Event: Becoming a Freelance Foreign Correspondent

Wednesday 11 January 2012, The Frontline Club, London

With uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa setting a relentless pace in 2011's news agenda, media outlets have frequently turned to freelancers to cover events in countries where they are without staff bureaux and wire services.

The Frontline Club, in association with the BBC College of Journalism, will be bringing together a panel of freelancers to 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, recent fighting in Libya was not subject to embedding restrictions. So freelancers were able to descend on the country and compete to get to the frontline. Join us to discuss the issues that working in a war zone raise for freelancers. 

When: 

Wednesday 11 January 2012

7pm - 8.30pm

Where: 

The Frontline Club

Norfolk Place

London

More details and how to book.