is a novel attempt to bring long-form journalism and photojournalism to a wider audience. The talk will be moderated by Max Houghton, Course Leader of the MA in Photojournalism at the University of Westminster and co-editor of 8 magazine. Larkin was one of Houghton's first students at the University of Westminster and she takes a particular interest in photographic projects that combine images with the written word. Jason Larkin is a British photojournalist who specialises in under-reported issues in the Middle East and Africa. He was recently awarded the Arnold Newman New Portraiture Award | 17 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Insight with Jonathan Steele: The craft of the foreign correspondent | Jonathan Steele has been covering global events for the Guardian for over forty years. From the civil rights movement in Mississippi and Alabama to his extensive coverage of the past 30 years of Afghan history, his work has won him recognition as one of the greatest foreign correspondents of his generation. He will be joining us at the Frontline Club in conversation with freelance journalist Tom Finn who is currently based in Sana’a, Yemen to reflect on his 40-year career, which has taken him to Eastern Europe, Washington correspondent and Kabul, Afghanistan throughout the Soviet period until 1992. Twice winner of the International Reporter of the Year at the British Press Awards, Jonathan Steele has, among others, also picked up the James Cameron award, the London Press Club's Scoop of the Year award and Martha Gellhorn special award. Join us to hear Jonathan Steele draw on his years of experience to talk about the craft of the foreign correspondent and discuss how the role has changed. Steele will also be discussing his new book Ghosts of Afghanistan: Hard Truths and Foreign Myths | 11 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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THIRD PARTY EVENT: Is Blue the New Green? | Overfishing and dying oceans are in the media spotlight as never before. Will it change anything? 'End of the Line', the film about overfishing, has been screened across the globe. Channel 4's "Fish Fight' series this year prompted a huge public response in the UK. London department store Selfridges' "Project Ocean" event mixed scientists and royalty in discussing ocean issues. Celebrity chefs have taken up the cause, and stories about the dying oceans now seem to dominate environmental reporting by the media. Will the increased spotlight on marine damage bring real change? Or is the ocean just the latest 'fad', as climate change issues fall out of favour with editors and politicians? Media, campaigning and policy experts will discuss the growing focus on 'blue' issues. The event is part of a series this year sponsored by Communications Inc focusing on the global ocean, its vital services for humans and what solutions are needed to combat the serious threats it faces. Chaired by Helen Scales, a marine biologist, writer, and a long-standing member of the award-winning science communication collective, The Naked Scientists which aims to make science accessible for the widest audience. She writes for the popular Seamonster ocean science blog, and is a regular science contributor to Radio 4 programmes such as Home Planet and Saving Species. With: Will Anderson, double Bafta winner and producer/director of Keo Films and Channel 4's Fish Fight Quentin Clark, head of sustainability and ethical sourcing at Waitrose Ian Campbell, OCEAN2012 UK co-ordinator working on the 2012 reform of the Common Fisheries Policy Mike Kaiser, professor of ocean sciences at the University of Bangor Picture credit: COREY ARNOLD/OCEAN2012 | 9 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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THIRD PARTY EVENT: Inside Unreported World | This Autumn Unreported World's intrepid reporters welcome a formidable new colleague, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, the Channel 4 News presenter, as they investigate stories from some of the most difficult and hidden parts of the world. In this series they reveal official corruption in South Africa's townships, capture the astonishing lifestyle of Nigeria's 'millionaire pastors', follow Paralympians in Gaza hoping to get to London 2012 and in Uganda they profile a hospital offering pioneering surgery, saving babies from a deadly brain condition. This latest run of Unreported World will continue to deliver compelling investigate reports that reveal remarkable characters living extreme lives. To mark the launch of the series, Channel 4 invite you to join Siobhan Sinnerton, Commissioning Editor for News 8 Current Affairs for an exclusive talk. With reporters Evan Williams, Seyi Rhodes, Jenny Kleeman, Oliver Steeds, Peter Oborne and Ramita Navai as they reveal the highlights, challenges and dangers of their extraordinary jobs. | 8 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Wednesday: #Occupy - What do they want? | What began in the financial district of New York City in mid September under the name Occupy Wall Street has become a movement that is spreading across the globe. But what do they want and how do they intend to achieve their goals? Are their aims realistic? Can they have any impact? Join us at the Frontline Club to debate the aims and objectives of the Occupy movement and to discuss whether it can bring about any change. The tent cities springing up across the US, the UK, Australia and elsewhere have been compared to the scenes we saw earlier this year in Tahrir Square but is there a common bond? Chaired by Kevin Marsh, Director of OffspinMedia and former Editor of BBC Radio 4's Today programme. With: Harry Cole, a political journalist and media commentator. He set up Tory Bear in 2008 whilst studying at Edinburgh University. He is now News Editor of Order-Order.com and writes for The Daily Beast and Total Politics and The Commentator. Twitter: @MrHarryCole Naomi Colvin, supporter of OccupyLSX. She set up UK Friends of Bradley Manning, the UK support group for the accused Wikileaks whistleblower. Twitter: @auerfeld Richard Murphy, a chartered accountant and economist. He is the author of The Courageous State: Rethinking Economics, Society and the Role of Government. Twitter: @RichardJMurphy Aaron Peters, a PhD candidate at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is co-editor of Fight Back!, host of Resonance FM's'Novara' and student activist. He is also on the National Committee of NCAFC, one of the organisations behind last years students walkouts and street actions. Twitter: @aaronjohnpeters Julian Assange, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief. Daniel Ben-Ami, journalist and author, he has contributed to numerous national, specialist and international publications. He is author of Ferraris For All and Cowardly Capitalism | 3 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Russia - A mafia state? | In 2007 Luke Harding arrived in Moscow to take up a new job as a correspondent for The Guardian. Not long after, mysterious agents from Russia’s Federal Security Service, the successor to the KGB, broke into his flat. He was followed, bugged, and even summoned to Lefortovo, the FSB’s notorious prison. The break-in was the beginning of a psychological war against the journalist and his family that burst into the open in 2011 when he was expelled from Moscow for reporting allegations that under Vladimir Putin the country had become a "virtual mafia state". The first western reporter to be deported from Russia since the days of the Cold War, Luke Harding has written about his run-in with the new Russia in his recently published book, Mafia State. It includes unpublished material from confidential US diplomatic cables, published by WikiLeaks last year, that described Russia as a “virtual mafia state”. Luke Harding will be joined by a panel at the Frontline Club to discuss his experiences as The Guardian's Moscow correspondent and what they tell us about Russia today. Chaired by James Meek, writer and reporter. He has reported for the Guardian since 1985, between 1991 and 1999 from the former USSR. In 2004 his reporting from Iraq and about Guantanamo Bay won a number of awards, including Britain's Foreign Reporter of the Year award. He is the author of two collections of short stories and four novels, most recently We Are Now Beginning Our Descent. With: Luke Harding, the Guardian's Moscow correspondent. He was previously the Guardian's South Asia correspondent in New Delhi, and has reported for the paper from Afghanistan and Iraq. Author of Mafia State: How one reporter became an enemy of the brutal new Russia and the co-author of WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's war on secrecy. Angus Roxburgh, author and renowned journalist, he was the Sunday Times Moscow correspondent in the mid-1980s and the BBC’s Moscow correspondent during the Yeltsin years. He is the author of The Second Russian Revolution, Pravda: Inside the Soviet Press Machine and most recently The Strongman: Vladimir Putin and the Struggle for Russia. Andrei Soldatov, a Russian investigative journalist, co-founder of the secret services watchdog website Agentura.ru and co-author of The New Nobility: The Restoration of Russia's Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB. Susan Richards, a non-executive director and founder of Open Democracy and a specialist on Russian affairs. She is the author of two books; Epics of Everyday Life, about the lives of ordinary Russians in the transition from communism and Lost 8 Found in Russia: Encounters in the Deep Heartland, which covers the period 1992-2008 | 27 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PRESS CONFERENCE: WikiLeaks Call to Press | At 12.45pm Monday 24 October 2011, WikiLeaks will be holding a press conference at Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London, W2 1QJ. At the press conference Julian Assange and Kristinn Hrafnsson of WikiLeaks will speak two separate matters: 1) In relation to WikiLeaks Vs. U.S. banks 2) A separate important announcement If you would like to attend this event please email wikileaks.pressconference@mail.be to register. The Frontline Club will not be handling requests to attend. Registration will be confirmed on a first come, first served basis. The maximum that will be allowed to register per organisation will be two people and a camera. Please be aware that places are limited and registration is required. If you are unable to attend, but wish to send someone else from your organisation please contact us accordingly. There will only be one live camera feed permissible at this event. If you are willing to be the pool for this feed please make this clear in your registration email. The first organization to offer this will be accepted, no other live feeds will be allowed. The event will be live streamed at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/frontline-clu | 25 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reporting conflict: competition, pressures and risks | IN ASSOCIATION WITH BBC COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM After the headlines trumpeting that Alex Crawford and Sky News were clear winners of the battle for reporting Tripoli, we will be taking stock of this recent chapter in covering modern warfare. With a panel of newsroom executives and frontline journalists we will discuss how the conflict in Libya was reported and what its legacy is likely to be. If the death of ITV News correspondent Terry Lloyd in Iraq in 2003 raised awareness about safety and risk in modern conflict, what can we learn from the reporting that took journalists right into the heart of the battle, the journalists who were held in the Rixos hotel and the competition between the channels? What are the pressures for both news executives and journalists in such circumstances? Chaired by former BBC executive Vin Ray. With: Bill Neely, international editor for ITV News; Sarah Whitehead, head of international news at Sky News; Jon Williams, BBC's world news editor. Inigo Gilmore, award winning journalist and filmmaker who has worked across the world, with extensive experience in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. He won the Royal Television Society Award in 2011 for his work in Haiti last year, following earthquake. | 20 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Abdulnasser Gharem: Saudi Arabia - art and war | As both a conceptual artist and lieutenant colonel in the Saudi army, Abdulnasser Gharem is somewhat of an unusual figure. Described as the "rock star of Saudi contemporary art", he recently made history when his installation Message/Messenger sold for a record price at auction in Dubai. One of the Gulf's most talked about young artists, with no formal training, the sale established him as the highest selling in the country. He donated the proceeds to Edge of Arabia's campaign to foster art education in the country where he still lives and works today. Abdulnasser Gharem will be joining us at the Frontline Club to discuss the inspiration behind his work, which is now in the collections of the Victoria 8 Albert Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Saudi Arabian Ministry of Culture 8 Information. He will also reflect on how he reconciles being a soldier and an artist, shedding light on Saudi's secretive society and culture. Chaired by Henry Hemming, journalist, speaker and author of Together, Misadventure in the Middle East, In Search of the English Eccentric and Edge of Arabia. “Every civilization is judged by its art. When we look back on what we have done artistically at this time we will see that there were some people raising their voices. I think that many years from now we will still be reading about Abdulnasser Gharem.” - Hamza Serafi, Co-founder Athr Galler | 13 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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In the Picture - Kate Brooks: A decade on the front line | A youthful Kate Brooks moved to Pakistan after September 11th 2001 to document the conflicts that flared in the region and make a name for herself as a photojournalist. The ten years that followed took her through Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Gaza and beyond. Brooks' images have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Time and Newsweek, and she has received a number of international awards. Her new book, In the Light of Darkness, records the major conflicts in the Arab world in the past decade, from the mountains of Tora Bora in Afghanistan, to this year's Arab Spring. The book includes essays she has written to accompany her photography, describing her experiences as a female photojournalist in the Muslim world. Brooks will be speaking at the Frontline Club at an event moderated by Ramita Navai, reporter for Channel 4's Unreported World. | 11 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Wednesday: Where has war left the people of Afghanistan? | How do the Afghan people view the last ten years since the US-led invasion and how have their lives have been changed? With withdrawal the goal and a PR focus on portraying this as a clean exit, we will be looking at the reality of life in Afghanistan and how the events of the past 10 years have impacted the Afghan people. Is it just another chapter in nearly half a century of conflict and instability? Is civil war avoidable? Is there any hope for the future and what might that future look like? Another opportunity to join in a lively public meeting, hosted by Paddy O'Connell of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House, bringing together experts and commentators and mixing their views with contributions from our audience. With: Horia Mosadiq, Afghanistan Researcher Amnesty International. Dawood Azami, visiting scholar and award winning broadcast journalist working for the BBC World Service in London. Until recently, he was the BBC World Service Bureau Chief and Editor in Kabul, Afghanistan. Before joining the BBC in London in 1998 he worked as the head of an educational 8 training institute in Pakistan, mainly for Afghan refugees. He was selected as a Young Global Leader (YGL) by the World Economic Forum in 2011. He won Global Reith Award for Outstanding Contribution, (the lifetime achievement award given by the BBC Global News Division in 2009). He also won the first Allama Tarzai Award (Father of journalism in Afghanistan), Kabul/London (2010). Lucy Morgan Edwards, former political advisor to the EU Ambassador in Kabul with responsibility for civil military affairs, narcotics and security sector reform. She spent 7 years in the country working in a number of roles for the the UN and EU as well as reporting for the Economist and Daily Telegraph. She also spent many months in Jalalabad, Eastern Afghanistan, with a leading tribal family (that of Abdul Haq and Haji Abdul Qadir), which lead her to write The Afghan Solution: the inside story of Abdul Haq, the CIA and how western hubris lost Afghanistan. Edward Girardet, journalist, writer and producer who has reported widely from humanitarian and conflict zones in Africa, Asia and elsewhere since the late 1970s. He first began covering Afghanistan several months prior to the Soviet invasion in 1979. Author of several books including The Essential Field Guide to Afghanistan and Killing the cranes: A Reporter's journey through three decades of war in Afghanistan | 6 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Insight with Robert King: The Angola 3 and their fight for justice | Robert King will be joining us at the Frontline Club in conversation with founder and director of Reprieve, Clive Stafford Smith to recount his personal story of injustice and how his life’s focus now is to campaign against abuses in the criminal justice system and for the freedom of Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox who are now serving their 40th year in solitary confinement In May 1972 Robert King entered Angola prison, the state penitentiary of Louisiana after being convicted of an armed robbery he denied committing. Along with Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox he was later convicted of murder in Angola prison; Wallace and Woodfox for the murder of Angola prison guard Brent Miller and King for the murder of fellow prisoner August Kelly. Known as the Angola 3, the men have always proclaimed their innocence, saying that they were framed and targeted by the prison authorities for their activism as members of the Black Panther Party. Through their activities they successfully organised prisoners to improve conditions; reducing sexual assault, improving food quality and tackling racism - all condoned by prison security. Between them King, Wallace and Woodfox have spent more than 100 years in solitary confinement in Angola's maximum security Closed Cell Restricted (CCR) block in cells 2 x 3 metres for up to 23 hours a day. All three were sentenced on insubstantial evidence and contradictory eye witness reports, they fought their convictions and in 2001 King was freed after 29 years in solitary. In 2008, Woodfox's conviction was overturned after a federal court ruled that his core constitutional rights had been violated at his original trial. But Louisiana attorney general Buddy Caldwell contested the decision and Woodfox, aged 64, was returned to Angola. Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox remain in solitary confinement, conditions which they are legally challenging as being a violation of the US Constitution prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment. Robert King will be talking about his mission to fight the cruelty of the prison-industrial complex challenge the systemic injustices involving class and racism that lead people to unjust incarceration and the human rights violations that prisoners must endure | 5 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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REACTIVE: The battle for press freedom in Iran | Almost two weeks after their arrest, little has been heard about the fate of the six Iranian filmmakers who are currently being held in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison with no access to their lawyers. Accused of collaborating secretly with BBC Persian and illegally supplying content portraying Iran in a negative light, they have been condemned as "a group of terrorists, Bahais, communists and devil worshippers" by Iran’s Minister of Intelligence. Iran insists that the filmmakers are part of the British Secret Service working under the guise of the BBC - allegations the BBC has denied. In a statement released last week the BBC said that the filmmakers currently detained in Iran are independent documentary makers and BBC Persian television had bought the rights to broadcast their film. Iran and the BBC have had a tense relationship since the 2009 revolution, when Iran accused the BBC of fostering the unrest that followed the elections. These latest arrests also raise concerns about what appears to be a wider crackdown: two leading Iranian filmmakers, Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof have been arrested and imprisoned in the past year. Join us at the Frontline Club for this reactive briefing to discuss the detainment of the filmmakers, the battle for press freedom in Iran and the regime's relationship with foreign media. Chaired by Lindsey Hilsum International Editor for Channel 4 News. With: Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari who was detained in Iran during the 2009 uprising; Drewery Dyke, Amnesty International's Iran researcher; Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, BBC Senior Correspondent and producer of The Ways of the Ayatollah; Saeed Kamali Dehghan, award-winning Iranian journalist who writes for The Guardian. He was named 2010 Journalist of the Year at the Foreign Press Association Awards; Picture Credit: An image taken from award-winning Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi's This is Not a Film that documents his house arrest as he waits for a court verdict that, when it comes, could mean he will spend six years in jail and be banned from writing or filming for the next 20 years. The film was codirected by Mojtaba Mirtahmasb one of those who has been arrested. We will be screening the film in October | 3 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Famine and Conflict in Somalia: What can bring relief? | Caught between political instability, conflict and violence, whilst famine and drought destroy the people and the land, there is seemingly little that can be done to bring relief to Somalia Aid envoys have been restricted from reaching over 2.2 million refugees in the Al-Shabab controlled region of South-Central Somalia, and refugees have to brave fighting in conflict zones in Mogadishu in order to collect food provisions. As land access is blocked, the UN is considering airlifts to distribute food and water to the refugees. Aid agencies have been criticised for not acting sooner and making provisions for prevention, as the famine and drought in the Horn of Africa were deemed “predictable.” Does the international aid system need to step up its efforts and produce a more coordinated response? And what lessons can we learn for the future about prevention rather than cure? Join us at the Frontline club with an expert panel to discuss the role of the international aid system, and what more can be done to bring relief to this war -torn and famine-stricken country. Chaired by Mike Wooldridge, BBC World Affairs Correspondent. With: Abdi Garad, chairman of Central Committee of Somali National Party (Hanoolaato) a grass root based non clan, non regional and diverse political movement. He is actively involved in humanitarian work, through local Somali NGO, Markabley Development Trust and worked with the UNISOM mission in Somalia from 1993-95. He is currently in southern Somalia, working at a feeding famine victim centres. Jehangir Malik is the UK Director of Islamic Relief, an international aid and development NGO. It has a significant presence in East Africa and has been one of the few agencies to get into South Central Somalia. Duncan McLean, operations manager at Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) based in the United States. He manages MSF programs in Nigeria, Uganda, Haiti, Ethiopia and Somalia. His work at MSF has included Head of Mission in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Nepal, and Chad, and Field Coordinator in Sudan, Thailand, and Myanmar. In addition to his humanitarian field work he has lectured at a number of universities, including Charles University and the Anglo-American University in Prague, and worked as a journalist. Ridwaan Haji, programme producer and Newscaster at Universal TV, the biggest Somali Satellite TV station. He raised a campaign on his programme Have Your Say to free the Chandlers, a British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates last year. During Ramadan the channel raised nearly a million dollars to support those effected by famine in Somalia. Jamal Osman, award-winning journalist and filmmaker specialising in Africa. He runs Jamal Media, a production company that makes current affairs programes for British broadcasters. He has won several awards including the Amnesty International’s Gaby Rado Memorial Award 2010 and the news story of the year prize at the Foreign Press Association Awards 2009. Image Credit: Andy Hall - Oxfam | 29 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reflections: Martin Bell at the Frontline Club | In association with BBC College of Journalism He has reported from more than 80 countries and 11 wars, from Angola to Vietnam and was one of the first journalists to be defined as a 'war correspondent' Martin Bell, joined the BBC in 1962 and is one of the best known and distinguised journalists of his generation, he has reported from Vietnam, the Middle East, Nigeria, Angola, and Northern Ireland during the "Troubles". Twice awared the Royal Television Society's Reporter of the Year award, Bell changed course in 1997 and successfully ran as Independent MP on an anti sleaze ticket inTatton against Conservative Neil Hamilton. He will be joining us at the Frontline Club with former BBC executive Vin Ray, to take a look back over his career reporting around the globe that includes an OBE, a shrapnel injury from Bosnia, and five books including A Very British Revolution: The Expenses Scandal and How To Save Our Democracy | 28 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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THIRD PARTY EVENT Investigative Journalism: Dead or Alive? | Murdoch on his knees, MP’s Expenses, Wikileaks, Phone Hacking and Tomlinson; Investigative journalism seems to be going through a purple patch. Is it really alive or is this a false dawn? Join us to debate and launch the book Investigative Journalism: Dead or Alive? Edited by John Mair and Richard Keeble published by Abramis on September 20th. Author priced copies will be available on the night. Chaired by Kevin Marsh, Former Editor BBC Radio Four's the Today programme; With: John Ware, BBC Panorama; Donal MacIntyre, investigative journalist; Paul Lewis, special projects editor at the Guardian | 23 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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In the Picture: TRANSIT with Espen Rasmussen | Espen Rasmussen, Norwegian photographer and picture editor for Norway’s largest daily, Verdens Gang, has spent nearly seven years compiling the TRANSIT project. TRANSIT documents the plight of some of the 43 million refugees and displaced people around the world today. On the run from conflict, political persecution or natural disasters, desperate people, uprooted from their communities, undertake arduous journeys to find safety for themselves and their families. From the displaced of the war in Georgia, to the Janjaweed who kill and rape in Darfur, Rasmussen traveled to 10 different countries, recording the lives of individuals trying to make new lives for themselves after fleeing their homes, and the hardships that set them on the run. TRANSIT has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and the Independent amongst other publications and is currently on display at the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo. Updates about exhibitions and articles relating to the project can be found on the TRANSIT Facebook page. Copies of the TRANSIT book will be for sale at a signing after the event. Rasmussen has won multiple awards including two at World Press Photo and is represented by London based agency, Panos Pictures | 23 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Carr in conversation with Richard Gizbert: The media machine | David Carr has been writing about the media and its relationship with business, culture and governments for 25 years and has watched the print landscape change dramatically. Now a media and cultural columnist at the New York Times he writes the Media Equation column for the Monday Business section. He will be joining us in conversation with Richard Gizbert, presenter of Al Jazeera English's The Listening Post, a weekly show that looks at news coverage by the world's media. Gizbert has also spent 25 years working in the media world as a foreign correspondent, covering stories around the world. Drawing on their experiences working with two very different global media players, Carr and Gizbert will be discussing the future of the news industry. From the future of newspapers like the New York Times and whether they can adapt quickly enough to survive to the emergence of new business models offering alternative sources of funding. They will be addressing some of the big questions that are exercising many minds within the media. A remarkable opportunity to debate the future of the news industry with two of its key players | 20 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Understanding extremism: What are the real dangers? | When reports began coming in of the bombing in Oslo on 22 July the general consensus among experts appeared to be that the attack had all the hallmarks of Islamic extremism. It was only when news came through of a gunman on Utøya that it began to become clear that something quite different was taking place in Norway. As we mark the ten year anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, we will be examining the extent of our understanding of extremism. Anders Behring Breivik has since been deemed a "mad man" by many commentators, who refuse to make a connection between his actions and the ideas of rightwing commentators cited in his manifesto. For this event, in association with BBC Arabic, we will be investigating extremism in the 21st century and the process of radicalisation of groups and individuals. What impact has the "war on terror" and other counter terrorism strategies had? Is there any truth in the suggestion that post 9/11 policy and rhetoric has fuelled not only Islamic extremism but the far right? And have we become so concerned with Islamic extremism that we've become blinkered to the threats from the far right? We will be bringing together a panel of experts to discuss whether in the past decade we have seen a rise of rightwing and Islamic extremism. Chaired by Margaret Gilmore, Senior Research Fellow with RUSI ((Royal United Services Institute) analysing United Kingdom Public Policy on National Security and Resilience. Formerly BBC Senior Home Affairs Correspondent and co-author of The Terrorist Hunters, a definitive account of the terrorist threat to the UK in the past five years. WIth: Dr Christina Hellmich, lecturer in International Relations at the University of Reading. She is a specialist in Middle East politics working in Yemen, with a particular research interest in political Islam and global terrorism. Her recent book, Al-Qaeda: From global network to local franchise (Zed 2011), examines the key sources that inform the present understanding of al-Qaeda. Ghaffar Hussain, director of Training and Consultancy at the Quilliam Foundation; organising and delivering radicalisation awareness training, providing strategic consultancy for a wide range of public and private organisations and co-ordinating outreach efforts to a wide variety of individuals and groups. He is author of A Brief History of Islamism. Dr Matthew Feldman, senior lecturer in 20th century history at the University of Northampton, and an editor of Wiley-Blackwell's online journal Compass: Political Religions. He directs Northampton's Radicalism and New Media research network, and co-edits Continuum Books; new monograph series, Historicising Modernism. He has published various publications on fascist ideology, wartime propaganda and far-right extremism since World War One. He acts as an expert witness on cases against the contemporary radical right in Europe and the US. He is currently researching Ezra Pound's links to Italian Fascism; the nature of extreme right-wing 'lone wolf' terrorism in the 21st century, and the postwar evolution of fascist ideology and practice since 1945. Hugo MacPherson, formerly manager of the MPower Youth Project which entered communities and schools to counter radicalisation as part of the government's Prevent programme. Recently he was part of a UK team sent to the Middle East to advise on effective youth engagement policy during the Arab Spring. An Arabic speaker and formerly a producer on Al Jazeera, he has made films on youth in Beirut and Damascus and on football fanatics in Cairo | 16 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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FIRST WEDNESDAY SPECIAL: Changing world - conflict, culture and terrorism in the 21st century | #fcbbcaEXTERNAL EVENT HELD AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN.To mark ten years since the terrorists attacks on the United States, the Frontline Club is holding a special event to look at the extent to which 9/11 has defined our world today and will continue to shape our future. We will be looking at the "War on Terror" that followed and the impact of the rhetoric, and the reality of a global battle cast in terms of "good vs. evil": Is it a war that can be won? What has been the impactŠon a world that is increasingly interconnected? We will take stock of the seismic events the world has witnessed - from wars waged in Iraq and Afghanistan to terrorists attacks from London to Mumbai and uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa. Our panel will also try to make sense of other changes that have taken place - from increased surveillance to extraordinary rendition - and examine how the narrative employed by governments, leaders and the media shaped public attitudes. Join us for a special event with a panel of experts to examine the world today and how the events of 10 years ago have shaped it and will continue to do so.Chaired byŠPaddy O'Connell of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House who was living and working in New York on 9/11 and anchored the New York end of the special programme that night for BBC One.Twitter: @paddy_o_c With:Isabel Hilton, international journalist and broadcaster and editor of chinadialogue.net. She began her career in journalism with Scottish Television, then worked for the Daily Express and the Sunday Times before joining the launch team for The Independent in 1986. In 1992 she became a presenter of the BBC's flagship news programme, The World Tonight and a columnist for The Guardian. In 1999 she joined the New Yorker as a staff writer. Her work has appeared in the Financial Times, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Granta, the New Statesman, El Pais, Index on Censorship and many other publications. She has reported from China, Latin America, Africa, South Asia, the Middle East and Europe and has written and presented several documentaries for BBC television. Since 2001 she has been a presenter of the BBC Radio Three's cultural programme, Night Waves. She has authored and co-authored several books and holds honorary doctorates from Bradford and Stirling Universities. She was appointed OBE in 2010 for her contribution to raising environmental awareness in China.Twitter: @isabelhiltonMehdi Hasan,Šsenior editor (politics) at the New Statesman and a former news and current affairs editor at Channel 4. He is co-author of Ed: the Milibands and the Making of a Labour LeaderŠand author of the new ebook The Debt Delusion.ŠHis blog is here.ŠTwitter: @ns_mehdihasan Carne Ross, a former British diplomat, author and journalist. Having resigned from the British foreign service after giving secret testimony to an official inquiry into the Iraq war, he then set up the world's first independent diplomatic advisory group, Independent Diplomat, which advises marginalised countries and groups around the world. ŠHe is author of The Leaderless Revolution: How Ordinary People Will Take Power And Change Politics in the 21st Century.Twitter:Š@carnerossMaajid Nawaz, co-Founder and executive director of Quilliam and Founder of Khudi, he was formerly on the UK national leadership for the global Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT). He was involved in HT for almost 14 years and was a founding member of HT in Denmark and Pakistan and eventually served four years in an Egyptian prison as an Amnesty International ‘prisoner of conscience’. In prison, he gradually began changing his views until finally renouncing the Islamist ideology while remaining Muslim. He now engages in counter-Islamist thought-generating, social-activism, writing, debating and media appearances.Twitter:Š@MaajidNawazMichael Goldfarb, author, journalist, bro | 13 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Can Tunisians and Egyptians reclaim their revolutions? | With the world watching the latest uprisings in Syria and the continued intervention in Libya, the media has largely turned its attention away from the catalyst of the Arab spring, Tunisia and the next country to oust its president, Egypt. But what does the future hold for these fledgeling democracies? The combination of Tunisia's 'gerontocracy' and its high youth demographic has been a diminishing trust in the new government. There is also a constant conflict between the idealists, who want all traces of the former regime erased, and the realists, who are concerned that further political upheaval will result in an increase in military power. In Egypt, protesters have returned to Tahrir Square in a bid to salvage the revolution with a fresh set of demands including the curbing of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces' powers, an end to military trials and scrapping of new anti-protest laws. Join us at the Frontline club with a panel of experts to discuss what the future holds for Tunisia and Egypt. Chaired by Steve Crawshaw, international advocacy director, Amnesty International and co-author of Small Acts of Resistance How courage, tenacity and ingenuity can change the world. With: Khalid Abdalla, is a British-Egyptian actor, producer and activist. His films include United 93, The Kite Runner, Green Zone, and the upcoming Egyptian film In the Last Days of the City, filmed during the last two years of Mubarak’s Rule. Co-founder of Zero Production, an independent film and documentary production house based in Cairo, earlier this year he launched Mosireen, a non-profit media centre in downtown Cairo to support filmmakers and citizen journalists through the revolution. Rosemary Hollis, professor of Middle East policy studies and director of the Olive Tree Programme at City University. Dr Maha Azzam, Associate Fellow of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House. Brian Whitaker, journalist for The Guardian since 1987 and its Middle East editor from 2000-2007. He is currently an editor on the paper's "Comment Is Free" section. Author of What's Really Wrong with the Middle East | 31 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Counterinsurgency and the “War on Terror”: Doomed to fail? | As we approach the 10-year anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks we will be bringing together a panel of experts to discuss the "war on terror" that was launched by the United States government in their wake. What has been achieved in Afghanistan and Iraq and, ten years on, what could be learnt from the Arab Spring about change in the region? Less than five months into a new campaign in Libya, is it time that we reassess our involvement in the Arab world? We will also be examining the doctrine of counterinsurgency - or COIN - that was advocated so strongly in both Afghanistan and Iraq and asking what lessons can be learnt that could shape future policy. Chaired by David Loyn, BBC's international development correspondent With: Frank Ledwidge, served in the Balkan wars and Iraq as a military intelligence officer and in Afghanistan as a civilian advisor. Former lecturer at the RAF College, Cranwell and author of Losing Small Wars: British Military Failure in Iraq and Afghanistan. Jean MacKenzie, senior correspondent for GlobalPost and former program director for the Institute for War 8 Peace Reporting in Kabul. She has reported from Afghanistan since 2004 and written extensively about the war. She is currently working on a chapter on counterinsurgency in Afghanistan for a book project being sponsored by NYU. Malte Roschinski, security consultant, political analyst and author based in Germany. As journalist with AFP news agency, he reported from post-Taliban Afghanistan in late 2001. Lived for eight months in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2010, working as intelligence analyst for clients in the humanitarian sector | 24 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Insight with Kamin Mohammadi: Rediscovering Iran | When nine-year-old Kamin Mohammadi fled to London with her family in June 1979 escaping Iran after the revolution that brought down the Shah little was she to know that she would not step foot in the country again for 17 years. She had watched the revolution unfold as her friends slowly stopped coming to school, and her neighbours started to disappear in fear of the secret police. Now, as an Iranian exile in Britain, Mohammadi struggled to fit in and pushed away her Iranian background. She will be joining us at the Frontline Club in conversation with Pooneh Ghoddoosi from BBC Persian TV to talk about her journey back to her homeland to find the family she left behind, and to rediscover her Iranian identity after 17 years away from the country that she loved. Now splitting her time between London and Florence, Mohammadi is a writer, broadcaster and journalist specialising