Reporting on Conflict and Crisis: A Conversation with Alex Crawford

The Meridian Podcast

On todays episode of the Meridian Podcast, Emilia and Michael sit down with Sky News Special Correspondent Alex Crawford. Crawford is based in Istanbul and her incredible career has spanned over 30 years, and includes reporting from Libya, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Syria, and most recently Ukraine. She was awarded an OBE for her services to journalism, and has won several awards for her reporting, including a BAFTA and two Emmy’s. We spoke with Alex about her career as a foreign correspondent, and how she initially got into journalism. She also shared stories of her experiences in incredibly dangerous conflict zones, such as sheltering in a mosque whilst under siege in Libya, and also her work in Afghanistan and Ukraine, how civilians have constantly been instrumental to her story-telling, and what she believes are the fundamentals to good journalism. Hosts: Emilia Hardie (@emiliahardie) Michael Gaughan (@mikegaughan6) Editor: Michael Gaughan Introduction music courtesy of Soularflair on Free Music Archive. Creative Commons licence can be found here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. Theme music courtesy of Gavin Luke, via Epidemic Sound, with subscription. All credit goes to original owners, The Meridian Podcast is not for profit.