Jon Williams, ex-BBC Foreign News Editor, on Freelance Journalism, Media Challenges, and Lawsuits
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Jon Williams, Executive Director of the Rory Peck Trust, former foreign editor at BBC News, and managing editor of ABC News in the US and RTÉ. We discuss the work of the Trust; the challenges facing freelance journalists; the rise in deaths and imprisonment of journalists; dealing with propaganda wars and media companies; and how broadcasters should handle lawsuits.
“As news organisations have got less and less money to base foreign correspondents overseas, then more and more they're turning to freelancers to fill that gap, and the awards are … both an act of recognition and an act of resistance to this climate of misinformation that we find ourselves in.”
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