Podcast appearances and mentions of Lindsey Hilsum

Some news stories shake the world, others barely make the front page. In the era of Donald Trump, many important stories are being forgotten.Lindsey Hilsum is one of the journalism's most experienced and fearless foreign correspondents.She shares reflections on a career spent running towards atrocities and how to balance covering Trump and the stories we're missing.Guest: Lindsey Hilsum, Channel 4 News International Editor, author of I Brought The War with Me; Stories and Poems from the Front LineRecommendations:Hamish: Lindsey Hilsum on Desert Island Discs, BBCKylie: You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War, Elizabeth BeckerGet in touch:  We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au

Lindsey Hilsum is a multi-award-winning journalist who has been a foreign correspondent for the past four decades. She has been Channel 4's international editor for the past 22 years and has reported on every continent except Antarctica. After studying French and Spanish at University, she worked as an aid worker in Mexico and Kenya before becoming the East Africa stringer for the BBC World Service. After realising her calling was journalism she devoted her career to covering events around the world including the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and the 2003/4 war in Iraq.She also spent two years in Beijing as the China correspondent for Channel 4 News.Among her many awards for her work, she has been named Amnesty International Journalist of the Year, RTS Specialist Journalist of the Year and has received the Charles Wheeler Award in recognition of her outstanding contribution to broadcast journalism. She is also the author of three books. When she is not abroad reporting, Lindsey lives in London.Presenter: Lauren Laverne Producer: Sarah Taylor .DISC ONE: Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen DISC TWO: Carey - Joni Mitchell DISC THREE: Shauri Yako - Orchestra Super Mazembe DISC FOUR: Summertime - Billie Holiday and her Orchestra DISC FIVE: Hurricane - Bob Dylan DISC SIX: The Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto (Arr. for Violin & Chinese Orchestra): Andante cantabile "Transformation" Composed by He Zhanhao and Chen Gang and performed by Lü Siqing and the Taipei Orchestra, conducted by Yiu-kwong Chung DISC SEVEN: Piece of My Heart - Big Brother and the Holding Company and Janis Joplin DISC EIGHT: Who Knows Where the Time Goes - Fairport ConventionBOOK CHOICE: Collected Poems by W H Auden LUXURY ITEM: A Tang Dynasty horse CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Carey - Joni Mitchell

Lindsey Hilsum is the International Editor for Channel 4 News, where she has worked for over 25 years. Having started her career as an aid worker in Latin America, she transitioned to journalism, and she has now reported from six continents for over three decades. She has covered many major conflicts including Kosovo, Iraq, Syria, Ukraine and across the Middle East during the Arab Spring. Her third book I Brought the War with Me: Stories and Poems from the Front Line is out now. On the podcast Lindsey tells Katy Balls about starting out her career in Guatemala and in Kenya, what it was like being the only English-speaking journalist in Rwanda when the genocide broke out in 1994, and why she is drawn to studying human behaviour in extreme situations. She also talks about her surprising link to flat screen TV technology, how journalism has changed from cutting up clippings from a typewriter to modern open-source intelligence techniques and the place she would most like to travel to – the past. Having always carried a book of poetry with her on her travels, she also reads a favourite included in her new book: The Child at the Window by Siegfried Sassoon.  Produced by Patrick Gibbons. 

Lindsey Hilsum is the International Editor for Channel 4 News, where she has worked for over 25 years. Having started her career as an aid worker in Latin America, she transitioned to journalism, and she has now reported from six continents for over three decades. She has covered many major conflicts including Kosovo, Iraq, Syria, Ukraine and across the Middle East during the Arab Spring. Her third book I Brought the War with Me: Stories and Poems from the Front Line is out now. On the podcast Lindsey tells Katy Balls about starting out her career in Guatemala and in Kenya, what it was like being the only English-speaking journalist in Rwanda when the genocide broke out in 1994, and why she is drawn to studying human behaviour in extreme situations. She also talks about her surprising link to flat screen TV technology, how journalism has changed from cutting up clippings from a typewriter to modern open-source intelligence techniques and the place she would most like to travel to – the past. Having always carried a book of poetry with her on her travels, she also reads a favourite included in her new book: The Child at the Window by Siegfried Sassoon.  Produced by Patrick Gibbons. 

Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor, Channel 4 News, reports from Kyiv as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky describes Russian President Vladimir Putin's response to the US ceasefire plan as "manipulative."

Are there limits to what can be said in factual prose? Might poets sometimes do a better job of conveying deeper meaning and emotional truth? Lindsey Hilsum has reported on conflicts for more than 30 years. Her latest book, I Brought the War with Me, juxtaposes poetry with frontline experiences.Our conversation explores her reflections on a wide range of topics, including:* Why poetry speaks more timelessly than journalism* How difficult situations can bring out the best in people* Some potential limitations of reporting, as well as its value* The distinction between being an eyewitness and an activist* Whether locals or outsiders tell more trustworthy storiesLindsey works as International Editor for Channel 4 News, and also contributes to newspapers and literary journals. Her previous book – about the war correspondent Marie Colvin – won the 2019 James Tait Black Prize for biography. For those outside the UK, this article explains the podcast's reference to Gary Lineker…

As Trump is invited to Moscow and praises Putin after a call with the Russian leader about peace negotiations, his defence secretary Pete Hegseth says American troops will not go to Ukraine as peacekeepers as part of any future deal with Russia. He also announced Ukraine will never be part of NATO and needs to say goodbye to territory seized by Russia. In this episode of the Fourcast, Matt Frei discusses all of this and more with Channel 4 News' international editor Lindsey Hilsum. Produced by Calum Fraser, Helene Cacace and Ka Yee Mak.  

In Donald Trump's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos he said, again, that he wants a peace deal with Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine, again suggested Canada could become part of America and again raised the spectre of tariffs that economists say could devastate the global economy, so what is the new American president's vision of the world order and how will he deal with China and Xi Jinping's claims over Taiwan? In his inaugural address President Trump said America would expand its territory, what does this actually mean? A future land grab? Or just a more aggressive American influence in parts of the world? And what does it mean for some of worlds' other strongmen, who have their own expansionist ambitions? In this episode of the Fourcast, Matt Frei is joined by Nina Khrushcheva, professor of international affairs at the New School, and Lindsey Hilsum, Channel 4 News' international editor. Produced by Calum Fraser, Rob Thomson, Amani Huges, Silvia Maresca and Ka Yee Mak.

As Channel 4’s international editor, Lindsey Hilsum has seen war in six continents across more than two decades. As a witness to the catastrophic effects of conflict, Lindsey would carry works of poetry with her to try and make sense of the world. She speaks to Georgina Godwin about her book, ‘I Brought the War with Me”, which collates her favourite poems alongside memories of her own work, whether speaking to child soldiers in Uganda, soldiers in Ukraine or giving testimonies of the Rwandan genocide.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lindsey Hilsum, Chief International News Editor for Channel 4, speaks to us live from Homs as the interim Syrian authority starts the arduous task of rebuilding the state after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

It's a matter of days since Bashar Al-Assad's regime in Syria was toppled by a lightning-quick offensive led by the rebel group Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) - and Syrians are still in a state of euphoria at their newfound freedoms, but also horror as evidence of Assad's torture chambres are revealed.  Channel 4 News' Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Lindsey Hilsum have been on the ground in Damascus and in this week's episode of The Political Fourcast they discuss what is really happening there and whether Syria can be rebuilt with Fuad Sayed Issa, founder of the charity Violet Organisation.  Produced by Silvia Maresca, Ka Yee Mak, Calum Fraser.  

Syrian rebels launched the biggest attack in years against President Bashar al-Assad's government forces, reigniting a bloody civil war - but with Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and the Israel Gaza conflict just next door, the world appears to be on the brink. So, what's going to happen next, why did the rebels launch their attack now and how will the rest of the world react? On this week's episode of the Political Fourcast, Krishnan Guru-Murthy is joined by Dr Lina Khatib, Associate Fellow at Chatham House's Middle East and North Africa Programme, and our International Editor, Lindsey Hilsum, who is in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Produced by Silvia Maresca, Ka Yee Mak, Calum Fraser.