in Iran. Her work has seen her nominated for awards such as the Amnesty Human Rights in Journalism Award and the American Society of Magazine Editors for a National Magazine award 2011. She has also controversially covered issues such as the 'epidemic' of drug abuse in Iran post-1979 and Western attitudes to Iranian women | 18 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kevin Macdonald in Conversation | Academy Award winning Director Kevin Macdonald will be joining us for a special evening at the Frontline Club. Kevin will be discussing his most recent film Life in a Day, a project using entirely crowd-sourced footage chronicling the world's experience over the course of twenty-four hours. We will also take a look at his career to date, from his Oscar-winning documentary One Day in September, about the murder of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics to Touching the Void, one of the most successful documentaries in British history. In 2006 Kevin directed the multi-award winning Last King of Scotland which tells the relationship between Idi Amin and his young Scottish doctor and followed this with the excellent documentary, My Enemy's Enemy which focused on the one-time Gestapo commander Klaus Barbie, infamously known as "The Butcher of Lyon." In 2009 Kevin adapted the BBC drama State of Play into a feature film starring Russell Crowe. Life in a Day is one of two films Kevin has released this year, The Eagle is a fictional film which tells the story of a young Roman officer searching to recover the Roman eagle standard of his father's legion. Being one of the few directors to work successfully within both documentary and fiction, Kevin has a fascinating insight into the film world across the variety of methods and techniques he has used to create some of the most interesting and powerful films of the last two decades. Kevin's directorial work: The Making of an Englishman (1995) Chaplin's Goliath (1996) The Moving World of George Rickey (1997) Howard Hawks: American Artist (1997) Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance (1998) One Day in September (2000) Humphrey Jennings (2000) A Brief History of Errol Morris (2000) Being Mick (2001) Touching the Void (2003) The Last King of Scotland (2006) My Enemy's Enemy (2007) State of Play (2009) The Eagle (2011) Life in a Day (2011 | 12 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Wednesday: Where now for the people of Syria? | Since mid - March when the Arab Spring reached Syria there have been continuous crack downs on protestors by Syrian forces. There are claims more than 1,700 civilians have been killed. The authorities in Syria claim 500 soldiers and police have been killed by armed gangs, which they also blame for most of the civilian deaths. We will be bringing together a panel of experts to examine the situation on the ground in Syria. Could the international community be doing more to intervene in what some claim are crimes against humanity being committed by Syrian forces? Unlike Egypt, the protests began not with the call for the Bashar al-Asad to stand down but that he enact promised reforms. Following the violent attacks against protesters the tone has changed, however it remains unclear if the ousting of Bashar al-Asad is a possible outcome. Join us with Paddy O'Connell of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House to discuss the situation in Syria and what the future holds for the Syrian people. With: Daniel Pye, a Damascus-based freelance journalist who has worked as deputy editor of a Syrian current affairs magazine since February 2011. Ammar Waqqaf, member of the British Syrian Society. BBC Newsnight's Sue Lloyd-Roberts who has been one of the only Western journalists to report from inside Syria since the protests began. Malik Al-Abdeh, chief editor of Barada TV a London-based Syrian opposition satellite channel and former BBC journalist. Christopher Phillips, Syria analyst in the Economist Intelligence Unit's Middle East team and author of Contemporary Arab Identity: The daily reproduction of the Arab World to be published in early 2012 | 5 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reflections: Paul Mason | Reflections: Paul Mason ReflectionsDate: July 27, 2011 7:00 PM BBC Newsnight’s Economic Editor Paul Mason joined the BBC in 2001, making his first live appearance the day of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He covered the collapse of Lehman Brothers live from outside its New York HQ in September 2008. Since then he has “hardly stopped for breath”, reporting on the social and economic impact of the global meltdown from the mean streets of Gary, Indiana to the elite salons of Davos. Paul Mason will be at the Frontline Club in conversation with Matthew Eltringham, editor of the BBC College of Journalism website and events to discuss a career which has seen him cover the corporate scandals at Enron and Worldcom and stories as diverse as Hurricane Katrina, gang violence on Merseyside, the social impact of mobile phones in Africa and the rise of Aymara nationalism in Bolivia. His groundbreaking reports on the rise of China as an economic power won him the Wincott Award in 2003. The author of two books Live Working or Die Fighting, How the working class went global and Meltdown: The end of the age of greed, Paul Mason was one of the BBC’s first bloggers and has twice been nominated for the Orwell Prize. | 28 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Phone hacking - ethics and tabloid journalism | FULLY BOOKED Phone hacking - ethics and tabloid journalism TalksDate: July 26, 2011 8:15 PM The closure of the News of the World following further revelations that schoolgirl Milly Dowler's phone was allegedly hacked by private investigators has failed to draw a line under the growing crisis. The print media has long defended its freedom from outside regulation. Is there a future for statutory regulation of the press or is it time for the Press Complaints Commission to be scrapped as has been called for by actor and recent privacy crusader, Hugh Grant? The scandal poses massive questions -- and not just for journalists. With Rupert Murdoch's takeover bid for BSkyB in tatters, for instance, where do the events of the past two weeks leave Murdoch's empire? And as more allegations surface concerning former NotW editor Andy Coulson, are Labour backbenchers right to call for prime minister David Cameron -- who employed Coulson as his communications chief -- to resign? Join us at the Frontline Club with an expert panel to discuss this ever-deepening scandal, as we consider what 'hackgate' might mean for the future of journalism, politics and power in Britain. Chaired by Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow. With: David Banks, former editor of the Daily Mirror and editorial director of Mirror Group Newspapers. Worked in London, New York and Sydney over a thirteen-year career with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp during which he edited two papers in Australia. Now a columnist and regular broadcaster. Jane Martinson, women's editor of the Guardian and former media editor; Martin Moore, director of the Media Standards Trust, an independent charity that looks for ways to foster high standards in news and a founder of the Hacked Off campaign; Toby Young, freelance journalist and associate editor of The Spectator, where he writes a weekly column. He also blogs for the Daily Telegraph and is the author of How to Lose Friends 8 Alienate People and The Sound of No Hands Clapping. | 28 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Photography Networking Party | The Frontline Club is hosting a July networking party to bring together people from all branches of the photography industry. From established photographers to aspiring photojournalists, gallery curators, publishers and agencies, the event will give attendees the chance to discuss photography and network with their peers. Free drinks will be provided courtesy of Chivas, and a brief debate on the theme of “Who Gets the Credit?” will fuel discussion throughout the evening, with a panel composed of: Freelance photojournalist David Hoffman, who spoke at the Frontline Club in February 2010. Photographer, professional printer and Creative Director at Metro Imaging Steve Macleod. Getty Images’ Vice President of Assignment Aidan Sullivan. Juliette Atkinson Sales Manager, Demotix. The discussion will be moderated by Editor in Charge, Wider Image Desk at Thomson Reuters, Alexia Singh | 21 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Focus on Sudan: What does independence mean for North and South? | Salva Kir is to lead South Sudan into independence on the 9 July after a landslide referendum earlier this year where 99% of the South voted to secede from the North. But with relations still tense over disputed border regions of Abyei and the surrounding area, what does the future hold for North and South alike? With Northern Sudan's President Omar al Bashir wanted by the ICC for war crimes and the vast majorities of NGO's being based in the south, will the North even recognize its legitimacy? Will this be the real start of peace, or will it merely be the start of another land grab explosion by the North? Analysts fear that the South will become a failed state before it has even had a chance at success. With little to no public services and foreign aid being the main source of food, the South stands in a precarious position and faces an up hill struggle. Join us at the Frontline club with a panel of experts to discuss what the future holds for North and South Sudan - will this be the start of peaceful beginnings and economic prosperity for both? Or will fraught relations win out again? Chaired by Richard Dowden, director of the Royal African Society. He was Africa editor of The Independent from 1986 to 1994 before being appointed Diplomatic Editor, and then joining The Economist as their Africa Editor. Author of Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles. With: Lindsey Hilsum, Channel 4 News' International Editor. Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi, Research Fellow and Co-founder of the Sudan Programme at St Antony's College, Oxford University. Natznet Tesfay, head of Africa Forecasting at Exclusive Analysis Ltd. Prior to joining Exclusive Analysis she worked in the field of urban development, consulting for municipal governments in the Middle East, Asia and Latin America. Mohamed Abdalla Ali Eltom, Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of the Republic of Sudan in London | 14 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Wednesday: Kill/Capture missions in Afghanistan | Following the targeted killing of Osama Bin Laden we will be devoting July's First Wednesday to the expansion of man hunt missions used in Afghanistan to take out thousands of Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters. This vast campaign of kill/capture missions is veiled in secrecy and has become a major part of the counter insurgency. But how does it level with another feature of the counter insurgency involved in winning the hearts and minds of the people of Afghanistan? With a panel of experts we will be examining the effects of the kill/capture missions on the ground, looking at how they are conducted and how the intelligence is obtained. What effect are they having and could they play a definitive role in ending the war? Chaired by Paddy O'Connell of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House. With: Lieutenant General (Retd) Sir Graeme Lamb, KBE, CMG, DSO, commissioned into the British Army in 1973 for the following 38 years he deployed in various theatres of war during which he commanded on operations at ever rank. He stepped down as Commander of the Field Army in July 2009 and returned to Afghanistan at the direct request of General David Petraeus and General Stanley McChrystal of the US Army to scope a programme designed to repeat the success in Iraq whereby insurgents are persuaded to give up their arms. Emal Pasarly, multimedia editor for the BBC Pashto-Persian service. Kate Clark, senior analyst for the Afghanistan Analysts Network. Her involvement in Afghanistan goes back to 1999 when she was the BBC Kabul correspondent, she was a frontline reporter during the 2001 war and the fall of the Taliban. Her recent investigation into US targeted killings in Afghanistan is entitled ‘The Takhar attack: Targeted killings and the parallel worlds of US intelligence and Afghanistan’. Stephen Grey, investigative writer and broadcaster and author of Operation Snakebite: The Explosive True Story of an Afghan Desert Siege, about the war in Helmand, Afghanistan. His most recent film America’s Secret Killers, about the US-led kill/capture program in Afghanistan, was broadcast on Dispatches on June 6. Dr Tim Bird, lecturer at the Joint Services Command and Staff College and the Defence Studies Department, King's College London and author of Afghanistan: How the West Lost its Way. His teaching specialities are European Security, US Foreign and Security Policy, and International Security | 7 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Insight with Colin Freeman: Life as a Somali pirate hostage | In late 2008, Daily Telegraph correspondent Colin Freeman and Jose Cendon, a Spanish photographer travelled to Somalia to investigate the recent spate of piracy attacks that were terrorising shipping in the Gulf of Aden. Their aim was to track down some of the pirates and secure an exclusive interview. They were double crossed by their body guards and what followed was a nightmare 40 days in captivity. Force-marched into the desolate hills they were held in a succession of caves by a gang of armed men, all paranoically high on the amphetamine-like local plant, khat. The gang’s hideout was attacked by rival pirates, Freeman was subjected to mock execution by one of his captors and the threat of being handed over to Islamists who would undoubtedly execute him was constant lingering fear. Colin Freeman, who is now chief foreign correspondent for the Sunday Telegraph will be joining us at the Frontline Club to discuss his new book Kidnapped: Life as a Somali pirate hostage in which he recalls the experience. Chaired by Inigo Gilmore, award winning journalist and filmmaker who has worked across the world, with extensive experience in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. He won the Royal Television Society Award in 2011 for his work in Haiti last year, following earthquake | 6 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Julian Assange in conversation with Slavoj Žižek moderated by Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman | Frontline Club Exclusive: Julian Assange in conversation with Slavoj Žižek moderated by Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman Watch live streaming video from democracynow at livestream.com | 5 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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On the media: celebrities, super-injunctions and phone hacking | When more details about the News of the World phone hacking scandal were revealed earlier this year, there were calls for greater regulation of the press. At least 90 well known public figures allegedly had their voicemails listened to by journalists at the paper, prompting a discussion about celebrities’ right to privacy. At the same time, the use of super-injunctions (or ‘gagging orders’) by celebrities to stop the press revealing details about scandals has also been called in to question. The issue, which has been debated heavily in the past, flared up again when details of celebrities who had allegedly taken out super-injunctions were posted on Twitter in May. Some say super-injunctions are necessary to protect the private lives of public figures, but others argue they are an example of discriminatory justice used predominantly by men who are rich and famous. Join us at the Frontline Club where we will be focusing on issues of privacy, justice and journalistic ethics and asking if the current system of law and regulation is – or is not – in need of reform. Chaired by Clive Coleman, presenter of BBC Radio 4's Law in Action programme, former barrister and principal lecturer in law. With: William Bennett, a barrister who specialises in defamation and privacy law. He is based at 5RB, the leading media law chambers; David Allen Green, a lawyer and writer. He is head of media at Preiskel 8 Co and was selected as one of the “Hot 100 Lawyers” for 2011 by The Lawyer. He is also legal correspondent of the New Statesman and was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2010 for his “Jack of Kent” blog; David Aaronovitch, writer, broadcaster, commentator and regular columnist for The Times; Peter Oborne, the Daily Telegraph's chief political commentator. In association with BBC College of Journalism | 16 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Internships: opportunity or cheap labour? | The explosion of the internship in the past 10 years has begun to raise some serious questions about the implications for a generation expected to work wage-free in order to move onto the career ladder. Ross Perlin, an ex intern himself and the author of Intern Nation will be at the Frontline Club to take part in a panel discussion about internships and his investigation into a trend which, he argues, is destroying "what's left of the ordered world of training, hard work and fair compensation". This issue was highlighted in early February when it was reported that a selection of prestigious internships at major City firms, media outlets and PR companies were auctioned off to party donors at the Conservatives’ annual Black and White Party. Are internships for the privileged, and to what extent are those professions where intern experience is compulsory now closed off young people from lower income families? Or with no framework in place to protect their rights, is the internship a money-saving system for businesses, formalising the exploitation of young people by requiring them to do jobs that would otherwise be paid positions and work long hours without pay? Join us at the Frontline Club to discuss the world of the intern and the culture of work. Chaired by Martin Bright, political editor of The Jewish Chronicle and founder of New Deal of the Mind, an organisation which aims to boost employment in Britain's creative industries. In 1996 he was appointed education correspondent at The Observer, where he also worked as home affairs editor, in 2005 he became political editor of the New Statesman, a job which he left in January 2009. With: Ross Perlin, former unpaid intern and author of Intern Nation: How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy, he is now gainfully employed researching obsolescing languages in China; Fiona O’Cleirigh, freelance journalist and vice-chair of the London Freelance Branch of the NUJ. She set up the NUJ’s Cashback for Interns campaign, to help unpaid media interns sue former employers for the National Minimum Wage. The union has recently won its first intern’s National Minimum Wage case at London Central Employment Tribunal; Andrew Scherer, marketing manager of internship agency Inspiring Interns, having started at the company as an intern and has seen almost 900 graduates find placements through Inspiring Interns. Currently completing a guide to internships to be published in the autumn. Dupsy Abiola, founder and CEO of Intern Avenue, Oxford Alumni and former employed barrister. Intern Avenue hosts the world’s first Intern Directory™ and connects interns and employers by automatically matching them via their objective criteria.; Dom Potter, co-founder of Internocracy, the youth-led social enterprise which works to lower the barriers and raise the bar in internships. Former intern he has since found work with the OECD, Involve and the Young Foundation. He is also a Trustee of TimeBank, a Fellow of the RSA and was Future 100 Young Social Entrepreneur of the year in 2009 | 9 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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On the Media: Going it alone as a foreign correspondent | As many established media organisations are forced to cut back on their foreign bureaux, new opportunities are emerging for a new type of foreign correspondent - the independent multimedia journalist. But if the days of the foreign press pack who parachute in for a big story are numbered, what are the opportunities for this new generation of journalists and how can they make the most of them? This event will seek to answer some of the questions raised during previous discussions about the changing nature of foreign reporting - namely “How do I do it?”