The Frontline Club hosts the evening on the first Tuesday of each month. No entrance fee is required and there is a pay bar.
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The Club Quiz returns in March with quizmasters Caroline Johns and Dr Keith Surridge. They have prepared questions that will test your knowledge and live up to the reputation of being billed as one of ‘the hardest quizzes in London’.
Use this great excuse to get your friends together and explore the members’ Clubroom with it’s fascinating history and displays of memorabilia.
Teams can consist of up to six people, and there will be five rounds of 10 questions. The entry cost is £5 per person, with all money raised going to the Frontline Fund, assisting families of fixers around the world killed or injured while working with the international media.
As one of our prizes, you can win three pairs of tickets* to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the Natural History Museum. From intimate portraits to unique behaviour, and atmospheric wildernesses to challenging documentary, Wildlife Photographer of the Year offers an unparalleled insight into the diversity, beauty and importance of the natural world.
Get a team together and if you’re lucky you could be going home with some top prizes!
*The tickets are valid until 30 August 2015. Prize cannot be exchanged for cash. Open to UK residents over the age of 18 only. Tickets are subject to availability. Promoter reserves the right to exchange the prize for one of equal or greater value. Wildlife Photographer of the Year is co-owned by the Natural History Museum and BBC Worldwide Image credit: Sailing by © Matthew Smith
Caroline Johns is a reformed historian, having given up her PhD when the roof of her garret caved in and the novelty of penury wore off. She left the hallowed groves of academe (lecturing on the BA Journalism course at City University) to cross to ‘the dark side’ that is the private sector and now works for Deloitte as speechwriter to the UK CEO and chief of staff to the global chairman.
Dr Keith Surridge is a history lecturer in several American college programmes in London. He is the co-author of The Boer War (with Denis Judd), which, if you look hard, may even still be available in some good book shops.
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We welcome our members, both recently joined and ongoing, for an evening of conversation and drinks kindly sponsored by Chivas Regal.
Please ask our friendly bartender to mix you up a free gin & tonic or a whisky & ginger ale. The offer is available from 6:00-8.00 PM.
All members are welcome. We hope you enjoy your evening at the Club.
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The infamous Club Quiz returns after the summer break with quizmasters Caroline Johns and Dr Keith Surridge. Having previously been billed as one of ‘the hardest quizzes in London’ it is sure to attract the cream of Frontline Club quizzing talent.
Teams can consist of up to six people, and there will be five rounds of 10 questions. The entry cost is £5 per person with all money raised going to the Fixers’ Fund, assisting families of fixers around the world killed or injured while working with the international media.
Caroline Johns is a reformed historian, having given up her PhD when the roof of her garret caved in and the novelty of penury wore off. She left the hallowed groves of academe (lecturing on the BA Journalism course at City University) to cross to ‘the dark side’ that is the private sector and now works for Deloitte as speechwriter to the UK CEO and chief of staff to the global chairman.
Dr Keith Surridge is a history lecturer in several American college programmes in London. He is the co-author of The Boer War (with Denis Judd), which, if you look hard, may even still be available in some good book shops.
Could Multimedia Story-telling be the new journalism? Who are its clients and how can it work commercially?
Brian Storm, founder and executive producer of multimedia production studio MediaStorm, came up with some assured answers during a most informative and positive presentation about journalism and its future at the Frontline Club.
Storm touched upon some ways to structure a multimedia story to make it compelling viewing: establishing empathy with the character(s); using body language, which makes up 80 percent of communication. Storm spoke about ‘back-timing’, having a visual element in the imagery that challenges a statement that has just been made.
Visual sequences should be little essays, moving without extreme cuts from wide to extreme close-up. The viewer’s eyes should be able to stay in the same place and remain on the point of interest when cuts are made. Storm also advised taking tills in the same format as the video, 16:9, to avoid letter-boxing or crops in the edited piece, and as much ruthlessness in editing by subtraction as you would be when selecting your portfolio.
Being passionate about still photography, Storm had been shocked to learn that newspaper readers spend no more than 0,6 seconds looking at an image. Embedding images in a multi media story encourages viewers to engage with photography beyond a cursory glance, he said.
Storm described the four strands of the agency’s work; publication, project specific agency work, production work for others, and teaching online and workshops.
Editorial work for partners has developed as NGOs and non-profit organisation begin to seek partnerships with journalists rather than straight marketing to get their message out. They are more frequently turning to journalists for their skills and are often prepared to pay better rates for projects than regular editorial clients.
A question about photographers ‘crossing over’ raised the issue of video work compromising the stills photography. Storm replied that one needed to allow enough time for ‘hunting’ (getting the right stills) and ‘fishing’ (filming).
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You can enter as an individual or as a team of six. All money raised will go to the Fixers’ Fund which raises money for families of fixers around the world killed or injured while working with the international media. This event is open to everyone.
David Dickinson is a historical crime writer and former editor of Newsnight.
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