If youre a US talk radio host and youve got the vice-president on your station, youre going to put a few listeners questions to him, right? Right. Well thats what Scott Hennen did on station WDAY in Fargo, North Dakota, back in October...

I was in Paris this weekend for the Winning Press Freedom conference , featuring a fantastic line-up of experts and journalists looking at reporting conditions in China. We heard from the BBC’s foreign news editor and the head of AP...

Thanksfor reading my posts from Damascus. Photographer Angie Catlin and I are currently in the process of producing an exhibition on Iraqi refugees to be held in Glasgow in June as part of Refugee Week. We've interviewedaround 30...

Today's front-page lead in The Guardian, Chinese ship carries arms cargo to Mugabe regime , reminds me of the possible role of two Northern Ireland companies in helping to arm China and, through China, Zimbabawe. We revealed the...

Looking ahead to this years Media Awards as a celebration of Human Rights reporting there have been a few reminders in the news of the dangers faced by journalists as they cover stories in volatile regions. We need only cast our minds...