President Putin fired an experimental hypersonic missile at Dnipro - one of Ukraine's biggest cities - and has talked about the nuclear option again. On the frontline, Ukraine appears to be losing ground by the day - in this episode of The Political Fourcast, we talk about how the Ukraine-Russia war is escalating. Krishnan Guru-Murthy is joined by Dr Hanna Shelest, Director of Security Programmes at the Ukrainian think tank Ukrainian Prism, and Channel 4 News international editor, Lindsey Hilsum, who is currently in Dnipro in eastern Ukraine.   Produced by Silvia Maresca and Girish Juneja.

Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor, Channel 4 News, on the 11th visit of US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken to Israel since the 7 October attack.

Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor, Channel 4 News, reports from Beirut amid growing tensions around an expected Israeli retaliatory strike on Hezbollah.

Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor, Channel 4 News, brings us the latest after a night of death and destruction in Beirut.

Jane and Jane look back on their time as subversive vegetarians and look forward to all the spicy margs they'll treat themselves to later in life. Plus, Jane G speaks to Channel 4's Lindsey Hilsum about her new book 'I Brought the War with Me' which is out now. Our next book club pick has been announced! 'The Trouble with Goats and Sheep' by Joanna Cannon. If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi Assistant Producer: Hannah Quinn Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Radio 4's Saturday morning show brings you extraordinary stories and remarkable people.

Lindsey Hilsum, who brings us stories from current wars as the International Editor for Channel 4 News and her latest book mixes memoir with powerful poems.Bestselling author Robert Harris who writes imaginatively about past wars. Also, chef Jon Watts whose life changed forever when he signed up for the Duke of Edinburgh Awards whilst serving time as a teenager. He'll be sharing his story.All that, plus the Inheritance Tracks of actor and author Celia Imrie.Presenters: Nikki Bedi & Huw StephensProducer: Gareth Nelson-Davies

My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is Channel 4's international editor Lindsey Hilsum. In her new book I Brought The War With Me: Stories and Poems from the Front Line Lindsey intersperses her account of the many conflicts she has covered as a war reporter with the poems that have given her consolation and a wider sense of meaning as she travels through the dark places of the earth. She tells me what poets can do that reporters can't, how you put a human face on statistics, how new technology has changed her trade, and why she goes back and back into danger to bear witness.

My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is Channel 4's international editor Lindsey Hilsum. In her new book I Brought The War With Me: Stories and Poems from the Front Line Lindsey intersperses her account of the many conflicts she has covered as a war reporter with the poems that have given her consolation and a wider sense of meaning as she travels through the dark places of the earth. She tells me what poets can do that reporters can't, how you put a human face on statistics, how new technology has changed her trade, and why she goes back and back into danger to bear witness.

Lindsey Hilsum is an award-winning correspondent with Britain's Channel 4 News who has contributed to the News Hour with reports from Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and more. Her new book, "I Brought the War with Me," marries her life as a war correspondent with poetry. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant discussed more with Hilsum for our arts and culture series, CANVAS. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Lindsey Hilsum is an award-winning correspondent with Britain's Channel 4 News who has contributed to the News Hour with reports from Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and more. Her new book, "I Brought the War with Me," marries her life as a war correspondent with poetry. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant discussed more with Hilsum for our arts and culture series, CANVAS. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Vice President Kamala Harris is the favourite to be the Democratic nominee for president after Joe Biden's shock decision to drop out of the race - but can she really beat Donald Trump?   Some polls suggest Kamala Harris is even less popular than Joe Biden, especially in the crucial swing states and like president Biden - she's stumbled a few times in public - leading some to write her off - but has she been totally underestimated?  To discuss all this and more, Matt Frei was joined by Christina Emba, staff writer at The Atlantic, and Channel 4 News' International Editor, Lindsey Hilsum.  Produced by Calum Fraser, Nina Hodgson, Shaheen Sattar, Zahra Warsame, Millie Teasdale, and Rob Thomson  

Sudan's civil war has left tens of thousands dead, and displaced millions over the nearly 14 months since the Sudanese military and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces plunged the country into a devastating war. Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News reports from the city of Omdurman. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Sudan's civil war has left tens of thousands dead, and displaced millions over the nearly 14 months since the Sudanese military and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces plunged the country into a devastating war. Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News reports from the city of Omdurman. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

