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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: 7.  Open the door and you’re doomed

7.  Open the door and you’re doomed

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Journalists couldn’t get to the truth with people.  Some make stories possible. Others do all they can to stop them.  

Revisiting difficult stories he and other journalists have had to report, BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen looks at some of the obstacles that stand between journalists and what Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein once called the ‘best obtainable version of the truth’. 

In this episode: how journalists deal with sources, spin and powerful people.

Jeremy speaks with: journalist and former BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg, Dean Baquet - until 2022 executive editor of the New York Times, BBC Gaza producer Rushdi Abu Alouf, and broadcaster and former editor of The Mirror and News of The World, Piers Morgan. 

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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