http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/ A feed of frontlineclub's Videos Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:03:00 GMT http://www.viddler.com/store/bigbg_a0e447c4.png http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/ frontlineclub http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/372/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/372/" title="Frontline Club Annual Party and Awards" ><img src="http://cdn-thumbs.viddler.com/thumbnail_1_9741bf5e.jpg" width="114" height="86" alt="Frontline Club Annual Party and Awards" border="0" /></a></p> It's six years since the Frontline Club first opened and members are warmly invited to celebrate in the bar, where canapes and drinks sponsored by Chivas Regal will be served from 7pm until 9pm. This is also a great night to introduce friends or colleagues who might be interested in applying to join so please do bring a guest. There will also be a presentation of the Frontline Journalism Awards, which are supported by Canon: the Frontline Club Award and the Frontline Memorial Tribute, which are selected by a distinguished panel of judges. All funds raised on the night will go to the Fixers Fund, which was set up in 2007 by the Frontline Club Charitable Trust following the deaths of Ajmal Naqshbandi and Sayed Agha in Afghanistan. The fund raises money for the families of fixers killed or injured while working with the international media. The Panel of Judges: Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker; Jeremy Bowen, BBC Middle East Editor; Patrick Cockburn, The Independent; Carlotta Gall, The New York Times; Gary Knight, VII Photo Agency; Christina Lamb, The Sunday Times; Allan Little, BBC correspondent; Anthony Loyd, The Times; Seamus Murphy, freelance; Jon Swain, The Sunday Times and Vaughan Smith, Frontline Club (chair)<p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/" >frontlineclub</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/club">club</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/frontline">frontline</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/journalism">journalism</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/war">war</a></p> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:03:00 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/372/ club frontline journalism war frontlineclub Frontline Club Annual Party and Awards http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/371/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/371/" title="Reflections: Allan Little" ><img src="http://cdn-thumbs.viddler.com/thumbnail_1_f37ffdc4.jpg" width="114" height="86" alt="Reflections: Allan Little" border="0" /></a></p> Award winning Allan Little has covered most of the major events and upheavals of the past two decades during his BBC career. His first foreign posting was to Johannesburg as South Africa correspondent after which he embarked on a two-year stint as Moscow correspondent in 1997, covering a period of political and economic upheaval for the Yeltsin regime. He reported extensively on the conflict in Yugoslavia over a period of four years and was in Baghdad during the Gulf War in 1991. Allan Little has worked for the corporation since 1983 when he joined BBC Scotland. After a spell on local radio news he joined BBC Radio 4’s Today programme before joining BBC News in 1990. He has won several awards including a Gold Sony Radio Award for Reporter of the Year in 1992 and in 1994 he was named the Bayeux War Correspondent of the Year. He will be discussing the journalists whose work has shaped his career and the stories that have impacted him most with Vin Ray, the director of its new College of Journalism and former deputy head of newsgathering for the BBC<p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/" >frontlineclub</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/BBC">BBC</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/journalism">journalism</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/war">war</a></p> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:30:01 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/371/ BBC journalism war frontlineclub Reflections: Allan Little http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/370/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/370/" title="Londongrad: From Russia With Cash" ><img src="http://cdn-thumbs.viddler.com/thumbnail_1_9d2d3d93.jpg" width="114" height="86" alt="Londongrad: From Russia With Cash" border="0" /></a></p> Spending up to £64 million on a country retreat or £40,000 on having sushi flown to you from London for lunch in Azerbaijan is small potatoes to the 100 or so super-rich Russians who have made the capital their home since the mid 1990s. Mark Hollingsworth and Stewart Lansley will be at the Frontline Club to talk about their investigation into the extraordinary lifestyles of the Russian oligarchs who built vast personal fortunes in Russia and moved to Britain following the dissolution of the Soviet Union to spend them, aided by generous tax laws. What have been the consequences of this move of the super-rich to the capital and of Britain's remarkable compliance in this transfer of wealth? Stewart Lansley is an award-winning television and radio producer and the author of a number of books including Top Man, a