Blog posts by year and monthOctober 2012
Posts (20)
Journalist safety: agreement on the next step
Can journalists look forward to working more safely in areas of conflict? And will those who harm them to be brought to justice?
Robert Peston on the Chinese economy
In a talk to BBC journalists, business editor Robert Peston examined some of the key challenges facing the second-largest economy in the world despite what he calls explosive and extraordinary growth.
Mark Mardell on the US election
With the US election taking place on 6 November, we asked BBC North America editor Mark Mardell to provide this report on the issues behind the headlines.
When a caller threatens suicide during a live phone-in
I was stopped in my tracks by a phone-in hosted by Iain Dale on LBC last Wednesday. The washing up had to wait.
Journalism in mortal danger: the view from Mexico
Mexico is considered a democratic country but the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) governed for seven decades and is now returning to power.
Safety: do journalists need special treatment?
I like the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity for two reasons. First, because it aims to be a plan of action.
Brazilian experience: investigative journalists struggle to enhance journalists’ safety
Last March, Brazilian journalists were disappointed by the refusal of their government to endorse an UN Plan of Action aimed at ensuring the safety of journalists and ending impunity related to crimes against media professionals.
Reducing the dangers of journalism: a view from Pakistan
When I got my first death threat almost two decades ago I did not take it too seriously. It was an exciting time to be a journalist. Since then I have lost several jobs, mainly due to my writing and journalistic endeavors as a television anchor.
How to be interviewed: a last word on the party conference season
I once talked to a US cameraman who said he had been working for a media training company. He had spent a day filming business leaders being coached to appear on TV.
Stop the killing of Somali journalists
September was the deadliest ever month for Somali journalists: seven were killed in 11 days, all in the capital. This year Somalia will record its highest media death toll: 15 journalists have already been killed since January.
