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.
I've posted web versions of the 30-minute radio news programmes produced by two undergraduate teams yesterday. We'll have a full de-briefing session on Monday, but try to listen to them over the weekend to remind yourselves of your moments of glory. And infamy.
My own perspective was that both teams performed superbly. Although there were plenty of mistakes on both sides -- both technical and editorial (we'll go over them in gory detail next week) -- it really is impressive that you've been able to put together a half-hour news show with lots of original journalism under real deadline conditions after just six weeks of tuition in radio.
You'll find the shows in the Audio section of the site. And yes, access to both is restricted to Centre for Journalism staff and students.
My overwhelming impression on first listening to the radio programmes is that they are both tremendously good. Of course there are mistakes. It would be astonishing if there were none. But the journalism is impressive, you have got the point of radio and you have worked together to produce entirely coherent output. That is a fantastic achievement and I am immensely impressed.