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3. All for nothing

Journalism can mean pushing your way into peoples’ lives at their worst moments. Jeremy Bowen asks is it enough to just report it straight?

Journalism can mean pushing your way into peoples’ lives at their worst moments.

Without a good a reason, it’s tourism. Or war porn. People disagree on what that reason is.

Reflecting on his reports from the Siege of Sarajevo, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ International Editor Jeremy Bowen asks if it is enough to just report it straight.

Jeremy speaks with: journalist and environmental activist George Monbiot; Nikole Hannah-Jones, whose 1619 project won the Pulitzer Prize; former ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ correspondent Michael Buerk who speaks of his concerns following his coverage of the Ethiopia famine and two journalists Jeremy was with in Sarajevo: former Reuters journalist Sabina Cosic, and CNN's Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour.

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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Sun 28 Jul 2024 23:30

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  • Wed 10 May 2023 13:45
  • Sat 27 Jul 2024 05:45
  • Sun 28 Jul 2024 23:30

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