Neil Arun didn’t want to miss a rare but risky opportunity to embed with an Iraqi police unit, hunting members of al Qaeda. But his employers -- responsible for Neil’s security -- weren’t happy. This film by Richard Pendry nvestigates how a frontline journalist balances risk and reward.
These are baffling times indeed for London's newspaper readers. Just weeks after Rupert Murdoch decides to close his afternoon freesheet the londonpaper, on the grounds that it was losing money, the Evening Standard's new owner decides that the best strategy is to stop charging for it. Alexander Lebedev's company has announced it will drop the 50p cover price and double the distribution to around 600,000.