. We’ll be bringing together a panel of experts to talk about their experiences of reporting, including kit, the realities of going it alone, and working relationships with the established news organisations. This event is in association with the BBC College of Journalism Chaired by Matthew Eltringham, editor of the BBC College of Journalism website and events. With: Vaughan Smith, independent video journalist, co-founder of Frontline Television News agency a group of freelance journalists who reported from the frontlines of the world's conflict from 1989 - 2003 following which in he founded the Frontline Club; Ben de Pear, is Head of foreign news at channel 4 news. Before taking up this position he was a field producer for Chanel 4 and Sky news, and has worked all over Africa the middle east and the Balkans. He has been part of teams that have won numerous awards including last weeks Amnesty award for TV- for the third year in a row. The winning story which depicted executions in Sri Lanka was today cited by the UN as reflecting "crimes of the highest order- definitive war crimes." Kitty Logan, independent video journalist and TV reporter specialising in coverage of developing countries and areas of conflict. Over the past nine years she has covered foreign news for several major broadcasters, including Sky News. She also regularly films for international aid agencies and the UN. She began her freelance career in Afghanistan in 2002 and has since worked in many other countries, including Pakistan, Iraq, Lebanon and most recently Libya as a self-contained ‘one-woman-band’ – producing packages and lives for a 24 hour news channel. Kitty Logan uses a simple setup of camera, edit laptop and BGAN to allow her to operate solo from anywhere in the world. Rosie Garthwaite, producer and occasional reporter at Al Jazeera English since 2006, she spent a year in the army in 1999 and went on to report on their activities as a cub reporter at 22 years old freelancing in Iraq. She has worked for The Baghdad Bulletin, Times, Reuters and BBC in Basra and Baghdad before going on to join the BBC as staff in 2004. She is author of How to avoid being killed in a war zone: The essential survival guide for dangerous places, a collection of practical advice from journalists and operators including John Simpson, Sebastian Junger, Jon Snow and Wadah Khanfar. Featuring a presentation by Graham Holliday, independent freelance foreign correspondent, media trainer and online journalism specialist. He started freelancing in Vietnam, where he was based for ten years. He later worked for Scoopt, the worlds' first citizen journalism photo agency and as the Frontline Club's Digital Media Editor. He moved to Kigali, Rwanda in August 2009 where he runs the newswire and blog Kigali Wire. He recently appeared on the BBC World Service programme From our own Correspondent | 2 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Wednesday: Iran’s Green Revolution and the Arab Spring | In June 2009 the world's eyes were on Iran as people took to the streets in support of defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi. Two years on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has held onto the presidencey, although it is believed that the balance of power is moving away from him as he struggles with his former patron, Iran's spiritual leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei. We will be discussing what is happening at the heart of Iran's government and examining what has happened to the people's movement since 2009 at June's First Wednesday. What impact have the protests in the Arab world and the toppling of Egypt's and Tunisia's leaders had inside Iran? Are we likely to see protests on the scale of 2009 in the future? Paddy O'Connell of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House will be back in the chair for June's First Wednesday, giving you the opportunity to question a panel of experts. With: Saeed Kamali Dehghan, award-winning Iranian journalist who writes for The Guardian. He was named 2010 Journalist of the Year at the Foreign Press Association Awards; Sanam Dolatshahi, producer for BBC Persian TV interactive programme; Potkin Azarmehr, Iranian born blogger and activist; Lindsey Hilsum, International editor of Channel 4 News; Nazenin Ansari, Iranian journalist working as the diplomatic editor of Kayhan London, a weekly Persian-language newspaper | 2 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Insight with Leila Ahmed: A Quiet Revolution | Raised in Cairo in the 1940's, by a generation of women who never wore the veil or headscarf, Leila Ahmed set out to discover why so many women now wear the veil, and what this shift means for women, Islam and the West. Leila Ahmed, who is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity at the Harvard Divinity School, will be joining us at the Club in conversation with Azadeh Moaveni, Iranian-American writer, journalist and author of Lipstick Jihad, to discuss her new book A Quiet Revolution: The Veil's Resurgence, from the Middle East to America and her surprising discoveries about Muslim women, Islamism and democracy. At a time when both Islamist and democratic forces are dramatically changing the Middle East, Leila Ahmed’s analysis of the resurgence of the veil from Egypt to Saudi Arabia challenges many assumptions about women's rights and activism. Leila Ahmed was the first professor of Women’s Studies in Religion at Harvard University and is author of Women and Gender in Islam | 31 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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World’s oceans in crisis: What can be done? | The world's oceans are in a state of crisis and decline, with the continuing affliction of climate change, overfishing and other pressures. The Oceans have a vital role as the earth's circulatory system. But if the current state of decline continues it will reach a point where it can no longer function effectively and our planet will be unable to sustain the ecosystems that support humankind. The Fish Fight campaign fronted Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Sir David Attenborough’s Horizon on The Death of the Oceans? have put the spotlight on the state of our oceans. To ahead of the release of new scientific findings from IPSO the Frontline Club will kick off the first of a series of events with a panel of experts discussing what is happening to our oceans and what can be done about it. In association with Communications Inc Chaired by Fiona Harvey, the Guardian environment correspondent. With: Don Hinrichsen, award winning writer and editor and author of Our Common Seas and Coastal Waters of the World, Trends, Threats and Strategies. He is currently the senior development manager for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) in London and writes frequently on environment, population and resource issues for a variety of publications in the US and Europe. Dr Alex David Rogers, professor in Conservation Biology at the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford and senior research fellow at the Institute of Zoology, London. His research focuses on the diversity, ecology, conservation and evolution of marine species. A founder member of the IPSO project (International Programme on the State of the Ocean), bringing together world leaders in ocean science with the aim of winning policy change to save the health of the global ocean; Richard Page, one of Greenpeace International's leading oceans campaigners with primary responsibility for coordinating the organisation's campaign for a global network of marine reserves covering 40% of the oceans. With Greenpeace for 18 years he has been heavily involved with the marine reserves campaign since its inception in 2003, both helping develop policy and implementing political and active campaign work; Professor Charles R C Sheppard, professor at the department of Biological Sciences University of Warwick and tropical/marine environmental adviser for Foreign 8 Commonwealth Office’s Commissioner for UK Overseas Territories. He has been a participant on Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change since 2002, fellow of Linnean Society of London, Conservation Fellow of Zoological Society of London and advisor to several tropical country governments on marine environmental affairs. | 24 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Realignment in the Arab world - What does it mean for Iran, Saudi Arabia and Israel? | Realignment in the Arab world - What does it mean for Iran, Saudi Arabia and Israel? Watch live streaming video from frontlineclub at livestream.com FRONTLINE CLUB SPECIALDate: May 17, 2011 7:00 PM With a panel of experts and journalists we will be examining the political realignment taking place in the Middle East and North Africa. We will be asking what the shifts in Arab world mean for Israel, Iran and Saudi Arabia: What is Israel's likely response to the emerging democracies that are replacing autocrats who held onto power in the name of "stability" in the region. How will countries like Egypt respond to Israel in the future and how will the balance of power change? We will be looking to at how Iran and Saudi Arabia respond to the changes taking place and the role of the Arab League in the future. In association with BBC Arabic Chaired by Sam Farah, the lead presenter of BBC Arabic's flagship interactive programme Nuqtat Hewar (Talking Point). With: Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera's senior political analyst; Abdel Bari Atwan, since 1989 he has been the editor-in-chief of Al-Quds Al-Arabi, a major independent pan-Arab daily newspaper published in London and author of The Secret History of al-Qa'ida and A Country of Words, his memoir. William Morris, Secretary General of the Next Century Foundation, formerly a journalist and publisher he has been involved in the Middle East for more than 30 years. As Chairman of the International Media Council he has led press delegations to Iraq, Palestine, Israel, Egypt and Syria. | 23 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A safer world? What does Osama bin Laden’s death mean for Pakistan, Afghanistan and the West? | After the tracking down and killing of Osama bin Laden by a U.S. special operations team the questions have come thick and fast. At our May First Wednesday we are hoping to throw light on some of them: What impact will the death of Osama bin Laden have on Al Qaeda and on the people who support its cause? We will be bringing together a panel of experts to discuss what impact his death will have on extremist Islamic groups and to look at the implications for Pakistan now that it has emerged that the Al Qaeda leader was hiding in Abbotabad. We will also be discussing what Osama bin Laden's discovery so close to Pakistan's capital means for Afghanistan where the 'War on Terror' was launched. The operation to kill bin Laden will improve President Obama's standing in the US and the West, but what does it mean for US foreign policy? How it will play out on the ground, particularly in Asia and the Middle East? Chaired by Humphrey Hawksley, leading BBC foreign correspondent, author and commentator on world affairs. With: Lynne O'Donnell, former bureau chief in Kabul for AFP, and the author of High Tea in Mosul: The True Story of Two Englishwomen in War-torn Iraq. She is the recipient of a 2010 Human Rights Press Award for coverage of the plight of Afghan women; Dr Farzana Shaikh, associate fellow of the Asia Programme, at Chatham House and author of Making Sense of Pakistan; Aamer Ahmed Khan, head of BBC Urdu Service; Rosemary Hollis, professor of Middle East policy studies and director of the Olive Tree Programme at City University; Zaki Chehab, Arab journalist, editor-in-chief of ArabsToday.net, the largest Arabic-language news website and author of Iraq Ablaze: Inside the Insurgency and Inside Hamas: The Untold Story of the Militant Islamic Movemen | 6 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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FRONTLINE CLUB SPECIAL: Protest, technology and the end of fear | The start of 2011 will be remembered as a period in which the barrier of fear fell across the Middle East and North Africa as people took to the streets demanding freedom from the tyrants who had governed for so long. No one can predict where these momentous events will lead and what the repercussions will be for years to come. For this special event held at the The Royal Institution of Great Britain the Frontline Club and BBC Arabic Service will be bringing together some of the key players, journalists and experts to discuss what has taken place in Egypt and the surrounding region so far and to try to gauge what the future might hold. With those that were instrumental in organising the uprising in Egypt we will be discussing the role that new technology has played; is social media simply a new tool or has its role been more fundamental, changing not only the way that people communicate but also the way that they think and act? We will be discussing how and when the movements where formed, what common ideas they share and how they see things moving forward. The discussion, which will be in two parts, will be chaired by Paddy O'Connell of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House. Panel: Part 1: Alaa Abd El Fattah: By day a Free/Open Source Software developer, by night he dons his mask and cape and patrols the streets of Cairo, jumping from campaign to campaign building websites, providing support and training, looking out for activists in need. He "likes to pretend" that his work on the Egyptian Blogs Aggregator helped bring in a new era of citizen journalism and usher in a new generation of digital activists. Sam Farah is the lead presenter of BBC Arabic's flagship interactive programme Nuqtat Hewar (Talking Point). He has interviewed leading personalities and over the last months has conducted numerous programmes linking bloggers, activists and supporters of regimes from across the region live on television and radio to discuss events as they unfold. Manal Hassan, is co-founder of the Egyptian GNU/Linux Users Group (EGLUG) in 2004, and has extensive experience in working with NGOs, human rights activists, and children on web technologies and new media. She won the Best of Blogs (BOBs) and Reporters without Borders award together with her husband Alaa Abd El Fattah in 2005. Louis Lewarne, was born in Edinburgh in 1979 and has been living in Cairo since 2006. He is normally involved in independent film production, but at the start of the Egyptian revolution and the internet blackout he started occupiedcairo.org, a collectively written blog on the events in Egypt. Part 2: Khalid Abdalla, British-Egyptian actor and producer, whose films include United 93, The Kite Runner, and Green Zone. Co-founder of Zero Production, a film and documentary production house based in Cairo, he is currently setting up a non-profit media centre called Mossireen (Adamant) to support filmmakers and citizen journalists through the revolution. Dr Omar Ashour, lecturer in Middle East politics and the director of the MA in Middle East Studies Program at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, author of The De-Radicalization of Jihadists: Transforming Armed Islamist Movements and a pro-democracy activist close to the youth movement in Cairo. Omar Robert Hamilton, Egyptian/British film-maker and the producer of the Palestine Festival of Literature. He is currently in pre-production on his third short, Though I Know the River is Dry, a crowd-sourced fiction film that will be shot in Palestine this May. He flew to Cairo to take part in, and document, the Revolution. www.orhamilton.com Salma Said, Born in 1985 in Cairo, to a political family she has been involved in political activism since the age of 15 with the eruption of the second Palestinian intifada and joined Kifaya movement in 2005 when she discovered the so-called Egyptian blogosphere | 19 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This house believes whistleblowers make the world a safer place | EXTERNAL EVENT AT THE KENSINGTON TOWN HALL Join the Frontline Club and New Statesman for a provocative public debate featuring Julian Assange, editor in chief of WikiLeaks. Over the past 12 months, official secrecy has been challenged like never before. Three of the biggest ever leaks of classified information – the Iraq War Logs, the Afghanistan War Logs and Cablegate – shook the world and prompted governments to reconsider how they share information. Since the start of the Obama administration in 2009, the US government has brought charges against five defendants suspected of leaking classified information. Before Obama, the US government had only ever filed similar charges three times in 40 years. For this very special event at Kensington Town Hall, the New Statesman and the Frontline Club host a challenging debate in which some of the most prominent public figures on secrecy and transparency issues will go head to head. Amid the intensifying crackdown on whistleblowers, the debate will ask: are UK and US officials correct to argue that those who publish leaks threaten national security? Or do we need them to expose wrongdoing because, as transparency advocates argue, governments always abuse secrecy? The event will feature an interactive section where the audience will be able to vote on the motion. Chair: Jason Cowley, editor of the New Statesman. Proposition: Julian Assange, editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks Julian Assange is the 39-year-old editor in chief of WikiLeaks. Queensland-born Assange has been the subject of public calls for his assassination from leading US politicians and faces an ongoing espionage investigation. In 2010 he overwhelmingly won Time magazine’s Readers' Choice Person of the Year poll and was named Le Monde’s Man of the Year. He has also been awarded the Amnesty International UK Media Award and the Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence. In February 2011 his organisation, WikiLeaks, was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize after publishing three of the biggest leaks of classified information in history, the Afghan War Diaries, the Iraq War Logs and Cablegate. Clayton Swisher, head of Al-Jazeera’s Transparency Unit Clayton Swisher is the head of Al Jazeera's Transparency Unit (the team that produced the Palestine Papers in January 2011). An ex-federal investigator-turned-investigative journalist, he is a former Director of Programs at the Middle East Institute and a current term member with the Council on Foreign Relations. As a journalist he has covered the 2008 U.S. Presidential Elections, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the on-going war in Afghanistan, and has also authored two books: The Truth About Camp David (New York: Nation Books, 2004) and The Palestine Papers: The End of the Road? (London: Hesperus, Mar 31, 2011). Mehdi Hasan, senior political editor, New Statesman Mehdi Hasan is a former editor in the news-and-current-affairs department at Channel 4, where he worked on the award-winning Dispatches documentary strand. He is a regular guest on Sky News and the BBC, appearing regularly on Question Time and The Daily Politics. He is an occasional presenter on LBC radio and the co-author of a forthcoming biography of Ed Miliband – Ed Miliband and the Remaking of the Labour Party (London: Biteback, summer 2011). Opposition: Sir David Richmond, former director, defence and intelligence, British Foreign 8 Commonwealth Office David Richmond was a British diplomat for more than 30 years. His career included postings to Baghdad, Brussels and New York, where he worked on the UN Security Council. In 2000 he became the first UK representative to the EU’s political and security committee in Brussels and was closely involved in the creation of European security and defence policy. In 2003 he returned to Baghdad (where he had first been posted 20 years earlier) and was later appointed UK Special Representative for Iraq. In his last post | 15 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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On the media: what does the future hold for Arab state media? | This event is in association with the BBC College of Journalism Videos that were circulated after the fall of President Hosni Mubarak showing state TV bosses being chased out of their offices and journalist strikes appeared to herald a new era in Egypt. In Libya, hackers have attacked the state broacaster's website and scenes of people throwing their shoes at the screen in a mark of disrespect are reported to have taken place in Libya as they did in Egypt and other countries where the media is regarded as an instrument of government. The state-controlled TV channels, radio, newspapers and magazines were re-casting themselves as champions of radical change, while just days before the protestors in Tahrir Square had been ignored or denounced. But can a leopard change its spots? Already there has been criticism of Egyptian broadcasters and newspapers for stirring up xenophobia and for remaining hostile to the pro-democracy movements. What is required in order that a genuine revolution takes place in the media - not only in Egypt but in other countries where autocrats have used it to bolster their power? What happens in countries such as Iran where control of the media remains absolute? Join us at the Frontline Club when we will be discussing what the future holds for state media, the impact of channels such as Al Jazeera and BBC Arabic, and the ways that people are using the internet and other social media to circumvent that power. The discussion will be chaired by author and broadcaster Tom Fenton. With: Faisal J. Abbas, London-based journalist, blogger and social commentator. He writes regularly for Huffington Post on Middle Eastern affairs and has worked with several leading Arab media outlets such as Asharq Al