Frontlines of Journalism

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Jeremy Bowen presents stories from the frontlines of conflict - and journalism itself.

Reflecting on some of the most difficult stories he's reported on, BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen look at the obstacles that stand between journalists and the truth.

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Frontlines of Journalism: 4.  Rules and habits

4.  Rules and habits

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Is who we are an obstacle to getting to the real story?

Being a foreign correspondent means being an outsider.  Is who we are an obstacle to getting to the real story?

For BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen, good reporting involves empathy. But the job of a foreign correspondent means being an outsider.

Detachment was once considered a journalistic virtue, but does lived experience allow you to tell a story more accurately? Is who we are an obstacle to getting to the real story?

Jeremy speaks with: Dean Baquet - until 2022 the executive editor of the New York Times; Emily Bell - professor of the Columbia University Journalism School and a director of the Guardian Media Group; Nikole Hannah-Jones whose 1619 project won the Pulitzer Prize; former Reuters journalist Sabina Cosic and former BBC bureau chief Milton Nkosi.

Presenter:  Jeremy Bowen 
Producer:  Georgia Catt 
Assistant Producer:  Sam Peach  
Additional research:  Rob Byrne 
Series mixing:  Jackie Margerum 
Series Editor:  Philip Sellars

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