biography of Sir Philip Green. Mark Hollingsworth has written for the Sunday Times, the Mail on Sunday and the Financial Times and is the author of Defending the Realm, Inside MI5. With Susan Richards, editor, openDemocracy Russia<p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/" >frontlineclub</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/Oligarchs">Oligarchs</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/Putin">Putin</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/Russian">Russian</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/news">news</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/politics">politics</a></p> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:52:01 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/370/ Oligarchs Putin Russian news politics frontlineclub Londongrad: From Russia With Cash http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/369/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/369/" title="Afghanistan Perspectives" ><img src="http://cdn-thumbs.viddler.com/thumbnail_1_29b72493.jpg" width="114" height="86" alt="Afghanistan Perspectives" border="0" /></a></p> The Frontline Club is bringing together five experts who will discuss their perspectives on Afghanistan, a country at the centre of the world's attention. Gretchen Peters author of Seeds of Terror: How Heroin is bankrolling the Taliban and Al Qaeda,
based on hundreds of interviews with Taliban fighters, smugglers, and law enforcement and intelligence agents. The book examines how the Taliban funds its activities with the half a billion pounds it earns every year from the opium trade. Horia Mosadiq, activist and journalist with more than 15 years of experience in Afghanistan and the region, in the fields of media, human rights, transitional justice and gender issues. Robert Shaw, currently the Director of Longbow Solutions, a specialist consultancy company in strategic stability operations including security and force protection. In 2006 he was the UNDP lead technical advisor to a disarmament project in Afghanistan coordinating the efforts of the UN, CSTC-A and US State Department with regard to Small Arms abatement and reclamation and Explosive Ordnance Disposal including Counter IED. Nick Fielding former senior reporter for the Sunday Times, author of Masterminds of Terror (together with Yosri Fouda) and Defending the Realm: MI5 and the War on Terrorism (with Mark Hollingsworth) and Editor of the blog Circling the Lion's Den: A glance at the conflict in Afghanistan. Sam Kiley, author of Desperate Glory and award-winning foreign correspondent who has covered wars and insurgencies, of one kind or another, for the last 18 years in over 30 countries. He worked in print for many years before moving on to make television documentaries for Channel Four, BBC2, and Sky One.<p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/" >frontlineclub</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/Taliban">Taliban</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/new">new</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/politics">politics</a></p> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:44:00 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/369/ Afghanistan Taliban new politics frontlineclub Afghanistan Perspectives http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/367/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/367/" title="Avi Shlaim in conversation with Shlomo Sand" ><img src="http://cdn-thumbs.viddler.com/thumbnail_1_328c86dc.jpg" width="114" height="86" alt="Avi Shlaim in conversation with Shlomo Sand" border="0" /></a></p> Few modern conflicts are as attached to history as that of Israel and Palestine. Avi Shlaim, professor of international relations at Oxford will be in conversation with Shlomo Sand, professor of contemporary history at Tel Aviv University, at the Frontline Club for a seminal evening of discussion. Avi Shlaim’s new book, Israel and Palestine focuses on the causes and consequences of the Israeli-Palestine conflict, while Shlomo Sand’s international best-seller The Invention of the Jewish People unravels the mythologised history of the Jewish people to find that the Israelites were never exiled from the promised land, and therefore have no right to return. The book concludes that the present-day Palestinian Arabs are the true heirs of the biblical Jews. This is a once-only opportunity to hear these two eminent historians discussing their individual perspectives on the history - past and present - of Israel, and how their separate routes of academic enquiry have arrived at the same place: a two-state solution to end the fighting. With: Jacqueline Rose, Professor of English at Queen Mary University of London. Her books include Sexuality in the Field of Vision, the novel Albertine, On Not Being Able to Sleep and The Question of Zion. She contributes regularly to the London Review of Books, and wrote and presented the Channel 4 documentary, Dangerous Liaison – Israel and America.