Awsat, where he established and edited the paper’s weekly ‘Media Supplement’, Al Hayat and Future Television of Lebanon; Dina Matar, senior lecturer in Arab Media and Political Communication at SOAS; Hugh Miles, award-winning investigative journalist specialising in the Middle East and North Africa, author of Al Jazeera: How Arab TV News Challenged the World and Playing Cards in Cairo and contributing editor of the American University in Cairo’s Centre for Television Journalism media journal; Ayman Mohyeldin, Middle East-based correspondent for Al Jazeera English | 14 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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In the Picture: On your doorstep, photography and poverty | Those who aspire to a career in photojournalism and photographers established in the industry often hope to do the lion’s share of their work abroad, covering war zones and absorbing foreign cultures. Multicultural Britain has plenty to offer by way of contrasts and acute social issues for photojournalists to explore though. Save The Children has brought together a collective of British photographers to put the spotlight on poverty in the UK. An eye-opening presentation of photographs will be accompanied by a discussion with two photographers. Liz Hingley and Gideon Mendel will speak about their experiences of working in the UK, covering issues on their doorstep. What are the challenges photojournalists face at home compared to overseas? Problems of access, media interest and legal issues will all be covered. This event will be moderated by Diane Smyth, deputy editor of the British Journal of Photography. She has written about photography for Aperture, PDN, Guardian.co.uk, Thetimes.co.uk, The Telegraph’s Telephoto site, Creative Review and Philosophy of Photography. Liz Hingley 's photography intimately documents political and social issues, with a particular interest in alternative modes of community living. Hingley graduated from Brighton University with a first class BA Honours in Editorial Photography in 2007. Her work has been exhibited internationally, her recent awards include being selected for PND's top 30, The Eugene Smith award, the Ian Parry scholarship and Canon female photographer of the year. Dewi Lewis Publishing launched her book Under Gods: stories from Soho Road in March 2011. Liz Hingley's work for Save the Children has been made possible through the generous support of Fuji film. Gideon Mendel is a South African photographer based in the UK and has won six World Press Photo Awards, the Eugene Smith Award for Humanistic Photography and the Amnesty International Media Award. The bulk of his work is for NGOs overseas, but he stayed in the UK for one of his recent projects, Kingsmead Eyes, developing the photographic talents of children from the deprived area around the Kingsmead Estate in Hackney. The project was part of the 3EyesOn project which Mendel developed with fellow photographer Crispin Hughes. Mendel spoke at the Frontline Club in 2008 about nearly 20 years of photographing HIV in Africa and raising awareness of the problems AIDS sufferers face. In his current practice he is addressing the issue of climate change through developing a body of work on the global impact of flooding on the world’s poorest people | 13 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Wednesday: Foreign policy, diplomacy and the new world order | With people movements rising up across the Middle East and North Africa the US, the UK and other European powers have had to think fast, abandoning old friends and allies and attempting to form new alliances with emerging leaders. In contrast to prime minister David Cameron’s claims last year that he would pursue a “more hard-headed” foreign policy focused on boosting business, Britain and France both spearheaded NATO plans to establish a no-fly zone over Libya. Join us with Paddy O'Connell of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House to discuss the rules of engagement and the new political landscape: How much of an influence can the West expect to have in the Middle East and if they do intervene, what is the criteria? Why Libya but not Bahrain and Syria? And what of Saudi Arabia - how much of a game-changer would it be if its people were to push for regime change? With: Barak Seener, Research Fellow, Middle East Studies at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies; Dr Noel Brehony CMG, research associate at the London Middle East Institute at SOAS and author of Divided: The Story of a Failed State in South Arabia. Former British diplomat and former chairman of the Middle East Association and the Council for British Research in the Levant and President of the British Society of Middle East Studies; Dr Faraj Najem, Libyan writer and historian; Jane Kinninmont, senior research fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House. | 7 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Face the future: Tools for the modern media age | To mark the publication of Face The Future: Tools For A Modern Age edited by John Mair and Richard Lance Keeble. Join us with a panel of experts to ask; will the internet wipe away newspapers and more in its wake? Is digital the only way? Will Twitter and Facebook be the new vanguards of the revolution? Chair by Raymond Snoddy, freelance journalist who presents the BBC's Newswatch and writes regularly for a variety of publications, previously media editor of The Times. Kevin Marsh, executive editor of the BBC College of Journalism; Laura Oliver, community co-ordinator for Guardian News and Media and formerly editor of journalism.co.uk; Judith Townend, freelance journalist and events co-ordinator, former journalism.co.uk reporter and co-organiser of the news:rewired conferences. | 6 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Insight with Ahdaf Soueif: The spirit of revolution in Egypt | From 25 January the world watched as protesters took to the streets across Egypt and gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square day after day before their demands were finally met on 11 February and President Hosni Mubarak resigned. Egyptian author, political and cultural commentator Ahdaf Soueif will be joining us in conversation with BBC presenter Mishal Husain, to discuss her experiences at the heart of the protest in Tahrir Square during those momentous 18 days, looking at the roots of the pro-democracy movement and addressing the question of where her country goes from here. Born in Cairo and educated in Egypt and England, Ahdaf Soueif is the author of two collections of short stories; Aisha (1983) and Sandpiper (1996), two novels; In the Eye of the Sun (1992) and the bestselling The Map of Love which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1999. And a collection of essays, Mezzaterra: Fragments from the Common Ground (2004). | 31 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reflections: Nick Robinson | An opportunity to hear the BBC's political editor Nick Robinson talk about his work reporting from the heart of Westminster. Nick Robinson will be looking back at a career that began at Manchester's Piccadilly Radio before he joined the BBC as a production trainee in 1986. Apart from three years at ITV News as political editor until 2005, Nick Robinson has remained at the Corporation. Showing clips of his work and the work of those journalists who inspired him, Nick Robinson will be remembering the significant milestones in a career that includes stints on On the Record, Panorama and 14 years on the politics beat. In association with the BBC College of Journalism | 16 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Afghan Peace Process: What is at stake? | At what stage are peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban and what role is the international community playing? Following recent reports of talks to discuss peace proposals aimed at ending the fighting in London we will be looking at the peace process and examining what the price will be for people in Afghanistan. What are the demands of the Taliban and what will it mean for the people of Afghanistan, including women who have until now been left out of the peace process? Chaired by David Loyn, BBC international development correspondent. With: Rachel Reid, Afghanistan researcher fro Human Rights Watch; Shaykh Abdullah Anas Bashir, founder of The TARUF Association and a veteran of the Afghan Jihad; Karen Pierce, FCO Director for South Asia and Afghanistan and UK SRAP; Emal Pasarly, multimedia editor for the BBC Pashto-Persian service. Picture credit: Frontline Club founder Vaughan Smit | 15 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Homosexuality in Africa | In the wake of recent homophobic attacks in several African countries, the Frontline Club will host a panel discussion about gay rights in Africa. The talk will feature an exclusive preview screening of an excerpt from an expolosive BBC World Debate which will be broadcast by BBC World News during March. The BBC debate is entitled "Is Homosexuality unAfrican?". It features prominent African leaders, including legislators who have proposed clamping down on homosexual activities, as well as gay rights activists from the continent. After highlights from the BBC World Debate, a panel of experts will be discussing gay rights in Africa and the men and women who seek asylum in the UK to escape persecution as a result of their sexuality. On the panel: John Bosco Nyombi is a gay Ugandan man. Fearing being imprisoned or killed in Uganda, he fled to Britain in 2001 and started an eight-year campaign to claim assylum in the UK, which he eventually won in 2009. Jonathan Cooper OBE is a barrister specialising in human rights, and Chief Executive of the Human Dignity Trust. The Trust is a new body set up to investigate the legality of laws that criminalise homosexual acts wherever those laws exist in the world. Moderating the event: Ben Cashdan, producer of the BBC World Debate "Is Homosexuality unAfrican" and director of Broad Daylight Films in Johannesburg. Ben has produced more than 20 documentaries about human rights issues in South Africa and around the world. | 9 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Wednesday: People, Protest and Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa | As protests continue across the Middle East and North Africa, March's First Wednesday event will be an opportunity to discuss the Libya crisis and take stock of events elsewhere in the region. The focus will be the latest news from the region and a broader look at the people behind the protests - who are they, what has shaped their ideas and what do they plan to do next? We will also be beginning to look forward at the prospects for democracy and examining Western diplomacy in the light of such great political shifts. This month's First Wednesday will be chaired by BBC presenter Mishal Husain. With: Noman Benotman, a senior analyst at Quilliam. He was previously a leader of the jihadist Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) and an associate of senior al-Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sudan. In September 2010, he published an open letter to his former colleague Osama bin Laden calling on him to abandon violence; Professor David Held, Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science, co-director of LSE Global Governance; Sir Richard Dalton, associate fellow of the Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham House and a senior former diplomat and ambassador to Libya (1999 – 2002) and Iran (2003 – 2006); Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera's senior political analyst | 2 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Zimbabwe 2011: An Opportunity for Change? | Zimbabwe's leaders have been locked in a shaky power sharing coalition since opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was sworn in as Prime Minister in January 2009. This agreement followed a period of violence and turmoil after the 2008 elections, which Robert Mugabe is widely believed to have stolen. President Mugabe is now pressing for fresh elections in 2011, despite MDC leader Tsvangirai saying that they could not take place without reforms and constitutional review. Analysts fear that Zimbabwe could be marred by violence in a repeat of 2008, when Mugabe lost the popular vote, but forced a win in a runoff election. With the military, police and state apparatus on his side there is little chance that Mugabe would allow a remotely free or fair election would likely ensure his removal from power. Join us at the Frontline Club with a panel of experts to discuss what the coming year holds for Zimbabwe - could there be a fair election, or will violence and intimidation again escalate? Chaired by Gerry Jackson, founder of SW Radio Africa - the independent Zimbabwean radio station that broadcasts to Zimbabwe on shortwave and worldwide via the internet. She has been reporting on Zimbabwe for over 25 years. With: Geoff Hill, bureau chief in Johannesburg for The Washington Times and author of The Battle for Zimbabwe and What Happens After Mugabe?; Chofamba Innocent Sithole, Zimbabwean journalist and community organiser; Blessing-Miles Tendi, author of Making History in Mugabe's Zimbabwe: Politics, Intellectuals and the Media; George Shire, cultural theorist, political analyst and reviews editor for "Soundings", a journal of politics and culture. | 23 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Masterclass: The Art of the Interview | This event is in association with the BBC College of Journalism Rottweiler or poodle? Good cop or bad cop? What is the best way for journalists to get a good interview? We will joined by: Interviewer, film analyst, writer, mentor to screenwriters and conversationalist Warren Etheredge to discuss his thought-provoking ideas and tips about interviewing and his assertion that a great interview needs more than tough questioning; Adam Boulton, political editor of Sky News. Razia Iqbal, special correspondent and presenter, BBC News. Chaired by presenter of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House, Paddy O'Connell. You can watch a video of Warren Etheredge speaking on the Art of the Interview here. | 22 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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FIRST WEDNESDAY SPECIAL: What now for Egypt and its neighbours in the Middle East? | Following the tumultuous events in Egypt we are holding a special First Wednesday debate to both take stock and to look at the impact that the ousting of president Hosni Mubarak could have on Egypt and its neighbours in the Middle East. We will be joined by experts on the region and journalists fresh from reporting the remarkable events in Egypt to discuss the nature of the protests and what lies ahead for the country. With the constitution suspended, parliament dissolved and power is in the hands of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, can the people's hope of Democracy be fulfilled? What inspiration will people in other countries in the Middle East take from the fact that Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and the Egyptian president have both been forced to step down? Join us as we discuss the prospects for democracy throughout the region. Chaired by Paddy O'Connell of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House. With: Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor for Channel 4 News; Dr Omar Ashour, lecturer in Middle East politics and the director of the MA in Middle East Studies Program at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, author of The De-Radicalization of Jihadists: Transforming Armed Islamist Movements and a pro-democracy activist close to the youth movement in Cairo; Peter Beaumont, foreign affairs editor at the Observer; Dr Maha Azzam, Associate Fellow of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House; Ahdaf Soueif, political and cultural commentator and author of the bestselling The Map of Love which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1999 (via Skype from Cairo). | 17 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The changing nature of protest: does the mainstream media get it? | From regime change in Tunisia, persistent calls for President Mubarak to step down in Egypt, and protests in Jordan and Syria to student demonstrations in Britain and unrest in Ireland, Greece and France - we are witnessing unprecedented revolt against power structures around the world. But are journalists equipped to understand the nature of these protests, what drives them and how they are organised? What can we learn from recent protests about the likely nature of future protest, the role of social media and political allegiances? Are there any lessons to be learnt from the past that can help the media adapt to the new politics? Join us at the Frontline Club for a fascinating discussion in association with the BBC College of Journalism. Chaired by Steve Crawshaw, international advocacy director, Amnesty International and co-author of Small Acts of Resistance How courage, tenacity and ingenuity can change the world. With: Paul Mason, BBC Newsnight economics editor; Guy Aitchison, co-editor of openDemocracy's UK blog, OurKingdom, a PhD student in politics at UCL who was involved full-time in the occupation and a co-editor of Fightback: A reader on the winter of protest (a free downloadable e-book) Turi Munthe, CEO of Demotix; Jacky Rowland, Aljazeera English correspondent based in Paris. | 17 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Will the internet be the battleground of the 21st Century? | -- | 10 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Insight with David E. Hoffman: Reagan, Gorbachev and the Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race | -- | 10 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Wednesday: The Tunisian domino effect and the Middle East | At February's First Wednesday we will be bringing together a panel of experts to discuss the recent unrest in the Middle East since demonstrators in Tunisia ousted President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. Following unrest in a number of North African and Middle East countries, the world's attention is now on Egypt, where the next 48 hours are considered crucial in determining the future of this pivotal country. We hope you will join us to discuss the remarkable events of recent weeks and on the nature of the changes that are taking place in Egypt and what they mean for the future of the region. Chaired by Paddy O'Connell of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House. With: Mustafa Abulhimal, Research Fellow, Quilliam Foundation; Jane Kinninmont, the associate director for Middle East and Africa at the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU); Tarek Osman, author of Egypt on the Brink: From Nasser to Mubarak (via Skype, subject to internet connection in Cairo); Mohamed Yehia, BBC Arabic Online Editor; Davis Lewin, head of programmes at the Henry Jackson Society, a foreign policy think tank based in London. | 2 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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In the Picture: Cartoonist of the Year Martin Rowson | This event will be moderated by Laurie Taylor. Cartoonist Martin Rowson will be speaking at the Club in his own entertaining fashion about the power of satire, how he uses cartoons to create acerbic critiques of the world of politics and politicians and explaining how he goes about his work. Rowson has colourfully caricatured the political climate since 1982. His recent depictions of Nick Clegg as Pinnochio have brought him praise and awards (including Political Cartoonist of the Year 2010). In 2001 Ken Livingstone appointed him London’s first Cartoonist Laureate in exchange for one pint of London Pride per annum. This payment is still six pints in arrears, and despite being apparently reappointed by Boris Johnson, not a single pint has been forthcoming from the current mayor. Rowson's work has appeared regularly in The Guardian, The Times, The Independent on Sunday, The Daily Mirror, The Spectator, The New Statesman, Tribune and The Morning Star, as well as many other publications. He has penned comic books, a novel Snatches and a memoir Stuff. Rowson won the Cartoon Art Trust’s Political Cartoonist of the Year Award in 2000 and 2004, and the Political Cartoon Society’s Cartoon of the Year in 2003 and 2007. He also won the prestigious Premio Satiri de Forte di Marmi International Satire Award in 2006. Laurie Taylor, who will moderate the event, is a sociologist and broadcaster. He regularly presents Thinking Allowed on BBC Radio 4 and is the commissioning editor for New Humanist | 1 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AID AND THE MEDIA | In the third of this series of events looking at aid and development we will be examining the often troubled relationship between the media and aid agencies. With an expert panel we will be discussing how the media and aid agencies work together and the problems that arise. Extensive humanitarian disasters attract a large amount of media attention whilst smaller and on going disasters often go unreported. Should the media be more receptive to aid agencies that try to bring attention to these causes? Or should aid