JUST KIDS by Patti Smith, chosen by Lindsey Hilsum MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor E. Frankl (trans. Ilse Lasch), chosen by Christopher Eccleston TOWARDS THE END OF THE MORNING by Michael Frayn, chosen by Harriett GilbertThe television journalist and actor share favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor of Channel 4 News, loves Patti Smith's memoir Just Kids, her account of coming to New York as a young woman and of her relationship with the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. It's a coming-of-age story set against the heady backdrop of 1970s counterculture; it's a story of becoming an artist; and it's a love story that turns into an elegy.The actor Christopher Eccleston chooses Man's Search for Meaning, the psychotherapist Viktor Frankl's account of his time in Nazi concentration camps and how those experiences informed his belief that man's deepest need is to search for meaning and purpose. It's a powerful book about retaining one's humanity in the face of unimaginable suffering and degradation.And Harriett Gilbert chooses Towards the End of the Morning, Michael Frayn's 1967 satire about journalists working on a newspaper during the heyday of Fleet Street.Produced by Mair Bosworth for BBC Audio

Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor with Channel 4 News on the latest attemps to halt the fighting in the Gaza strip.

Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor for Channel 4 News, reports from Jerusalem on latest efforts to secure a ceasefire in the Israel/Hamas war.

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Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor for Channel 4 News, reports from The Hague where South Africa is bringing a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.

2023 was marked by two terrible wars of disproportion in Israel/Palestine and Ukraine and Channel 4 News's International Editor Lindsey Hilsum spent most of the year on one frontline or the other. In this FRDH podcast she talks with host Michael Goldfarb about what she learned covering Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza and Ukraine's fight against the Russian invasion. Hilsum learned a lot particularly covering Israel's war with Hamas. Give us 45 minutes to tell you about it.

This week we're revisiting one of my favourite episodes from one of the first series. It was back in the day when it was still taboo to talk about menopause, so getting a so-called hardened war reporter to do just that was, well a bit of a coup. Here's Lindsey Hilsum admitting to hiding behind a tank!---You know when people say you're “brave” because you've got a few grey hairs?! Well, my guest this week is the living proof - as if it were needed - that that is a right old load of BS. Channel 4 International Editor Lindsey Hilsum is an acclaimed foreign correspondent who has reported from all over the world including Iraq, Syria, Gaza, Kosovo and Rwanda. She also won the James Tait Black Award for In Extremis, her devastating biography of her friend, the foreign reporter, Marie Colvin who was killed reporting from Syria in 2012.Lindsey is just as bold as her job might lead you to expect. She takes no prisoners as she talks about managing menopause symptoms in a war zone, being in a minority on the box and why there needs to be more “old trouts on TV” (and, no, she's not bloody brave for going grey on screen), and how she finally found the perfect answer to “Give us a smile love”. Only took forty years…• You can buy all the books mentioned in this podcast at Bookshop.org, including the book that accompanies this podcast, The Shift: how I lost and found myself after 40 - and you can too by Sam Baker and In Extremis: the life of war correspondent Marie Colvin by Lindsey Hilsum.* And if you'd like to support the work that goes into making this podcast and get a weekly newsletter plus loads more content including exclusive transcripts of the podcast, why not join The Shift community, come and have a look around at www.theshiftwithsambaker.substack.comThe Shift (on life after 40) with Sam Baker is created and hosted by Sam Baker and edited by Emily Sandford. I'd love to hear what you think - please rate and review, or let me know on twitter @sambaker or instagram @theothersambaker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor for Channel 4 News, reports from Israel, after the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt opened for the first time on Wednesday.

We get the latest from Lindsey Hilsum is Channel 4 News International Editor

Todays panel includes, Sarah Kelleher, Director at Lourdes Youth & Community Services, Donnacha O Beacháin, Professor of International Relations at the School of Law and Government at DCU, Lorraine Sweeney, Businessperson and Hotelier,Mick Clifford, Special Correspondent with The Irish Examiner and Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor C4 News

Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor, Channel 4 News // Suzanne Lynch for Politico in Brussels // Scott Lucas, Professor of International politics at UCD's Clinton Institute

Dispatches from Lindsey Hilsum, the International Editor at Channel Four News, have for decades informed us of what is happening in some of the most troubled hotspots of the world. Lindsey joins Dearbhail before her talk later today as part of the Galway International Arts Festival.

The mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is said to be under investigation by Russian intelligence after claiming that Russia's war with Ukraine was started under false pretenses by top military officials. Meanwhile, Ukraine's capital Kyiv has sprung back to life under the watchful eyes of air defense crews that guard the city. Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News reports. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor, Channel 4 News and Scott Lucas, Professor Emeritus in International Politics at the University of Birmingham.

For weeks now, the world has been waiting for Ukraine to launch their spring counter offensive against Russia. But how much longer will we wait? Or has it already begun? As the battle for Bakhmut rages on, Ukraine has made steady gains around that region - whilst Russian troops have retreated but stepped up strikes on the capital city, Kyiv, this month. President Zelenskyy has toured European capitals asking for more weapons, securing from Britain long-range attack drones and missiles. In today's episode, I speak to our international editor Lindsey Hilsum about why the spring offensive might be slightly delayed, what Ukraine really wants from any advances, and the geopolitical factors at play that mean Ukraine has to strike soon or lose the momentum. Producer: Freya Pickford

The US Vice President Kamala Harris recently went on tour to Tanzania, Ghana and Zambia. But she was not the only US official to visit the African continent recently: First Lady Jill Biden, the Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen have all been in recent months. And they're not alone either; Turkey and China's Foreign Ministers made five-nation tours of Africa earlier this year. Russia's Sergei Lavrov has also made several trips to the continent over the last few months. But why are countries courting African nations now? In today's episode, we speak to our international editor, Lindsey Hilsum, about why the Ukraine war has intensified and accelerated a new scramble for Africa, and whether amidst all this jockeying for influence - the people on the continent once again get left behind?

Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor for Channel 4 News, on reports China's president, Xi Jinping plans to speak with Volodymyr Zelenskiy for the first time since the start of the Ukraine war.

Lindsey Hilsum, Channel 4 International Editor, discusses the reaction to US President Biden's visit to Ukraine.

Last year there was of course one major story that transformed geopolitics - the war in Ukraine.    Putin's war has had knock-on effects across Europe and the world, so how will this year play out? What could happen to that conflict and the rest of the world in 2023.    And what other global news stories can we expect to develop in 2023?    In today's episode we speak to Channel 4 News' our international editor, Lindsey Hilsum, as she previews the year ahead in geopolitics - not offering predictions but focusing on what we should look out for this year, a year that could be pivotal especially to the future of the war in Ukraine.   Producer: Freya Pickford

After 10 months of war, Russian advances and Ukrainian counter-offensives, winter weather has arrived in Ukraine. Russia may have retreated from Kherson in early November but Russia's attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure over the last month signal a new phase of the war, as Putin weaponises the cold weather. So as parts of Ukraine plunge into sub-zero temperatures and pressure mounts on Putin to negotiate, how might this war evolve as we enter the winter months? In today's episode of the Fourcast, we speak to our international editor Lindsey Hilsum - who is currently on her fifth trip to Ukraine since the war began - about what it's like to be in the muddy trenches with Ukrainian soldiers, Russia's culture war against Ukraine and if we can expect the war to slow down in the coming months. Sources: AP Producer: Freya Pickford

Earlier this month, Russian soldiers in Ukraine withdrew from the southern city of Kherson. It was the only regional capital Moscow was able to seize since the beginning of the war. But before retreating, Russian troops looted homes and businesses throughout the city and emptied one of Ukraine's most valuable art museums. Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News reports. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor with Channel 4, discusses the impact of Russian missile strikes in eastern Ukraine.

Earlier this month, Russian soldiers in Ukraine withdrew from the southern city of Kherson. It was the only regional capital Moscow was able to seize since the beginning of the war. But before retreating, Russian troops looted homes and businesses throughout the city and emptied one of Ukraine's most valuable art museums. Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News reports. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

It's been a year and a half since the military in Myanmar launched a coup, deposed the democratically elected government and restored a dictatorship. And today, an ominous move towards further repression amid countrywide upheaval with the execution by hanging of four pro-democracy activists. Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News reports. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders