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The Media Show: The ethics of reporting from Syria

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18/04/2018

The ethics of reporting from Syria

BBC Radio 4 - The Media Show, The ethics of reporting from Syria

Topical programme about the fast-changing media world. How journalists work in a war zone. Plus Jane Featherstone discusses her BBC One drama, The Split.

How journalists work in a war-zone. Amol Rajan is joined by Robert Fisk, The Independent's Middle East correspondent, and Jeremy Bowen, BBC Middle East Editor.

Also on the programme, Jane Featherstone founder of Sister Pictures discusses her new BBC One drama The Split and her career in television, Elizabeth Ammon, cricket reporter at The Times, on the BBC's loss of radio rights to some test matches, and Dino Myers-Lamptey, UK Managing Director at MullenLowe Mediahub, on advertising and Sir Martin Sorrell's retirement.

Please note, an extended interview with Jane Featherstone is available in The Media Show podcast.

Presenter: Amol Rajan
Producer: Richard Hooper.

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