agencies be more PR driven and utilise new media in order to attract the media spotlight? Chaired by Mark Galloway, director of the International Broadcasting Trust an educational and media charity which works on a range of projects to promote media coverage of the developing world. With: Andrew Hogg, Christian Aid news/campaigns editor and former news editor of the Sunday Times and Observer and was editor of The Sunday Times Insight investigative unit; Benjamin Chesterton, radio documentary and photofilm producer, co-founder of the production company duckrabbit and the website A Developing Story; Fran Unsworth, head of BBC newsgathering; Independent writer and consultant, Michael Green who was director of communications at DFID from 2003 to 2007 and co-author of Philanthrocapitalism and The Road From Ruin. | 25 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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In the Picture: Orphaned and Ostracised- HIV in Africa with Carol Allen Storey | This event will be moderated by Sue Steward and special guest Alice Fay will speak on behalf of Save the Children. "Orphans are Africa's tsunami" claims photographer Carol Allen Storey, who has documented the lives of orphans in Sub Saharan Africa. Two key groups of children provide a focal point for her work. One, a gang of Ugandan youngsters known as the 'Dustbin tribe' who live and play on a rubbish tip, the other, lucky enough to be in school in Tanzania, are marked out from their classmates with red badges to signify their HIV positive status. Carol Allen Storey is a committed photojournalist who specialises in chronicling complex humanitarian and social issues, especially amongst women and children. Storey’s work has been exhibited and published internationally. She was a finalist in the Taylor Wessing Portrait Awards at the National Portrait Gallery, a finalist at the New York Photography Festival, and a finalist in the Spider Awards. In 2008 she was selected for the Press Photographer’s Year exhibition. She has showcased three solo exhibitions in London: Anything is Possible at the AOP, The Vanishing Assets of Africa at Inmarsat Gallery, and The savagery and poetry of Africa at Proud Gallery. In 2009 she was appointed a UNICEF ambassador. Sue Steward will act as moderator for the event. Steward is a writer, radio broadcaster, photo-editor and curator who specialises in visual arts and world music. She is Photography Critic for The Evening Standard and for BBC Radio 2’s Arts Magazine with Claudia Winkleman, as well as a regular critic on the Radio 3’s World Routes programme. She is a founder member of the (Sony) World Photography Awards, a Trustee for the charity PhotoVoice, and a member of the Steering Committee for the March 2011 FORMAT International Photography Festival in Derby. In addition, she is a contributor to the British Journal of Photography and Eye magazine, and a feature writer for the Daily Telegraph and Observer | 18 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Press Conference with Rudolf Elmer | Rudolf Elmer, the man who blew the whistle on the conduct of Julius Baer Bank in the Cayman Islands addresses the press at the Frontline Club, handing over two disks of private information to Julian Assange. London, United Kingdom. | 18 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Insight with Wilbert Rideau: In the Place of Justice | In 1961 Wilbert Rideau was a nineteen year old African-American living in Louisiana, the deep south of segregated America. An eighth-grade dropout despaired by the dead-end and small-town future his life held for him he set out to rob a local bank. The robbery went very wrong and lead to Rideau killing a young white female bank teller, he was arrested and gave a full confession as an angry white mob gathered outside chanting 'kill that n****r'. He was sentenced to death row. The forty four years he spent behind bars form an extraordinary story through decades of racial unrest and monumental change, of how Rideau overcame insurmountable odds to redeem himself and to later be described as 'the most rehabilitated prisoner in the country'. He went on to edit the prison news magazine The Angolite the first prison publication to be nominated for a National Magazine Award. It was nominated seven times under his editorship. He also co-directed the documentary The Farm, which was nominated for an Oscar. He worked with prisoners and officers to improve the lives of his fellow inmates, lecturing and co-writing a prison text book on how to manage prisoners and meeting with disadvantaged groups to speak about prison life. Yet in spite of his tremendous efforts Rideau remained behind bars, whereas many with longer prison sentences and worse prison records were released sooner. With the help of his wife Linda Labranche, Rideau’s murder conviction was reversed a third time in 2000 and he was found guilty of a lesser charge of manslaughter in January 2005. Award winning journalist Wilbert Rideau will be joining us at the Frontline Club in conversation with Afua Hirsch, the Guardian's legal affairs correspondent to recount his extraordinary story and the work he now does educating people about the realities of the world behind bars | 12 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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On the Media: WikiLeaks - Holding up a mirror to journalism? | Throughout 2010 whistleblower website WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange were making headlines with the release of classified documents. Both the leaks and the controversy surrounding Assange have been covered extensively by the media. For the first On the Media discussion of the year we are going to be putting the spotlight on the media and asking what the WikiLeaks operation and the media coverage of it tells us about the press. How have journalists responded to this new kid on the block? The future will no doubt see the emergence of similar organisations, but what impact will this have on the culture of journalism? How will the media adapt and how will this currently uncomfortable relationship develop? Chaired by Richard Gizbert, presenter of The Listening Post on Al Jazeera English. David Aaronovitch, writer, broadcaster, commentator and regular columnist for The Times; Mark Stephens, media lawyer with Finers Stephens Innocent and Julian Assange's solicitor; Ian Katz, deputy editor of the Guardian; Gavin MacFayden, director of the Centre for Investigative Journalism. In association with the BBC College of Journalism | 11 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Wednesday: Inside Al-Qaeda | Our 2011 events get off to a flying start with a look at the inner workings of the extremist network Al-Qaeda. Paddy O'Connell of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House will be hosting our First Wednesday discussion of the year. With an expert panel we will be examining how the operation works. Where is it geographically strongest? What form does the organisation take and what tactics does it employ? How has it evolved and how will it evolve in the future? To address these questions, joining us will be: Dr Maha Azzam, Associate Fellow, Chatham House. Investigative journalist and Al-Qaeda expert Camille Tawil. Tawil has covered Islamic militant groups for Al-Hayat Arabic daily in London since the early 1990s and is the author of The Armed Islamic Movement in Algeria - from the FIS to the GIA and Brothers in Arms - the Story of al-Qaeda and the Arab jihadists. Deepak Tripathi, historian, journalist, researcher and author of Breeding Ground: Afghanistan and the Origins of Islamist Terrorism and Overcoming the Bush Legacy in Iraq and Afghanistan. Noman Benotman, a senior analyst at Quilliam. He was previously a leader of the jihadist Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) and an associate of senior al-Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sudan. In September 2010, he published an open letter to his former colleague Osama bin Laden calling on him to abandon violence. Join us in the New Year for a lively public meeting which will mix the views of the experts and commentators with contributions from our audience | 5 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Aid and Accountability | Humanitarianism has become a multi billion dollar business, but who is holding it to account? When a catastrophic disaster hits; the 2004 Tsunami, the floods in Pakistan, the public reach into their pockets and give. But when all the television cameras have packed up and gone home who is left to monitor how that money is spent? Join us at the Frontline Club with an expert panel to discuss where the money goes. Is there a need for a greater level of transparency and accountability? What systems are in place for this and are they working? To what extent are there levels of corruption in the system and how can this be addressed? Is aid targeted to the greatest effectiveness? Chaired by Paddy Coulter, Oxford Global Media partner and communications director of Oxford Poverty 8 Human Development Initiative (OPHI) at Oxford University's Department of International Development, With: Vicki Peaple, international development professional who has been working in the sector for the past 6 years currently for the STARS Foundation managing a programme of funding and consultancy support to local organisations working in Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Ghana, Ethiopia and Somaliland. Judith Randel, co-founder and director of Development Initiatives (DI). She provides strategic direction and expert advice across all DI’s programmes, including aidinfo and Global Humanitarian Assistance, following on from the success of the Reality of Aid reports. Giles Bolton, closely involved in Africa and its development for more than ten years as a civil servant, diplomat and aid worker. From 1996 until 2004 he worked for the British Government’s Department for International Development (DFID), in countries such as Kenya, Rwanda and Iraq. Author of Aid and Other Dirty Business: An Insider Uncovers How Globalisation and Good Intentions Have Failed the World's Poor. Jonathan Glennie, research fellow at the Centre for Aid and Public Expenditure (CAPE) at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). Previously, he managed Christian Aid's aid programme in Colombia and worked on several international campaigns, including Make Poverty History and the Jubilee Debt Campaign. He is the author of The Trouble with Aid: Why less could mean more for Africa. | 17 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Insight with James Brabazon: My Friend the Mercenary | Mercenaries, gunships and a foiled coup, it reads like a Hollywood script but is in fact the real life story that frontline journalist, documentary filmmaker and long standing Frontline Club member James Brabazon became embroiled in. He will be joining us to recount the inside story of the most infamous coup attempt in recent history; from his journey into the Liberian war to the imprisonment of his friend, body guard and mercenary Nick du Toit in Black Beach Prison, Africa's most notorious jail. As in his book My Friend the Mercenary Brabazon will be recalling how his unlikely friendship with Nick du Toit came into being on the bloody battlefields of the Liberian civil war and how this led to him becoming involved in the 2004 attempted overthrow of the government of Equatorial Guinea. James Brabazon will be in conversation with Andrew Mueller, rock critic, travel writer, foreign correspondent, columnist and author. | 24 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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On the Media: Mort Rosenblum - Little Bunch of Madmen | "A rare blend of great storytelling and pure wisdom, Little Bunch of Madmen: Elements of Global Reporting is the best thing yet written about the state of modern journalism by one of its few true living masters, and every reporter working today should go out and buy it and read it." — Jon Lee Anderson, staff writer, The New Yorker Since 1965 Mort Rosenblum has covered war and peace on seven continents: civil strife, velvet revolution, climate chaos, and everything in between. As Associated Press special correspondent, he’s been shot at, locked up, lied to and shaken down. He ran AP bureaus in the Congo, West Africa, Southeast Asia, Argentina, and France. As editor of the International Herald Tribune in Paris, Rosenblum dispatched correspondents and decided what made news. Now, in vivid detail, he explains what he learned the hard way in this gem of a guide to global reporting. “This is the manual I wish I’d had back in the 1960s when I was dropped into the Congolese mayhem, clueless, sleepless, and scared witless,” Rosenblum writes. “It’s also the primer I wish people backhome could have had at hand to understand what they were reading and watching.” Rosenblum will be joining us to look back on the last forty years that form the lessons and stories of Little Bunch of Madmen. He will be joined on stage by celebrated foreign correspondent Jon Swain, the discussion will be chaired by author and broadcaster Tom Fenton. If you are a young aspiring journalist this is an event and a book not to be missed. This event is part of our monthly On the Media series, produced in association with the BBC College of Journalism | 23 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Insight with Leah Chishugi: A Long Way From Paradise | Leah Chishugi describes herself as a survivor of the Rwandan genocide and it is what she calls the 'survivor's guilt' that compelled her to return to her native Congo where she set up the charity Everything is a Benefit to help those affected by the region's conflict. She will be joining us at the Frontline Club in conversation with special correspondent and presenter for BBC News, Razia Iqbal, to tell her story and the stories of the women and children in the eastern part of Congo that she now dedicates herself to helping. Chishugi grew up in eastern Congo but moved to Kigali the Rwandan capital at the age of sixteen to work as a model, she married and had a son. But just three years later she found herself caught up in the massacre that claimed over 800,000 lives. She escaped only after being left for dead under a pile of corpses. | 17 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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In The Picture: Afghanistan with Adam Ferguson | In The Picture: Afghanistan with Adam Ferguson PhotographyDate: November 10, 2010 7:00 PM Photograph by Adam Ferguson. Adam Ferguson, an up and coming star in the world of photojournalism, will be speaking at the Frontline Club about his work in Afghanistan, his successes to date and his plans for the future. His photograph of the aftermath of a suicide bombing in Kabul won him first prize in the Spot News category at the World Press Photo Awards this year. Ferguson's success in 2010 has not stopped there: he received three Pictures of the Year International awards and was selected to participate in the 17th World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass. His work has been published internationally by Time Magazine, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The Financial Times Magazine, UNICEF and Human Rights Watch, among others. His coverage of the Afghan elections and troops in Korengal valley has won him critical acclaim and by joining the VII Mentor Program, Ferguson has had a chance to learn from those at the pinnacle of their careers in photojournalism, before being accepted into the VII Network. The event will be moderated by Simon Robinson, Thomson Reuters' Enterprise Editor for Europe the Middle East and Africa. Before joining Reuters earlier this year, Robinson worked for Time magazine, first as a correspondent reporting from over 50 countries and later as editor of the Atlantic edition of Time magazine and the London based editor for Time.com. | 10 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Insight with Tariq Ali: The Obama Syndrome | Two years since the White House changed hands, how has the American empire altered? Very little, argues Tariq Ali, apart from the mood music. Ali will be at the Frontline Club in conversation with Al Jazeera's senior political analyst, Marwan Bishara, to discuss his new book The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad in which he slices through Obama-mania, demystifying the narrative arc of redemption. Contrary to what the world hoped Obama symbolised; redemption of a racist history, the overcoming of adversity, and the hope of a better, fairer future. Ali argues the wind that drove Obama into the White House was really the immaculate symbiosis of big money and big politics. In this dissection of Obama’s overseas escalation and domestic retreat, renowned author, filmmaker and international commentator Tariq Ali asks how the American empire has changed since Obama took control, with military activity in the Middle East more prevalent than during the Bush Era. The hopes aroused during Obama’s election campaign have rapidly receded: Obama’s failures are paving the way for a Republican surge, while his own supporters become increasingly despondent | 9 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Alternative Iraq Enquiry: Post Screening Q & A | The Alternative Iraq Enquiry was borne from David Lawley-Wakelin, the freelance documentary filmmaker who was so incensed by the Iraq war that he made the bold statement from the audience of Question Time suggesting whether Tony Blair was a liar prepared to kill in the name of oil. On this premise, Lawley-Wakelin travels to Iraq to ask its citizens and military personnel whether they agreed with him. Questioning the motives of the war and the responsibilities for its atrocities on both sides of the Atlantic, The Alternative Iraq Enquiry reaches the fundamental question: who is responsible for the atrocities of war? Q 8 A with Director David Lawley-Wakelin | 9 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Wednesday: US midterms - the reckoning and Yemen, what happens next? | November's First Wednesday will see an expert panel address the top stories of the week. With the results just in, we will be discussing the US midterms and the repercussions of the results. Following the failed attempt this weekend to plant bombs on cargo planes destined for the US, we will be discussing Yemen, its politics and the response of the US to this latest terrorist threat. Another opportunity to join in a lively public meeting, hosted by Paddy O'Connell of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House, bringing together experts and commentators and mixing their views with contributions from our audience. With: Felicity Spector, chief writer and American politics expert for Channel 4 News; Dr Thomas D. Grant, chair of Republicans Abroad UK; Bill Barnard, chair of Democrats Abroad UK; Abdallah Homouda, Journalist and Yemen specialist; Ginny Hill, Journalist, Yemen expert and author of Chatham House briefing paper, Yemen: Fear of Failure; James Brandon, head of research at Quilliam, former journalist who lived in Yemen in 2002 and 2004/5 and worked on both Yemen’s English language newspapers; Tom Finn, freelance journalist, currently working as a copy editor for the Yemen Times in Sana'a (via online link up). | 3 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Insight with Gareth Peirce: Dispatches from the Dark Side | Gareth Peirce is an acclaimed human rights lawyer who has appeared for the Birmingham Six, the family of Jean Charles de Menezes and Moazzam Begg, amongst many others. Peirce will be at the Frontline Club in conversation with the Guardian's legal affairs correspondent Afua Hirsch. She will be discussing her work and Dispatches from the Dark Side: On Torture and the Death of Justice, her new comprehensive set of essays which analyses the corruption of legal principles and practices in both the US and the UK. In Dispatches from the Dark Side Peirce demonstrates how the British government has colluded with the US in a range of unlawful activities; rendition, internment without trial, torture. How it has gone to extraordinary lengths to hide its actions, its devices for maintaining secrecy being more deep-rooted than those of any other comparable democracy. She states that unless the British government can urgently put into reverse its present course, it will have destroyed much of the moral and legal fabric it claims to be protecting. Exploring the fate of men interned without trial, the subjects of house arrest, extraditees and deportees. Peirce argues that their cases demonstrate a deeply entrenched culture of impunity among those pursuing the West’s new suspect community. She recalls Britain’s crackdown on Irish nationalism and asks if in its prosecution of the ‘War on Terror’, has the West repeated the fatal errors of the Irish conflict, with young Muslims taking the place of innocent Irish men and women | 2 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What now for the international development budget? | In the first of a series of events looking at international development and the aid industry we will be examining the UK international development budget and the implications for foreign aid. What is the coalition government's policy towards the development budget and what