Comments on: Journalism Education: My Unfinished Business

By: imad

imad — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:28:23 +0000

i imad from iraq who tried to save life British journalist named Richard Wild, who was killed in the war 2003
Then I left my studies because of exposure to some harassment of the terrorists
Friends Richard gave me fax thanks (Letter of thanks) from Jeremy Corbyn and tall me If you need help go to you and now I need necessary to help
I lost my study because of this humanitarian work

By: Goodbye City University: @amonck reflects on four years as journalism head | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:08:04 +0000

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By: Leaving

Leaving — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:05:09 +0000

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By: david dunkley gyimah

david dunkley gyimah — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:46:59 +0000

That’s a tough one to carry around Adrian. I remember reading about Richard in The Guardian and posted briefly on him last year.

It struck me as well, as often when asked by friends wanting to get a relative into journalism my advice was along the lines of …”travel if you can to the story”.

If it’s a hot zone and you consider you have a good head, then be cautious, but go for it. I gave such advice to a senior exec from Chatham House, who would become my mentor.

For it was while fortuitously in a BBC studio interviewing South Africa’s Embassy head Kent Durr about the Boipatong Massacres with my soon -to-be-mentor there, that following the discussion, I made the decision to relocate to South Africa for 18 months.

One of the then BBC producers in Joburg was a savvy, streetwise, six-languages speaking journo who would take me off to see the local Totseis. “David you just need these people to see you. They carry a lot of clout”, he’d whisper.

Though I was extremely cautious, I look back on those times travelling around the townships; night time drives in some of the worst troubled spots, and sometimes question what I was doing. I was a freelancer. A report brought in 200 UKP, but on one occasion I signed a disclaimer as I climbed into a truck for a night patrol in Katlehong - then designated the murder capital of the world.

My advice to new journalists now has changed somewhat. Richard’s death was one of the straws.

By: Nicola del Piano

Nicola del Piano — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:17:44 +0000

I’m italian student. I love journalism and I hope to have a mentor like you. I’ll listen to Perugia.

By: Adrian Monck

Adrian Monck — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:45:32 +0000

@Alex - no, I don’t think I did.
@Mike - last of the Australian sentimentalists…

By: Mike Hanley

Mike Hanley — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:10:27 +0000

Funny, I always thought it was because the college was the only place that would give you a job. What a silly misconception!

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:30:46 +0000

This is a fascinating story. I hope you still don’t believe you aided in his death, because it all just seemed like bad timing. I love when journalists have a reason for their passion. It’s a sad story…but also somehow inspiring.