<p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/" >frontlineclub</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/Israel">Israel</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/Palestine">Palestine</a></p> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:33:00 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/367/ Israel Palestine frontlineclub Avi Shlaim in conversation with Shlomo Sand http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/366/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/366/" title="1989: The fall of the Berlin Wall" ><img src="http://cdn-thumbs.viddler.com/thumbnail_1_82495596.jpg" width="114" height="86" alt="1989: The fall of the Berlin Wall" border="0" /></a></p> On 9 November 1989 the border separating Western from Eastern Germany was effectively opened, an event that became the symbol of the end of the Cold War. For nearly three decades the Berlin Wall had kept East and West Berliners apart but at midnight East Germany's Communist rulers gave permission for its gates to be opened after hundreds of people converged on crossing points On the 20th anniversary, journalists who were in Berlin that night will be at the Frontline Club to discuss their experiences and the impact of such momentous events since. With: Glen Oglaza, Sky News political correspondent; Nick Thorpe, BBC correspondent and author of ‘89: The Unfinished Revolution: Power and Powerlessness in Eastern Europe; Ann Leslie, of the Daily Mail who for much of her career has been the paper's foreign corresponent; Peter Millar, author of 1989 The Berlin Wall: My Part in Its Downfall<p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/" >frontlineclub</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/berlin">berlin</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/communism">communism</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/europe">europe</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/journalism">journalism</a></p> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:40:00 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/366/ berlin communism europe journalism frontlineclub 1989: The fall of the Berlin Wall http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/365/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/365/" title="First Wednesday: Democracy in Afghanistan and Iraq - what went wrong?" ><img src="http://cdn-thumbs.viddler.com/thumbnail_1_cd76488a.jpg" width="114" height="86" alt="First Wednesday: Democracy in Afghanistan and Iraq - what went wrong?" border="0" /></a></p> What do the troubled elections in Afghanistan and the continuing violence in Iraq teach us about the West’s attempt to export democracy around the world? In his book Democracy Kills: What's So Good About Having The Vote BBC foreign correspondent Humphrey Hawksley criticises Western governments for their failure to draw up detailed plans for after the overthrow of the Taliban in Afghanistan and of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. With a panel of experts Humphrey Hawksley will examine the record of the West’s democratic mission and ask if there can be a transition from dictatorship to democracy without bloodshed. With: Nick Fielding, former Sunday Times journalist and editor of Circling the Lion’s Den, a blog on Afghanistan; Rachel Reid, Afghanistan researcher at Human Rights Watch; Najibullah Razaq, journalist and expert on Afghanistan, who has produced numerous programmes on Afghanistan and Pakistan; Sami Zubaida, emeritus professor of politics and sociology at Birkbeck College, author of Law and Power in the Islamic World.<p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/" >frontlineclub</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/afghanistan">afghanistan</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/democracy">democracy</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/iraq">iraq</a></p> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:45:01 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/365/ afghanistan democracy iraq frontlineclub First Wednesday: Democracy in Afghanistan and Iraq - what went wrong? http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/363/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/363/" title="The Orwell Prize" ><img src="http://cdn-thumbs.viddler.com/thumbnail_1_ffd5986d.jpg" width="114" height="86" alt="The Orwell Prize" border="0" /></a></p> The Orwell Prize, Britain’s most prestigious prize for political writing, is delighted to be launching the 2010 Prize at the Frontline Club on 29th October. The launch will consist of discussion and drama, as well as marking the opening of submissions and announcement of judges for this year’s Book Prize, Journalism Prize and Blog Prize. The theme for a whole evening of events will be ‘What next for Burma?’, marking the 75th anniversary of Orwell’s Burmese Days. You can read works by and on Orwell and Burma – including Orwell’s preliminary sketches for Burmese Days, an introduction to the book by journalist and author Emma Larkin, and a photographic essay by Julio Etchart – at <a href="http://www.theorwellprize.co.uk/the-award/works/burma.aspx">http://www.theorwellprize.co.uk/the-award/works/burma.aspx</a> The evening will run as follows: 5.30 Doors open 5.45 Discussion: Question and answer session with Andrew Mitchell MP, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development 6.15 Drinks 6.40 Launch: Professor Jean Seaton, Director of the Prize 6.50 Drama: Alan Cox, An Incident in Rangoon – exclusive adaptation from Orwell’s sketches for Burmese Days by Dominic Cavendish 7.00 Discussion: What next for Burma? with Dr Michael Charney (Senior Lecturer in the History of South East Asia, SOAS), Derek Tonkin (Chairman of Network Myanmar, former British ambassador to Vietnam, Thailand and Laos), others tbc Entries for the Orwell Prize 2010 (for all work published in 2009) will remain open until 20th January 2010; full details and entry forms will appear at <a href="http://www.theorwellprize.co.uk/the-award/how-to-enter.aspx">http://www.theorwellprize.co.uk/the-award/how-to-enter.aspx</a> As part of the Orwell Prize event to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the publication of George Orwell's first novel: Burmese Days, photojournalist Julio Etchart is having an exhibition of his pictures taken in the original setting of the novel in Burma.