Special Events Category
Photograph: Patrick Chauvel
A special event about reporting from Vietnam with some of the giants of war reporting including Jon Swain, Michael Nicholson and Patrick Chauvel. ...more
Following the release of more than 90,000 classified military documents on whistle-blowing site Wikileaks on Sunday, founder Julian Assange will be taking part in a special event at the Frontline Club this Tuesday evening.Assange will be talking about the impact of the documents that were released in partnership with The Guardian, the New York Times and German paper Der Spiegel which chronicle in minute detail US military operations in the country between 2004 and 2010.He will also discuss the journalistic implications of the way the information has been released as well as talking through the possibilities for journalists and citizens... ...more
Julian Assange of Wikileaks is holding a press conference at noon today at the Frontline Club following the release yesterday of a document set called the Afghan War Diary, an extraordinary compendium of over 91,000 reports covering the war in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010, described by the Guardian as the biggest intelligence leak in history. Watch the second part here http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/455/... ...more
The Frontline Club is proud to announce our second event in association with The Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation. An evening of Documentary Matchmaking to pair great new projects with the right people in the industry to help make them happen.From 7 - 8.30pm, directors and producers will be introducing their work in progress projects to a crowded room including leading producers, editors, commissioners and possible collaborators. Each project will have a few minutes to lay out what they are doing and what advice or help they need from the experts in the room. Some projects will be at completion stage... ...more
Hosted by Robert West Co-Founder and Executive Director of Working Films
The Frontline Club are thrilled to be hosting the London premiere of the tenth annual Media That Matters festival, a showcase of 12 short films on social issues for multiplatform distribution ...more
A welcome return to the Frontline Club for Jewish Comedian Ivor Dembina with his remarkable show about the Middle East conflict 'This is Not a Subject for Comedy'. Best described as a ‘story with jokes’, the narrative uses humour to tell how a young Jewish man from Hendon, north London brought up to love Israel finds his support for the Jewish State challenged by his visit to the Occupied Territories. From London to the West Bank via Auschwitz and Jerusalem we see him decide to speak out against the Occupation despite hostility from within his own Jewish community. Although... ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director Richard Parry
Made over 15 years by club founders Vaughan Smith and Richard Parry the film is an intimate journey with war photographer Robert King, following his ambition to win the Pullitzer Prize for photography in the most dangerous warzones of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. ...more
In partnership with the Orwell Prize and the Media Standards Trust, the Frontline is holding a special panel discussion with three of the journalists shortlisted for this year's award, one week before the winner is announced.
Please note the new start time for this event of 7.30pm.Speakers on the night include Mail on Sunday reporter Peter Hitchens; Guardian social affairs reporter Amelia Gentleman and freelancer John Arlidge, who writes for the Sunday Times. With our chair Paddy O'Connell, the presenter of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House, we'll get the inside story on their nominees' scoops, investigations and insights and find out what makes hard-hitting political journalists tick in 2010. We also ask: is investigative journalism under threat from the pressures of the modern media industry? See the full list of nominees and links to their work... ...more
Join us at the Frontline Club from 7pm onwards to watch the General Election results in the Club room and Forum.
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Comedian, scriptwriter and journalist Jane Bussmann at the Frontline Club for a special one-off comedy night. ...more