We are delighted to invite you to the Frontline Club Awards ceremony, an essential event celebrating our colleagues and peers for their integrity, courage and independent spirit.
Don McCullin is our special guest this year as he will receive The Frontline Club Tribute Award.
Our host this year is Elizabeth Palmer, CBS news correspondent.
The keynote speaker is Peter Bouckaert, Emergencies Director at Human Rights Watch.
The nominees will be announced on 23rd of October by our distinguished panel of judges:
Jon Lee Anderson, staff writer at The New Yorker
Kate Brooks, Photojournalist and Filmmaker
Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent at The Independent
Carlotta Gall, Correspondent for The New York Times
Elizabeth C Jones, Freelance journalist and filmmaker
Gary Knight, Photographer and Co-founder of the VII Photo agency
David Loyn, BBC Afghanistan correspondent
Aidan Sullivan, Vice President photo assignments Getty Images
Jeremy Bowen, BBC Middle East editor
Vaughan Smith, founder of the Frontline Club and independent cameraman
For a fourth year we are delighted to include the awarding of The Richard Beeston Bursary in our ceremony. This award of £6,000 is for an aspiring British or UK-based foreign correspondent to spend six weeks abroad, researching and reporting on a foreign news story, in association with The Times newspaper. A further award of £6,000 is available to a young journalist based in Israel, Lebanon or the Palestinian territories to undertake a six-week fellowship on The Times foreign desk in London. Applicants should have at least two years journalistic experience, be under the age of 30 on the application closing date and have a professional command of English. For more information on how to apply for the bursary and past winners click here.
]]>An opportunity to enjoy the company of the Club's members and also a great night to introduce friends and colleagues who are interested in joining, so please bring a guest. Complimentary drinks will be available courtesy of our generous sponsors, Chivas.
During the evening there will be a presentation of the Frontline Journalism Awards recognising excellence in journalism, which for the first time have been nominated by Frontline Club members. An auction will also be held in aid of the Fixers' Fund.
]]>As another year comes to a close we warmly invite our members to join us to celebrate our eighth anniversary.
An opportunity to enjoy the company of the Club’s members and also a great night to introduce friends and colleagues who are interested in joining, so please bring a guest.
Complimentary drinks will be available courtesy of our generous sponsors, Chivas. A set menu will be offered in the restaurant from 5.30-8pm or from 9pm, view the menu here. Space is limited so please indicate when booking if you would like to dine and at what time.
During the evening there will be a presentation of the Frontline Journalism Awards recognising excellence in journalism, which for the first time have been nominated by Frontline Club members. The Awards are sponsored by Canon. An auction will also be held in aid of the Fixers’ Fund.
The Frontline Club Award is given annually in recognition of an outstanding body of work or series of contributions over a one-year period. Work nominated for the Frontline Club Award should be for the period 1 October 2010 to 30 September 2011.
The Memorial Tribute Award is given in honour of front line journalists killed in the course of their work and can be awarded to recognise lifetime achievements or work that has not received the acclaim it deserves.
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A beautiful signed print by VII photographer Ed Kashi from his series about ageing.
Ed Kashi
A tour of London in Frontline’s armoured vehicle with chauffeur and guide Vaughan Smith.
One of Julian Assange’s disguises, a USB stick containing the Afghanistan and Iraq War Logs and a lunch or dinner with Julian Assange to take you through the logs.
Wikileaks
Murdo Macleod’s book GNIUS (“face” in Gaelic), with a signed foreword by Alan Rusbridger.
The Guardian
A weekend stay for two at the Gandamack Lodge in Kabul; food, drink and armoury included.
Peter Jouvenal
Two signed Louis Theroux DVD box sets: The Strange & The Dangerous and Law & Disorder and a coffee with Louis.
Louis Theroux
A money can’t buy visit to London’s most exclusive gin bars
The private bar at the Beefeater Distillery in Kennington is famed as possibly the world’s most exclusive gin bar – cocktails at the distillery will be followed by food and drinks at Mark’s bar at Hix before a visit to London’s next most exclusive gin bar – the private club of the Yeoman Warders in the Tower of London. An exclusive opportunity to see the ceremony of the keys at the Tower completes the experience for 4 people.
Chivas Brothers
An opportunity to sit in the BBC News studio watching the 6 o’clock news be transmitted live.
George Alagiah & the BBC
Jon Snow’s set of socks and tie.
Jon Snow
A night out in Paris with free drinks for two at Bar 61.
Remy Ourdan, Bar 61 Paris
A signed print by one of France’s most experienced war photographers, Patrick Chauvel.
Patrick Chauvel
A tour of ITV News newsroom and studios, meet the presenters and watch from behind the scenes as an ITV News programme is broadcast live.
ITN
War Stories and Six Days by Jeremy Bowen, signed by the man himself PLUS a Hassan Nasrallah car air freshener from Hezbollah.
Jeremy Bowen
A framed photograph of Paddy O’Connell in mid-flow at a First Wednesday event, signed by the man himself.
Chris King & Paddy O’Connell
Home cooked spaghetti Bolognese at Paddy O’Connell’s London residence.
Paddy O’Connell
A Limited Edition signed copy of Eugene Richards’ War is Personal -a real collectors’ item.
Aidan Sullivan & Getty Images
A selection of 10 titles from V40, Verso’s 40th year of radical independent publishing.
The Verso Book of Dissent
The Obama Syndrome by Tariq Ali
Surveys from Exile by Karl Marx (his journalism from London!)
Meltdown by Paul Mason
Dispatches from the Dark Side by Gareth Peirce
Israel and Palestine by Avi Shlaim
None of us were like this before by Joshua ES Phillips
Words & Money by Andre Schiffrin
The Return of the Public by Dan Hind
A Seventh Man by John Berger and Jean Mohr
Verso
Dinner in the BBC’s canteen with John Sweeney and an undercover tour of the BBC.
John Sweeney
A stunning photograph by VII photographer Gary Knight of India’s Special Boat Force patrolling the small canals off Lake Dal near Srinagar, printed by Metro Imaging.
Gary Knight & Metro Imaging
An all expenses paid weekend for two at the Frontline Club.
The Frontline Club
Bottle of The Glenlivet Founders Reserve
Bottled this year to mark the visit to The Glenlivet by HRH The Prince of Wales to open the newly expanded Glenlivet Distillery. Only 1824 bottles of this 21 year old single malt were produced to mark the year George Smith founded the distillery. (Retail £250)
Chivas Brothers
To book for the Annual Party please see here (MEMBERS ONLY).
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