<p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/" >frontlineclub</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/burma">burma</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/news">news</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/politics">politics</a></p> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:09:00 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/363/ burma news politics frontlineclub The Orwell Prize http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/359/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/359/" title=" Inside the Kingdom: Secrets of Filming and Reporting in Saudi Arabia" ><img src="http://cdn-thumbs.viddler.com/thumbnail_1_bb1f0927.jpg" width="114" height="86" alt=" Inside the Kingdom: Secrets of Filming and Reporting in Saudi Arabia" border="0" /></a></p> <p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/" >frontlineclub</a></p> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:15:01 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/359/ frontlineclub Inside the Kingdom: Secrets of Filming and Reporting in Saudi Arabia http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/357/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/357/" title="Highlights: Inside the Kingdom: Secrets of Filming and Reporting in Saudi Arabia" ><img src="http://cdn-thumbs.viddler.com/thumbnail_1_c3b684c0.jpg" width="114" height="86" alt="Highlights: Inside the Kingdom: Secrets of Filming and Reporting in Saudi Arabia" border="0" /></a></p> This event will be moderate by Mark Seddon, former UN Correspondent for Al Jazeera English TV, and former Editor of Tribune and member of the Labour Party's National Executive Committee. There will also be a screening of the acclaimed PBS film Rehab for Terrorists. complex country defined by paradox, Saudi Arabia is a modern state, driven by contemporary technology that boasts some of the richest oil deposits in the world. Yet it remains under the influence of a powerful religious establishment and produced sixteen of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers. Journalist and author Robert Lacey will discuss the years he spent in Saudi Arabia writing his two books on the country. His first, the Kingdom, was later banned. For the past three years he has been gathering material at every level of Saudi society for his latest book Inside the Kingdom. Executive Producer at Political Bytes Productions, Kieran Baker who worked with Robert Lacey on Rehab for Terrorists will be talking about the making of the film and passing on his know-how. Lubna Hussein, anchor of Bridges, a weekly political chat show on Saudi TV, will discuss her experiences working for the Saudi media.<p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/" >frontlineclub</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/arabia">arabia</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/east">east</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/media">media</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/middl">middl</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/news">news</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/poitics">poitics</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/saudi">saudi</a></p> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:28:00 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/357/ arabia east media middl news poitics saudi frontlineclub Highlights: Inside the Kingdom: Secrets of Filming and Reporting in Saudi Arabia http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/355/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/355/" title="Rory Bremner's Special Appearance at the Frontline Club" ><img src="http://cdn-thumbs.viddler.com/thumbnail_1_b25549ab.jpg" width="114" height="86" alt="Rory Bremner's Special Appearance at the Frontline Club" border="0" /></a></p> Rory Bremner made a surprise appearance at one of our events.