They represent journalism at its most exciting, influential, but also lethal. We have gathered in Dalkey a panel of five remarkable journalists who have reported from the frontline in Syria, Myanmar, the Philippines, Afghanistan, Latin America, Northern Ireland, and covering a wide spectrum of issues from repression in North Korea, to brutal Islamist terrorism.
They will explore how “frontline” reporting is changing, how the tech revolution and social media access allows everyone to tell their story without intermediaries and what effect this is having on getting the real story. Five foreign correspondents lift the lid on one of the most glamorous and dangerous jobs in journalism.
With Michael Vatikiotis, Carlo Pizatti , Nelofer Pazira, Sebastian Junger and Mark Little .
Recorded at The Dalkey Book Festival 17 June 2018