impact will the proposed changes have on countries around the world? The government has signalled its intention to retarget a large porportion of the budget to achieving stability in Afghanistan, but is there a danger that the line between development aid and military intervention becomes increasingly blurred? What will be the impact of cut backs in aid to countries such as India, China and Russia? Join us at the Frontline Club with an expert panel to discuss the coalition government's shake up of the international development budget and if they have their priorities in the right places. Chaired by Humphrey Hawksley, leading BBC foreign correspondent, author and commentator on world affairs. With: Michael Anderson, DFID director general for policy and global issues; Dorcas Erskine, ActionAid head of public affairs; Samir Elhawary, ODI Research Fellow, currently researching the evolving role of humanitarian action in conflict-affected emergencies, with a particular focus on the interface between humanitarianism and politics; Paul Ackroyd, International Development Consultant | 27 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Mason in conversation with Sir David Hare: Has capitalism learned its lesson? | Join us for what should prove to be a fascinating discussion between BBC Newsnight's Paul Mason and acclaimed playwright Sir David Hare, whose recent play The Power of Yes wrestled with the causes of the 2008 financial crisis. From his "ringside seat" as economics editor Paul Mason's book Meltdown: The End of the Age of Greed is a blow by blow account that begins with the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the bailout package of October 2008, seeking to explain how we got there. In an updated edition Paul Mason explores the impact of this development on capitalist ideology and politics. We are delighted that Sir David Hare who carried out meticulous research for his play on the financial crisis will be with us to discuss the events of 2008 and seek to make sense of the state of capitalism today. | 27 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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WikiLeaks: Julian Assange and Daniel Ellsberg in conversation | Following the leak by whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks of almost 400,000 secret US army field reports from the Iraq war between 2004 and 2009. Julian Assange in conversation with one of the most famous whistle blowers in history, Daniel Ellsberg, who was responsible for the leak of the Pentagon Papers in 1971. Chaired by Elizabeth Palmer, CBS News correspondent. | 26 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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In the Picture: Teun Voeten’s Tunnel People | Dutch photographer, Teun Voeten, is an award winning photojournalist and author. He has covered conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Sudan, Angola, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Afghanistan, Colombia, Iraq, Lebanon and Gaza. His work has been featured in publications such as Vanity Fair, Newsweek, The New Yorker, and National Geographic, among others. Voeten is also a contributing photographer for organizations such as the International Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, Human Rights Watch and the United Nations. In the mid-nineties however, he took a break from war reporting. For five months he lived, slept and worked in a tunnel underneath Manhattan's well-heeled Upper West Side. He lived alongside an eclectic mix of outsiders: Vietnam veterans, hippies, crack addicts, Cuban refugees, convicted killers, computer programmers, philosophical recluses and criminal runaways. His book on this community, Tunnel People was originally published in the Netherlands in 1996 and widely acclaimed for its anthropological and journalistic merits. Recently Voeten went back to find his former co-inhabitants of New York’s Tunnels. In this updated version of Tunnel People, Voeten describes what has happened in the thirteen years since they were evicted from the tunnels and offered alternative housing by Amtrak. Hot on the heals of his New York book launch, Voeten will be at the Frontline Club to discuss his career and his experience of living underground in Manhattan. Moderated by Colin Jacobso | 20 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The New Nobility: Russia’s Secret Services Revealed | The KGB, Russia’s notorious intelligence service, was dissolved in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The void it left was soon filled by a new security service, the FSB, which has accumulated powerful backers and increasing authority ever since. This agency has become, in the words of former FSB Director Nikolai Patrushev, Russia’s “new nobility.” Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, co-founders of the secret services watchdog website Agentura.ru, will be speaking at the Frontline Club about their book The New Nobility which investigates Russia's powerful and shadowy security and intelligence services. Soldatov and Borogan worked for Novaya Gazeta from January 2006 to November 2008. Agentura.ru has been reported on and featured in the New York Times, the Moscow Times, the Washington Post, Online Journalism Review, Le Monde, the Christian Science Monitor, CNN, the Federation of American Scientists, and the BBC. This event will be moderated by Susan Richards, a non-executive director and founder of Open Democracy. She is the author of two books on Russia and a specialist on Russian affairs | 13 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV journalism in the 21st century: The real golden age? | Featuring: -- Peter Horrocks, BBC director of global news -- Ben Cohen, Channel 4 News technology correspondent -- Greg Beitchman, global editor of the Reuters news agency -- Simon Bucks, associate editor at Sky News. Chaired by Matt Wells, head of audio at the Guardian, and presenter of the Media Talk podcast. There is much talk of Old Media platforms of news print and TV being wiped out by digital platforms. But TV is still world's most dominant communication medium and is growing year on year - TV journalism now reaches more millions of people around the world than ever before. The BBC sells its news channels across the world to more clients than ever before; new broadcasters like al Jazeera and France 24 have set up operations across the globe and in multiple languages and the internet offers new ways for video journalism to be produced quickly and cheaply. So with TV entering its own digitally-connected, multi-platform future, this Frontline panel asks: is this the real golden age of TV news? | 12 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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In the Picture Exclusive with John G Morris: Never Again? | John G. Morris was LIFE's London Picture Editor on D-Day, and famously saved Robert Capa's pictures of the landing on Omaha Beach, prints of which now line the stairs up to Frontline's Forum. He will reflect on his unique career in picture editing and on why Getty Images only recently released the photographs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Long-suppressed LIFE magazine pictures of the aftermath of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will be the focus of John G. Morris' discussion at the Frontline Club about what, if anything, we have learned from images of war. Alexander Lindsay, a one-time student of Morris, now a successful filmmaker, will moderate the event. Lindsay made the film Afgan during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, which is believed to be the only film by a Western crew with the Soviet forces in combat, and covered both Gulf wars from Iraq. He has since spent five years filming the wreck of the Titanic, creating the largest images of the shipwreck ever made. | 7 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Wednesday: The looming power shift in North Korea and the nuclear threat beyond | Little is known about Kim Jong-il's youngest son Kim Jong Un but his promotion to North Korea's powerful defence commission is being interpreted as a clear sign that he is being groomed to be his father's heir. If Kim Jong-il is paving the way for a handover of power to a third generation of his faimily, what does this mean for the future of the communist dynasty and its economic and foreign polices? With so much of what goes on inside North Korea veiled in secrecy we will be discussing what recent developments mean for North Korea and its relationships with its neighbours and the world beyond. With North Korea's nuclear threat said to have reached an "alarming level" we will turn to the issue of nuclear proliferation and assess the dangers posed not only by North Korea, but also Libya Iran and the South Asia region. An opportunity to ask questions and discuss with experts. With: Aidan Foster-Carter, Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology & Modern Korea at Leeds University; Charles Scanlon, BBC correspondent in Japan and South Korea from 2000 to 2007, currently an editor at BBC World Service news; Tim Tate, investigative journalist and film maker, director of Dirty Little Secrets; Mark Fitzpatrick, director of Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme at International Institute for Strategic Studies; | 6 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ten years since Milosevic: His wars and legacy | When the Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic was ousted from power it brought to an end a 13-year rule that had seen the country torn apart by bloody conflict, with thousands of people killed. The man who had been feted by world leaders at the height of his powers as Serbian President in 1995 was forced out of office amid street protests and a general strike after losing the September 2000 election and later faced trial in the Hague for war crimes in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Kosovo. Ten years after the October 5th revolution we will be bringing together journalists, fillmmakers and experts who were there to discuss these remarkable events and their impact. What was the legacy of the former President who died in his cell in 2006? Chaired by Bill Neely, International Editor for ITV News. With: Steve Crawshaw, international advocacy director, Amnesty International and co-author of Small Acts of Resistance How courage, tenacity and ingenuity can change the world; Norma Percy, co-executive producer (with Brian Lapping) of the BBC series, The Fall of Milosevic; Allan Little, BBC News special correspondent and programme presenter; Maggie O'Kane, editorial director of GuardianFilms and former foreign correspondent with the newspaper, she has covered most of the world's major conflicts over the last decade. | 5 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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On the Media: Data skills and techniques for journalists | What would you do if someone handed you 90,000 unfiltered documents and asked you to make a story out of it? Managing large amounts of data is one of the key skills of the modern, digitally-minded journalist. So how do top data-driven journalists collate, analyse and present vast amounts of facts and figures into interactive graphics, searchable databases and fascinating charts. Experts confirmed so far include: -- Simon Rogers, news editor (data) at The Guardian and editor of Guardian.co.uk's Datablog. Simon played a key role in turning some of the 90,000 documents given to Wikileaks into graphics and interactive charts. Read this fascinating article by Simon on how he did it. -- David McCandless, writer, designer and author of Information is Beautiful, which "explores the potential of data visualisation as a new direction for journalist and story-telling." -- Julian Burgess, programmer and editorial developer at The Times, who will talk about using data in a practical newsroom environment and how journalists can add a real-time dimension to their work. -- Michael Blastland, journalist and creator of BBC Radio 4's More or Less programme. Michael will talk about how to use official sources and data and make sure you're getting the real story behind the figures. | 22 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The US midterm elections: What’s at stake? | As the US midterm elections approach we will be discussing their significance for Barack Obama's Presidency. What are the prospects of the Democrats losing their Senate majority altogether after the 2 November polls? What impact will it have on the remainder of President Obama's term in office if his party loses control of the legislative branch to the Republicans? Join us at the Frontline Club where we will be looking ahead to the midterm elections and the next two years for President Obama's in the White House with congressional scholar, Professor Thomas Mann, an expert on campaigns, elections and the effectiveness of Congress. Chaired by Michael Goldfarb, London correspondent for globalpost.com With: Bill Barnard, chair of Democrats Abroad UK; Dr Thomas D. Grant, chair of Republicans Abroad UK; Professor Robert McKeever, Dean of the Faculty of Law Governance and International Relations, London Metropolitan University, and author of Raw Judicial Power? The Supreme Court and American Society, The United States Supreme Court: A Political and Legal Analysis and lead author of (with Professor Philip Davies) of the major textbook Politics USA: third edition due out in 2011. | 21 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Should human rights be at the heart of climate change policy? | What will be the impact of climate change on the world's poorest people? Floods, droughts, hurricanes, sea-level rise, and seasonal unpredictability, have all linked to excessive carbon emissions. The resulting failed harvests, destroyed homes, water scarcity, and deepening health crises are undermining millions of peoples rights to life, security, food, water, health and shelter. The relationship between the enjoyment of these basic human rights and the quality of the human environment was first recognised by the UN General Assembly in the late 1960s. As the formal UN Review Meeting of the Millennium Development Goals approaches, join us at the Frontline Club discuss the impact of climate change on them being realised. At this third and final event in a series in association with Communications INC we will also be discussing whether climate change rights violations can be remedied in courts of law and if human rights principles should be put at the heart of international climate change policy. Chaired by Julian Rush, Channel 4 News science correspondent With: Lawrence McGinty, health and science editor ITV news Colm Ó Cuanacháin, Senior Director of Campaigns at Amnesty International Christoph Schwarte, Staff Lawyer, Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD) Marine Destrez, researcher at Leadership for Environment and Development International (LEAD | 16 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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In the Picture: Documentography | How do photographers establish themselves in the competitive world of photojournalism? If you’re not represented by an agency what’s the best way to secure stories and promote your work? Go it alone and try and make a name for yourself in the dog-eat-dog photography business? Or form a collective? Documentography is a group of photographers who collaborate internationally covering documentary, reportage, portraiture and fine art. Since 2000 this collection of five very different and equally talented photographers has worked together to promote their work and share their success. They combine forces to produce a quarterly web magazine, ISSUE. Two members of Documentography, Guilhem Alandry and Anna Kåri, will be at the Frontline Club to discuss their collective and their varied techniques, including their innovative joint project about a shanty town built on a rubbish tip in Sierra Leone commissioned by Save the Children. The event will be moderated by Jennifer Pollard, a Senior Lecturer in History & Theory of Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at London College of Communication. She specialises in the history of photojournalism and documentary, trauma, and globalized visual culture. | 8 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Joumana Haddad in conversation with Jeremy Bowen: Confessions of an angry Arab woman | The West's perception of Arab women has become increasingly associated with the victim, oppression and the veil. As a poet, writer and journalist Joumana Haddad has fought against such simplistic stereotyping of the Arab woman. She will be at the Frontline Club in conversation with BBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen to discuss this and her new book I Killed Scheherazade: Confessions of an Angry Arab Woman. In 2008 Joumana Haddad caused a media storm and outraged the Middle East's conservative population when she launched the controversial Arabic magazine Jasad (The Body). There were calls for the magazine to be banned and Haddad received a number of death threats. In her new book I Killed Scheherazade: Confessions of an Angry Arab Woman Joumana Haddad tells the story of her own intellectual development and the impact of literature on her life. She challenges the notion of the oppressed Arab woman so frequently depicted by the West and explores what it means to be an Arab woman today. | 7 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Natural disaster and political turmoil in Pakistan | The floods Pakistan took place against a backdrop of an internal security crisis and mounting political tension internationally: With some 14 million people displaced, the country is suffering a disaster of an unprecedented scale - but what impact is the political turmoil having on the unfolding crisis? UK Prime Minister David Cameron recently accused Pakistan of "looking both ways" when it comes to supporting or rooting out Islamic terrorists. Within the country more than 3,000 people were killed in 2009 in terrorist attacks. So which is the real Pakistan? And what impact has the west's unease over terrorism on the Af-Pak border had on the aid relief effort? Joining us to discuss these questions, the prospects for recovery and what he future holds for Pakistan will be: -- Brice de le Vingne, Médecins Sans Frontières operation manager for Pakistan -- Asif Durrani, Pakistan's Deputy High Commissioner in the UK -- Karen Pierce, Foreign Office director for Afghanistan and South Asia -- Mustafa Qadri, independent journalist based in Pakistan writing regularly for The Guardian, The Australian (newspaper) and the-diplomat.com Paddy O'Connell of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House will be in the chair as the Fronline Club's monthly First Wednesday topical discussions return after a summer break. These lively public meetings bring together experts and commentators and mix their views with contributions from our audience. | 1 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vietnam: A turning point for reporting war? | A special event to discuss the iconic war reportage, to mark 35 years since the end of the Vietnam War. This special event brings together reporters who covered Vietnam to reflect on the war that changed the way the public think about conflict. Saturation bombing, worldwide protests, napalm, agent orange and an estimated two million lives lost. Has any war since had such an impact on the public psyche? Why was the reaction to the carnage in Vietnam so strong? Was it because of a lack of conviction in the cause the US was fighting for? Or was it because of these reporters and photographers and their work that so poignantly captured the brutality of war? Jon Swain was the only British journalist in Phnom Penh when it fell to the Khmer Rouge in April 1975. His coverage of these events and their aftermath won him the British Press Award for Journalist of the Year. His story was retold in the Oscar-winning film, The Killing Fields and his bestselling book River of Time. Swain wrote an article about covering Vietnam in his early 20s in the most recent issue of Frontline: A Broadsheet. French war photographer Patrick Chauvel was only 18 when he started covering the Vietnam war. In the years that followed he has covered over 20 wars and in 1995 won the World Press Photo award for Spot News. He is the author of two books in French, Rapporteur de Guerre and Sky. John Laurence, author of the prize-winning memoir The Cat from Hue, covered the war for CBS News from 1965 to 1970 and made the multi-award winning documentary The World of Charlie Company. He also covered 15 other wars in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe. This special event will be moderated by Michael Nicholson OBE, former senior foreign correspondent for ITN. Nicholson reported for over 25 years from 15 conflicts, including Vietnam. The film Welcome to Sarajevo and his book Natasha's Story were both based on his experiences covering the war in Bosnia. | 27 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gideon Levy in conversation with Jon Snow | On route to Edinburgh Literary Festival Gideon Levy will be joining us at the Frontline Club in conversation with Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow. He