<p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/" >frontlineclub</a></p> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:58:01 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/355/ frontlineclub Rory Bremner's Special Appearance at the Frontline Club http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/354/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/354/" title="Highlights: Richard Wolffe: Behind the scenes with Barack Obama" ><img src="http://cdn-thumbs.viddler.com/thumbnail_1_87db2f3.jpg" width="114" height="86" alt="Highlights: Richard Wolffe: Behind the scenes with Barack Obama" border="0" /></a></p> Richard Wolffe covered the entire length of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign for Newsweek magazine, traveling with the candidate and his inner circle from his announcement through to election day, 21 months laterIn Renegade: The Making of a President, award-winning Richard Wolffe exposes what was going on behind the scenes during some of the most dramatic moments of the race, including his response to Bill Clinton’s critical comments and secret meeting with controversial pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright. The idea for the book came from Barack Obama who the basketball games and conversations over carrot cake have prompted criticism that Richard Wolffe was too close to his subject.Hear Richard Wolffe talking to Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow about his behind the scenes access to the man who became President.Richard Wolffe currently works as a political analyst for MSNBC and as a strategist for business advisory firm Public Strategies and contributes to The Daily Beast. He previously served as a senior White House correspondent for Newsweek and as deputy bureau chief for the Financial Times’ Washington DC office. Moderated by Jon Snow (Channel 4 News)<p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/" >frontlineclub</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/Bush">Bush</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/US">US</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/obama">obama</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/politics">politics</a></p> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:47:00 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/354/ Bush US obama politics frontlineclub Highlights: Richard Wolffe: Behind the scenes with Barack Obama http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/353/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/353/" title="Highlights: Insight with Stuart Tootal: Afghanistan" ><img src="http://cdn-thumbs.viddler.com/thumbnail_1_9c783ef2.jpg" width="114" height="86" alt="Highlights: Insight with Stuart Tootal: Afghanistan" border="0" /></a></p> Stuart Tootal will be at the Frontline Club to discuss his new book, Danger Close, a fascinating portrayal of his command of 3 Para and the conflict in Afghanistan.Awarded a Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and tipped to become a future head of the Army, Stuart Tootal’s resignation in 2007 shocked his senior commanders. The book is a candid account of his command of 3 Para, the first British Battle Group to enter the province of Helmand in 2006. Examining what it means to lead soldiers in battle, the former commander offers unique insight into military strategy and the key decisions that were taken, such as the decision to move north and to set up platoon houses. But Stuart Tootal also captures the essence of the fighting at the sharp end, examining the impact of fear and loss amongst his soldiers and their families, including interviews with over 100 soldiers held after he left his command. Now employed in the city and a respected defence commentator, Stuart Tootal also discusses the nature of the military covenant, the treatment of those wounded in the conflict, and lack of equipment.Join us at the Frontline Club to hear a senior commander’s account of the war in Afghanistan. Moderator: Patrick Bishop, veteran foreign correspondent who is now one of Britain's foremost military historians<p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/" >frontlineclub</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/military">military</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/war">war</a></p> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:09:01 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/353/ Afghanistan military war frontlineclub Highlights: Insight with Stuart Tootal: Afghanistan http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/352/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/352/" title="Highlights Pakistan, the Eye of the Storm" ><img src="http://cdn-thumbs.viddler.com/thumbnail_1_aaca992.jpg" width="114" height="86" alt="Highlights Pakistan, the Eye of the Storm" border="0" /></a></p> Run-ins with India over allegations of terrorism, the offensive against the Taliban on its Afghan border and the fatal return of Benazir Bhutto are recent chapters in Pakistan’ turbulent history. Owen Bennett-Jones, the BBC’s Pakistan correspondent between 1998 and 2001, will be at the Frontline Club to discuss these latest episodes in the light of the country’s troubled beginning and the key events of its 60-year history.The presenter of Newshour and The Interview on the BBC World Service will be discussing the roots of Pakistan’s turmoil and new material in his recently updated book Pakistan: Eye of the Storm the head of the BBC’s Urdu Service, Aamer Ahmed Khan and Aamir Ghauri, a London-based journalist of Pakistani origin who has worked in senior roles at Dunya TV, an embryonic news channel in Pakistan and the country’s most-watched news channel Geo TV.At a time when Pakistan is so central to global concerns about terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism, join us to discuss the prospects of stability, which is both vital and yet so difficult to achieve in such a religiously, ethnically and politically divided country.