Always Take Notes with Simon Akam
Always Take Notes: a chat with my friend Simon Akam. https://soundcloud.com/user-996964818/alex-perry-journalist-and-author
Discussing The Good Mothers with Kerre McIvor
“We tend to think of the mafia as a movie or a myth, or a legend… There are many reasons to be slightly astonished by this story but one of the main ones is this vicious, vicious lethal war going on now in 21st century Europe. I hope one of the main messages of the …
Longform Podcast #177: Alex Perry
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Patronising journalism on India
Nigeria’s Boko Haram ‘More Extreme Than Al-Qaida,’ Journalist Says
Somalia 2011 famine was a U.S.-created war crime, says journalist Alex Perry
A newly arrived elderly Somali woman waits with other new arrivals to be registered as refugees in Doolow, south western Somalia. Doolow is the main exit point for Somalis from Bay, Bakool and Gedo regions fleeing to Ethiopia to escape war and a severe drought ravaging the country. (AFP/Getty Images/Tony Karumba) Save
Africa could thrive, if only the aid industry would let it
Fishing for Trouble
Fishing for Trouble is fishing in war zones. It combines adventure travel, war correspondence, extreme danger … and fish. Follow award-winning foreign correspondent Alex Perry as he plays truant from his day job, casting a line in some of the world’s most remote and dangerous waters. Whether pursuing the goliath tigerfish in the Congo, casting …
Press Pass to the World
“Press Pass to the World” follows an ensemble cast of respected journalists through the difficult, adventurous lifestyle of foreign reporting for some of the world’s leading newspapers. Starring: Barbara Demick, Alex PerrySupporting actors: Clare Hollingworth, Don Kirk, Ann Louise Bardach, Thomas Crampton, Gary Marx, Bryan PearsonDirected by: Craig McCourryGenre: DocumentaryRuntime: 0 hours 59 minutesCaptions and …
CNN/ Channel 4: The House of War
A Taliban surrender turns into a bloody revolt in northern Afghanistan. Find out more: English Arabic