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.
Professor Tim Luckhurst of the CfJ and John Ryley, Head of Sky News, presented Alan McGuinness with the first Sky Bob Friend memorial scholarship at a ceremony on Medway campus last night. Ryley also delivered the inaugural annual Bob Friend memorial lecture, celebrating 20 years of Sky News. See picture slideshow here. The Guardian's report is here, and Press Gazette's report is here.
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This year's Bob Friend scholar, Tania Steere, is into her second week at Sky News and seems to be having a ball. She's largely been shadowing reporters and working on the planning desk - but yesterday saw her first piece of content used in a package. She interviewed one of the widows of servicemen who were exposed to radiation during weapons testing at Christmas Island in the 1950s. 
The documentary that I worked on for the majority of my time at Sky News this summer is airing tonight. 'A Town Like Merthyr' is on Sky News (and Sky News HD so you can see the Chernobyl-like bleakness of Merthyr Tydfil in glorious High Definition) at 7.30 tonight. It's a half hour documentary looking at the population of the town of Merthyr Tydfil and how its dependence on incapacity benefits may come under threat due to the proposed budget cuts.
Daniel May has been named as the Sky News Bob Friend Memorial Scholar for 2010. He will formally receive the award from Sky News's editorial development manager Rob Kirk on the evening of March 3 at the Sky Bob Friend Memorial Lecture, to be delivered this year by BBC Director-General Mark Thompson. 