Outside Finsbury Mosque, close to the scene where a 51-year old man was brutally and indiscriminately mowed down by an alleged terrorist in a van last week, scores of journalists, photographers, cameramen, producers and presenters gathered. Many were approaching locals, commuters or worshipers at the mosque requesting a comment. There were far more TV reporters
I met James, an 18-year-old refugee from South Sudan when I visited his home in Bidi Bidi, the world’s largest refugee camp, which is in Uganda. I was on a trip with the international development organisation Action Against Hunger. James had to flee in the middle of night when soldiers attacked his village. He escaped
As journalists and media training experts here at Nine Media, we are often asked to go on news programmes to comment on a topic we have written about. The first time I did this I couldn’t believe how little hand-holding there was considering it was national television. I was shovelled into make-up and before I