will be discussing recent developments in the Middle East and his book The Punishment of Gaza. In which he documents Israel's 2005 withdrawal from Gaza and charts the events leading up to the assault of 2009. Gideon Levy is a prominent Israeli journalist. For over twenty years he has covered the Israel–Palestine conflict, in particular the occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, for the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz in his column “Twilight Zone. | 25 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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After the troops have gone: What now for Iraq? | After seven years, billions of dollars, as many as 100,000 civilian deaths and more than 4,000 US troops killed - President Barack Obama is finally pulling US troops out of Iraq. Following Barack Obama's recent statement confirming the end of US combat operations in Iraq, we will be debating the implications for the Iraqi people and the soldiers that serve there. A distinguished panel will be at the Frontline Club to discuss the real legacy of the western-led coalition's invasion and occupation of Iraq. What does the future hold for the Iraqi people and what are the lessons to be learned? Chaired by Tim Lambon, assistant foreign editor for Channel 4 News. With: Jim Frederick, managing editor of Time.com and author of a new book Black Hearts: One Platoon’s Descent into Madness in Iraq’s Triangle of Death, which investigates how one US army platoon indulged in substance abuse and brutality and committed one of the worst war crimes of the conflict; Sir Hilary Synnott, Coalition Provisional Authority Regional Coordinator for Southern Iraq, 2003-2004 and author of Bad Days in Basra; Haifa Zangana, Iraqi author of City of widows: An Iraqi woman account of war an resistance and co - author of The Torturer in the Mirror, to be released next month; John Sloboda, co-founder of the Iraq Body Count project, which tracks deaths during the conflict | 18 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Can unarmed people still change the world? | Can everyday people change the world? With conflicts raging across the world and European governments imposing stringent austerity measures, people are wondering more and more how they can play a role in shaping their future. Steve Crawshaw, author of a new book to be published in September entitled Small Acts of Resistance: How Courage, Tenacity, and Ingenuity Can Change the World, will be discussing the potential for individuals to take on injustice and oppression in the world today. Looking at current examples including Iran and Burma we will be discussing what people are able to achieve in the face of the powerful who have armies and police on their side. Are we powerless to change anything or are there acts of defiance, some of which are so small they are missed by the mainstream media, that can make a big difference? Charied by Humphrey Hawksley, leading BBC foreign correspondent, author and commentator on world affairs. With: Steve Crawshaw, international advocacy director Amnesty International; Saeed Kamali Dehghan, Iranian journalist who writes frequently for the Guardian; Tin Htar Swe, head of the BBC Burmese Service; Alice Ukoko, founder and CEO of Women Of Africa working for gender transformation for Africa's reform. | 17 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The data revolution: How WikiLeaks is changing journalism | The controversy surrounding WikiLeaks' historic release of more than 70,000 classified US military documents on the war in Afghanistan has not died down. But one thing is certain: online data and its dissemination is changing journalism and the relationship betwen public and power. In this special event, we ask: -- How are organisations like WikiLeaks changing the way public data is released? -- What do the Afghan War Logs mean for the mainstream media and government media relations? -- What are the legal implications of the War Logs files' release? Joining us on this panel are: Julian Assange, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief (via online link up); journalist, academic and freedom of expression activist Heather Brooke, whose successful campaigning led to the full release of MPs' expenses files; media lawyer Mark Stephens of Finers, Stephens Innocent and Simon Rogers, editor of The Guardian's Datablog. Chaired by Paddy O'Connell, the presenter of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House. | 12 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Google: friend or foe for news publishers? | There's no doubting the power of Google: having re-written the online advertising rule-book, publishers around the world now use its AdSense system to make money and rely on its search algorithm to drive traffic. The company's motto is "don't be evil" - but is it a malign influence on the UK and world's news publishing? Or, as it claims, does Google simply enable publishers to reach bigger audiences than ever before, at no cost? Rupert Murdoch described Google as a parasite and has taken the news, paid-for The Times papers away from its index. But is dealing with Google and search engines an inevitability, or do SEO techniques cheapen journalism? Our panelists are: Peter Barron, head of PR and communications for Google UK and a former editor of Newsnight; Matt Kelly, digital content director for Mirror Group Newspapers; Wired and Press Gazette columnist Peter Kirwan and Patrick Barwise, emeritus professor of management and marketing at the London Business School. More to be confirmed soon. Chaired by Torin Douglas, the BBC's media correspondent. | 11 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Online Protest: power to the people? | Social media has opened up new ways for people to communicate, organise and campaign. But in what ways are people using social media for political ends? Looking at examples from around the world we will be examining the ways in which new tools are being used and the ways they have been used to challenge authority. What can we learn about both the potential of web and phone technology and what are their limitations. Can online buzz be translated into tangible effects? Or has as been claimed with the case of the Green protests in Iran, has the role played by social media been hyped by an over-excited mainstream media? Join us for a discussion at the Frontline Club that will also discuss the impact of social media on journalism. From monitoring Twitter to Wikileaks, how is social media changing the activity of journalism? Chaired by Deborah Bonello, founder of mexicoreporter.com and FT video journalist. With: Benjamin Chesterton, radio documentary and photofilm producer, co-founder of the production company duckrabbit and the website A Developing Story; Mike Harris, public affairs manager of Index on Censorship and manager of Libel Reform Campaign; Sina Motalebi, BBC Persian TV head of output and author of one of Iran's first blogs Rooznegar who was detained for 23 days in solitary confinement as a result of his work; Sunny Hundal, editor of the left-wing blog Liberal Conspiracy. | 10 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Israel and Palestine: Combatants for Peace | Can Israelis and Palestinians work together for peace? Four people who believe that they can will be at the Frontline Club to describe their journeys from division and violence towards non-violence. Eyal Weinberg, Nouraddin Shehada, Malaka Samara and Neta Osnat, all members of Combatants for Peace will be discussing how, after years of violence they decided to put down their guns and fight together for peace. The Combatants for Peace movement was started in 2005 by Palestinians who had been part of the struggle for Palestinian freedom and Israelis who had fought in the Israeli army. Having put down their guns, Combatants for Peace are committed to using dialogue and reconciliation as the only way to end the Israeli occupation, to halt the settlement project and to establish a Palestinian state with its capital in East Jerusalem, alongside the State of Israel. Chaired by Ian Black, the Guardian's Middle East editor | 28 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange at the Frontline Club | Following the release of more than 90,000 classified military documents on whistle-blowing site Wikileaks on Sunday, founder Julian Assange will be taking part in a special event at the Frontline Club this Tuesday evening. Assange will be talking about the impact of the documents that were released in partnership with The Guardian, the New York Times and German paper Der Spiegel which chronicle in minute detail US military operations in the country between 2004 and 2010. He will also discuss the journalistic implications of the way the information has been released as well as talking through the possibilities for journalists and citizens using the vast amount of data available online. The event is chaired by regular Frontline moderator Paddy O'Connell, the presenter of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House. | 27 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Wikileaks Press Conference | Julian Assange of Wikileaks is held a press conference at the Frontline Club following the release of a document set called the Afghan War Diary, an extraordinary compendium of over 91,000 reports covering the war in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010, described by the Guardian as the biggest intelligence leak in history. | 26 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rebecca Peyton: ‘Sometimes I Laugh Like My Sister’ | On 10 February 2005 BBC journalist Kate Peyton was murdered in Mogadishu, Somalia. For several days afterwards, her death dominated the international press. But within less than a week Kate Peyton’s name was out of the headlines and almost forgotten; just another tragic victim of the journalistic struggle to report from the world’s battlegrounds. Kate Peyton's younger sister Rebecca Peyton will be at the Frontline Club to perform her one-woman show, which invites us into her post-Kate world: Rebecca's life goes on, changed forever, but it goes on. A story about politics, journalists and death, told through the eyes of Rebecca. It features racism, press freedom and human rights, and introduces the new etiquette which consists of discussing death at dinner parties, suffering at soirees and grief at gatherings | 23 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Focus on Iran: Detainment and conviction | Iran recently announced that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani would not be put to death by stoning. But the fate of the Iranian woman accused of adultery remains uncertain. During this discussion we will be looking not at the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, which has provoked an outcry from the international community, but also asking how many cases go unnoticed? And should the international community be doing more? We will be joined by: Cindy Hickey, the mother of freelance journalist Shane Bauer who has been held without charge in Iran's Evin prison since July last year, while his girlfriend Sarah Shourd has been locked in solitary confinement; Sina Motallebi, BBC Persian TV head of output and author of one of Iran's first blogs Rooznegar who was detained for 23 days in solitary confinement as a result of his work; Drewery Dyke, Amnesty International's Iran researcher and Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari, who was imprisoned in Iran last year. Chaired by William Maclean, Thomson Reuters security specialist correspondent | 21 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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America’s invisible government: can a President take it on and win? | What are the forces in play within the American political system and to what extent does their power and influence go beyond the presidency? Are there forces at work that are so institutionally powerful that they can shape one administration after another irrespective of whether it is Republican or Democratic?. In Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, America’s Invisible Government, and the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years Russ Baker examines the connections between the Bush family; their presidencies, the military, the oil industry, Wall Street and the CIA. Baker's five year investigation goes further and leads him towards the conclusion that there are forces at work that will have implications for the current president, Barack Obama Join us at the Frontline Club with Russ Baker and an expert panel to explore the implications of his investigation for the current president, Barack Obama, and his potential to impliment true reform. Russ Baker is an award-winning investigative reporter and founder of whowhatwhy.com. He has written for the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, the Nation, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Village Voice and Esquire. Chaired by Paddy O'Connell of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House | 20 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reflections: Jon Snow | In the fourth of this series Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow will be reflecting on his career and the events and journalism that has influenced him. Jon Snow is best known for being the face of Channel 4 News, which he has been presenting since 1989. But his career has taken him around the world from Afghanistan to Zanzibar and the major events he has covered over the years, include the release of Nelson Mandela, who he has also interviewed and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Other interviews include the writer Arundhati Roy and former Prime Minister Tony Blair. Having begun his career as a radio journalist with LBC, Jon Snow has covered every UK election since 1974 and every US election since 1980. He began his career on 16mm film and now works on digital, the blogosphere and twitter. He argues we are entering the Golden Age of journalism. | 19 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Crossing the streams: is PR becoming more like journalism? | They're supposed to be opposite ends of the spectrum: journalists report the news, while public relations professionals try to influence them. Not any more: blue chip PR firms are hiring journalists more than ever before to help their clients create their own text and video content - with online publishing, PRs don't always need mainstream media channels to tell their story. So how different is PR from journalism these days? Is this trend a concern for people who value editorial and commercial independence, or is it just a sympton of a shrinking, fragmented mass media? Joining us to discuss this are Richard Sambrook, formerly the BBC's head of global news and now chieft content officer for PR company Edelman, one of several senior journalists to join the company recently; Martin Veitch, editor in chief of IT industry title CIO who will soon join Bite Communications, and media editor of The Independent, Ian Burrell. Our chair for the evening is freelance journalists and former Times media editor Dan Sabbagh. More panelists to be confirmed shortly. This event is part of our monthly On The Media series of panel discussions, in association with the BBC College of Journalism. | 14 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Politics of Oil | The Gulf of Mexico spill has put the spotlight on the oil industry and its practices to an unprecedented degree. Join us at the Frontline Club where we will be discussing BP and the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that has resulted in between 67 and 127 million gallons spilling into the sea: what are the implications not only for BP's future but also for the oil industry? What does the "worst US environment disaster" tell us about the oil industry and our continued reliance on this dwindling natural resource? Have the risks the industry - and politicians - have been prepared to take to sustain the supply of oil been too great? The discussion will also reflect on Nigeria's experience: there have been ten oil spills in the Niger delta in the past two years that have been largely ignored. Two weeks after the Gulf of Mexico explosion, an ExxonMobil pipeline burst in Akwa Ibom, spilling more than a million gallons into the delta before it was repaired. Media coverage of the Deepwater Horizon spill, along with the daily speeches by President Barack Obama, who insists he will hold BP to account for the disaster, has been in sharp contrast to the experiences of Nigerians. Should there be a global strategy to rein in the oil companies to protect further devastation to the planet? With Dr. Simon Boxall, lecturer in Oceanography at the University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre (UK) who has been involved with oil spill monitoring and impact on a number of major European spills including Braer, Sea Empress, Prestige and Erika; John Vidal, the Guardian's environment editor; Ben Amunwa, a campaigner with PLATFORM, an arts and campaigns group that focuses on the oil and gas industry; Chris Skrebowski, founding director of Peak Oil Consulting and the consulting editor of Petroleum Review, he has 38 years experience in the oil industry, starting work in 1970 as a long-term planner for BP. | 13 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sri Lanka: could the West do more about human rights and press freedom? | The appointment of Mervyn Silva, a politician with an established record of hostility towards journalists, as Deputy Minister of Information within the Sri Lankan government in April this year was met with calls for his removal by press freedom organisations. What can be done to protect journalists working in Sri Lanka who face threats, imprisonment and violence as a result of doing their work? Join us at the Frontline Club where we will be discussing press freedom in Sri Lanka and the impact that government has on its reporting of human rights abuses within the country. Is the Sri Lankan media in a position to hold the government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa to account? | 6 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Insight with Gary Younge: Who are we - and should it matter? | "The problem is not that diversity exists, it is what we choose to make of it. In short, do we understand our various identities as being an integral part of our common humanity or as something separate, above and beyond it?" How does the way we see ourselves affect our lives? Why do certain identities confer powers and privileges that others do not? In his latest book, Who Are We - and Should it Matter in the 21st Century? Guardian US correspondent Gary Younge argues that identity is core to the way people think about everything from international terrorism to immigration, crime and military occupations. Gary Younge will be at the Frontline Club in conversation with Afua Hirsch, Guardian legal affairs correspondent to discuss his book, which weaves together memoir and analysis, taking in Sarah Palin, Tiger Woods and the Danish cartoon controversy and calls for the differences between us to be talked about "properly". | 29 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tokyo Vice: Yakuza, murder and crime reporting in Japan | The Japan we know from films and TV is one of tradition, high technology and pop culture. But as with every nation, something more sinister lies beneath the bright lights of Sony and Nintendo. Jake Adelstein, author of Tokyo Vice, a memoir of his time as an investigative crime reporter in Tokyo, is the only American reporter to be admitted to the Tokyo Metropolitan Press Club and writes of a country that where organised Yakuza crime gangs are rampant. But is this the real Japan? With an expert panel including Jake Adelstein, Peter Hill author of The Japanese Mafia: Yakuza, Law, and the State and Satoshi Hashimoto, bureau chief & European editor Asahi Shimbun (Japanese daily newspaper) we'll investigate the problem of organised crime in Japan and cast a light on the media's reporting of it. Chaired by William Horsley, BBC Tokyo correspondent from 1983-1990. | 28 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bosnia: will the peace deal hold? | With crucial post-war elections due in October this year we will be discussing present-day Bosnia and asking what lies ahead: How fragile is the peace established by the Dayton Agreement that ended the 1992-1995 war? With the 3 October elections and the trial of ex Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic, at the Hague, the months ahead are likely to be critical for Bosnia. Paddy Ashdown, former High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina will be in conversation with Kemal Pervanic, founder trustee of Most Mira, who is a survivor of the Omarska concentration camp and author of The Killing Days: My Journey through the Bosnian War, and Allan Little, BBC correspondent in Former Yugoslavia 1991 - 1995. Kemal Pervanic will also be talking about his return to the area with the Most Mira charity to bring together Serb and Bosnian Muslim young people in the Omarska Prijedor area for annual arts festivals. | 23 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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