<p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/" >frontlineclub</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/afghanistan">afghanistan</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/news">news</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/politics">politics</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/taliban">taliban</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/terrorism">terrorism</a></p> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:45:00 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/352/ Pakistan afghanistan news politics taliban terrorism frontlineclub Highlights Pakistan, the Eye of the Storm http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/351/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/351/" title="Highlights: Lockerbie, the case for an inquiry with Dr Jim Swire" ><img src="http://cdn-thumbs.viddler.com/thumbnail_1_bb747ee9.jpg" width="114" height="86" alt="Highlights: Lockerbie, the case for an inquiry with Dr Jim Swire" border="0" /></a></p> Controversy continues over the release of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi and since his return to Tripoli last month diplomatic relations with Libya have been thrown deeper into the spotlight.Join us at the Frontline Club for a special event that will bring together a distinguished panel to discuss the evidence that would have emerged had Megrahi’s case gone to appeal and the need for a full inquiry into the entire history of Lockerbie: Dr Jim Swire, whose daughter Flora was among the 270 killed when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie; human rights lawyer Gareth Peirce; Oliver Miles, UK ambassador to Libya until 1984 and the chairman of MEC International. With Elizabeth Palmer, foreign correspondent who covers Iran and the Middle East for major US network CBS News<p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/" >frontlineclub</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/Libya">Libya</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/Lockerbie">Lockerbie</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/news">news</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/terrorism">terrorism</a></p> Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:03:00 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/351/ Libya Lockerbie news terrorism frontlineclub Highlights: Lockerbie, the case for an inquiry with Dr Jim Swire http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/350/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/350/" title="Highlights: The impact of new media and technology on the publishing industry" ><img src="http://cdn-thumbs.viddler.com/thumbnail_1_f82f6604.jpg" width="114" height="86" alt="Highlights: The impact of new media and technology on the publishing industry" border="0" /></a></p> With Patrick Smith, UK correspondent, paidContentPanel: Tom Tivnan, the Bookseller; Chris Finnamore, test editor, WIRED; James Bridle, independent publisher who blogs at booktwo.org about the future of publishing; David Edgar, UK Director of IREX who will also be demonstrating the DR1000 e-reader and the DR800SG, which launches at the end of this month in the USA<p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/" >frontlineclub</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/Publishing">Publishing</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/media">media</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/technology">technology</a></p> Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:40:00 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/350/ Publishing media technology frontlineclub Highlights: The impact of new media and technology on the publishing industry http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/349/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/349/" title="The impact of new media and technology on the publishing industry" ><img src="http://cdn-thumbs.viddler.com/thumbnail_1_56afd497.jpg" width="114" height="86" alt="The impact of new media and technology on the publishing industry" border="0" /></a></p> With Patrick Smith, UK correspondent, paidContentPanel: Tom Tivnan, the Bookseller; Chris Finnamore, test editor, WIRED; James Bridle, independent publisher who blogs at booktwo.org about the future of publishing; David Edgar, UK Director of IREX who will also be demonstrating the DR1000 e-reader and the DR800SG, which launches at the end of this month in the USA<p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/" >frontlineclub</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/media">media</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/new">new</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/publishing">publishing</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/technology">technology</a></p> Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:07:00 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/349/ media new publishing technology frontlineclub The impact of new media and technology on the publishing industry http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/348/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/348/" title="Highlights: Media Access Denied" ><img src="http://cdn-thumbs.viddler.com/thumbnail_1_ff91c98.jpg" width="114" height="86" alt="Highlights: Media Access Denied" border="0" /></a></p> This On the Media event is in association with the BBC College of Journalism With: Richard Sambrook, director of the BBC's Global News division: Adrian Wells, head of foreign news, Sky News; Jean Seaton Professor of Media History at the University of Westminster's Communication and Media Research Institute Fighting in Gaza and Sri Lanka and the recent unrest in Iran all raised questions about how journalists can do their job when governments deny access.The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have also provoked concern that the Ministry of Defence is aided in the task of managing the flow of information by the fact that it is frequently impossible for journalists to reach and report from the frontline of the conflict. What challenges do conflicts such as those in Gaza and Sri Lanka earlier this year throw up, as well as the recent troubles in Iran, where Western journalists have been barred?Mobile phones, Twitter and email have provided invaluable information but their use not only throws up challenges for established practice in newsgathering, it also raises questions about what happens when new media tools aren’t readily available, such as in Sri Lanka when thousands of people fled and many were killed and injured during fighting between government troops and the Tamil Tigers.With the Israeli government relying more and more on public relations management and an increasingly sophisticated use of new media to get its message across, what is the role of the journalist in 21st century conflicts?<p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/" >frontlineclub</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/iran">iran</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/media">media</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/news">news</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/politics">politics</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/sudan">sudan</a></p> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:59:00 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/348/ iran media news politics sudan frontlineclub Highlights: Media Access Denied http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/346/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/346/" title="Highlights: Insight with Zainab Salbi" ><img src="http://cdn-thumbs.viddler.com/thumbnail_1_236abf3b.jpg" width="114" height="86" alt="Highlights: Insight with Zainab Salbi" border="0" /></a></p> When Zainab Salbi’s father was chosen to be Saddam Hussein’s personal pilot the 11 year-old’s life was changed forever. Her memoir Between Two Worlds: Escape from Tyranny: Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam tells the story of growing up in the presidential household and the arranged marriage that took her to the US. After leaving her abusive husband, Zainab Salbi set about fulfilling her childhood dream of helping women around the world. She will be at the Frontline Club to talk about her remarkable life and the organisation she set up, Women for Women International, which has helped more than 153,000 women in nine countries including Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Iraq. Zainab Salbi was honoured by President Bill Clinton in 1995 for her humanitarian work and was elected as a Young Global Leader in 2007 by the World Economic Forum in Davos.<p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/" >frontlineclub</a></p> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:24:01 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/346/ frontlineclub Highlights: Insight with Zainab Salbi http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/345/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/345/" title="Insight with Zainab Salbi" ><img src="http://cdn-thumbs.viddler.com/thumbnail_1_4a7749f0.jpg" width="114" height="86" alt="Insight with Zainab Salbi" border="0" /></a></p> When Zainab Salbi’s father was chosen to be Saddam Hussein’s personal pilot the 11 year-old’s life was changed forever.Her memoir Between Two Worlds: Escape from Tyranny: Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam tells the story of growing up in the presidential household and the arranged marriage that took her to the US.After leaving her abusive husband, Zainab Salbi set about fulfilling her childhood dream of helping women around the world. She will be at the Frontline Club to talk about her remarkable life and the organisation she set up, Women for Women International, which has helped more than 153,000 women in nine countries including Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Iraq.Zainab Salbi was honoured by President Bill Clinton in 1995 for her humanitarian work and was elected as a Young Global Leader in 2007 by the World Economic Forum in Davos.<p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/" >frontlineclub</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/Iraq">Iraq</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/congo">congo</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/news">news</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/tags/women">women</a></p> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:40:00 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/345/ Iraq congo news women frontlineclub Insight with Zainab Salbi