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Somalia - kidnapped for 6 months and counting

Graham H. on Dipity.

I wrote about this on the Frontline blog, but it's worth a crosspost here. Two freelance journalists, Amanda Lindhout and Nigel Brennan, were kidnapped in Somalia six months ago today. There's no mention of their plight in the mainstream media today - at least not yet. It's a given that it's tough being a journalist and getting kidnapped. Being a freelance, with no big media outlet out there batting for you, must be a lot tougher. Head over to Frontline to read the whole story or browse the timeline above.

P.S. that's a new look Frontline Club website I've been working on. Would love to hear any thoughts/suggestions. I'll post more on that as and when I get make the time.

Track breaking news with me on Friday

Really need to do the self promotion bit a whole lot better... We have a few places left on the Track Breaking News Online course this coming Friday (21 Nov) at the Frontline Club in London. It's a great course - if I say so myself - you'll learn loads and have a small shedload of fun. If you need to know how to navigate the Internet to find what you need quickly and efficiently especially during a breaking news event using a bunch of tools you may not have previously used, then this is the course for you. And for foodies... there is an amazing lunch thrown in...

US election night live from the Frontline Club

Hoping to blog a bit, post photos a bit, send some audio a bit from the Monacle sponsored event at the Frontline Club here in London. No promises, technical snaffoos might get in the way.

UPDATE: I kept the video, tweets and pics coming, but no audio. Just too noisy here :)

Faggots from the Frontline

Faggots, peas, mash and gravy 4, originally uploaded by noodlepie.

I was at the Frontline Club (again) earlier this week for work (as usual) and among the stonkingly good dishes I tried (again) was this plate of faggots, peas, mash and gravy you can see above. Was great to catch up with colleagues, have a good natter with Richard and Robin and I look forward to heading back (again) on November 4 for the mega-Monacle sponsored US election party. May even attempt a bit of multimedia blogging from the all night party. Or maybe I can persuade Adam to whip out his Flip, maybe Chris can do some voxpops and the Headshift crew can cyberfy the Frontline Club ;) See you all there.

Late night

Late night, originally uploaded by selva.

I was just in the process of posting this over on Rob Crilly's From the Frontline blog and I thought it was rather a cool pic, with the right Creative Commons License, and so... why not let it sit here. The thing is, Rob is stuck on some godawful Canadian warship off the coast of Somalia staring at the harbour lights in Mogadishu with a flaky Internet connection meaning the realm picture of his bunk didn't make it to me over the ether. The above pic is as close as I can find to what I imagine a blogger on a bunk on a Canadian warship might look like.