Photo: Paula Bronstein / Getty Images: Women in Kabul wait in line for food intended for widows. Reporting from Afghanistan requires empathy, knowledge and persistence.
On Oct. 7, 2009, David Loyn of the BBC and Christina Lamb of the Sunday Times of London sat before an audience at the Columbia Journalism School to talk about their decades of experience reporting in Afghanistan and the prospects for the current conflict. Their assessments were sobering. Lamb said success was no longer in reach. Loyn responded: "There's a big risk now that defeat and victory are starting to look rather similar."
After their public discussion, Loyn and Lamb sat down with the Dart Center to answer three questions about the journalistic craft needed to report conflicts like Afghanistan.
Three Questions for Christina Lamb, Sunday Times
Three Questions for David Loyn, BBC
Stan Alcorn
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Stan Alcorn directs multimedia content and special projects for the Dart Center's website. He has written, edited and shot video for venues including the Orange County Register, The Nation Magazine and Marketplace as well as independently for Danger Documentaries.
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