Managing correspondents in the field has become very much more complex, not least through the expansion in the size of the international press over the last two decades. Less than 500 journalists applied for accreditation for the first Gulf War. By 1998 more than 2,500 journalists were seeking to follow NATO into Kosovo. The huge demand for the limited number of “embed†places available with the British Army in Helmand allows the Ministry of Defence to choose journalists they prefer. link
From the NATO Review
on March 3, 2008 12:29 PM | 1
I've cross-posted this on the Frontline blog. Vaughan features in an article in the latest edition of NATO Review. Vaughan discusses how he got into journalism, military minders and the importance of independent reporting,
1 Comment
What do you think?
Calendar
Recent posts
- Gladiatorial Interviewing is Ersatz Journalism by Vaughan Smith on June 26, 2012 2:04 PM
- Blood and Dust film by Vaughan Smith on February 21, 2011 11:56 AM
- Vaughan Smith's new film 'Blood and Dust' broadcasting on Al Jazeera by Charlotte Cook on February 16, 2011 10:12 AM
Categories
Archives
Our Bloggers
- Adam Blenford on Photojournalism
Last update on 22/07/09 - Adam Pletts in Afghanistan
Last update on 16/09/11 - Alex Strick van Linschoten - a war reporter on the road
Last update on 16/12/09 - Ali S. Novruzov in Azerbaijan
Last update on 22/04/10 - Anastasia Moloney in Bogota
Last update on 23/12/08 - Anita Coulson in Africa
Last update on 04/04/08 - Ben Hammersley in the Philippines
Last update on 17/02/08 - Celeste Hicks on African reporting
Last update on 02/02/12 - Charlotte Cook on Documentary
Last update on 04/08/11 - Daniel Bennett - Reporting War
Last update on 10/09/12 - David Axe - Africa is Boring
Last update on 29/10/10 - Deborah Bonello in Mexico
Last update on 08/07/11 - Devjyot Ghoshal in India
Last update on 15/08/09 - Fred on the Democratic Republic of Congo
Last update on 30/10/08 - From War Zones to the Wilderness
Last update on 21/04/08 - Frontline Club on documentary films
Last update on 17/03/09 - Glenna Gordon in Liberia
Last update on 03/03/09 - Guy Degen in Germany
Last update on 18/02/11 - Heathcliff O'Malley - a photojournalist on the road
Last update on 03/02/09 - Hereward Holland in Accra
Last update on 23/02/11 - Hodan Yusuf-Pankhurst on Somalia
Last update on 12/02/11 - In conversation: Assange, Žižek and Goodman
Last update on 11/07/11 - Iona Craig in Yemen
Last update on 10/02/12 - Isabelle Roughol about Cambodia
Last update on 26/10/09 - John Owen on international news reporting
Last update on 01/06/10 - Jonathan Gorvett in Borneo
Last update on 26/12/08 - Kevin German in Vietnam
Last update on 18/02/09 - Kyle MacRae on citizen journalism
Last update on 09/06/08 - Last week at the Frontline Club
Last update on 26/10/09 - Matthew Collin in Georgia
Last update on 01/09/10 - Michael O' Riordan in the United Arab Emirates
Last update on 10/12/08 - Mike Hills in Lebanon
Last update on 30/07/09 - Morten Hvaal a photojournalist on the road
Last update on 10/06/09 - Natalia Viana in Brazil
Last update on 15/09/09 - Olga Kravtsova on journalism and trauma
Last update on 28/12/10 - Oliver Balch in India
Last update on 30/01/10 - Onnik Krikorian in Armenia
Last update on 08/12/11 - Patrick Wells in West Africa
Last update on 29/10/10 - Pete Chonka on Somaliland
Last update on 26/06/10 - Peter Moszynski on Sudan
Last update on 03/03/09 - Phyza Jameel in Pakistan
Last update on 22/10/10 - Rob Crilly - African Safari
Last update on 21/06/10 - Ryan Gallagher on Journalism
Last update on 08/07/11 - Salam Pax in Baghdad
Last update on 11/03/09 - Sasa in Syria
Last update on 12/05/09 - The Forum - Journalism, insight and debate at the Frontline Club
Last update on 02/10/12 - Tom Finn in Yemen
Last update on 05/04/11 - Vaughan Smith
Last update on 26/06/12 - Yawar Nazir and Abdul Mohamin Bhat in Kashmir
Last update on 15/05/09 - Zimbabaloola in Zimbabwe
Last update on 22/04/08
General Craddock noted that when NATO took on the Afghanistan security mission, starting in 2005, its military branch determined how many forces and what types of military capabilities would be needed. All 26 member nations have sent contingents, but the total force remains short of aircraft, intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance capabilities and about 7,000 troops.