The Frontline Club Talk and Dinner 16 May 23

Tuesday 16th May 2023

Start: 1800 | Finish: 2200 approx. likely a little earlier

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Booking is open until close of play Sunday 14th May.

The Frontline Club is a gathering place for journalists, photographers and other likeminded people interested in international affairs.  They champion Independent Journalism & Freedom of Speech, and rally the protection of Press Freedom and fight for the safety of Freelancers in doing their important work around the globe.  

The Master has secured Vaughan Smith founder of the Frontline Club to speak to us that evening. The Guardian has described him as "a former army officer, journalist adventurer and libertarian."
In the 1990s, Smith worked as an independent cameraman and video news journalist covering wars and conflict in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Chechnya, Kosovo, and elsewhere. Smith himself filmed the only uncontrolled footage of the Gulf War in 1991, after he bluffed his way into an active-duty unit while disguised as a British Army officer.
During the '90s, Smith also ran Frontline News TV, an agency set up in 1989 to represent the interests of young video journalists who wanted to push the envelope of their profession. Frontline News TV was described by the BBC world affairs editor John Simpson as one of the "high peaks of journalism."   As a freelance cameraman, he won, either individually or part of a team, 28 news awards.
Smith has been shot twice, but escaped both times with light injuries. While he was filming the Serbian action at Prekaz in April 1998, a bullet lodged in his mobile telephone.

Enjoy a three course meal with wines will be served at the Club. 

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