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On 24 September Index’s CEO, Jodie Ginsberg, gathered with former BBC chief news correspondent Kate Adie and 2016 Index award-winning journalist Zaina Erhaim

By Sophia Smith-Galer

07 Oct 16

On 24 September Index on Censorship’s CEO, Jodie Ginsberg, gathered with former BBC chief news correspondent Kate Adie and 2016 Index award-winning journalist Zaina Erhaim in Kew Gardens to discuss journalism in war zones. Sophia Smith-Galer, Index on Censorship youth board member, attended the event and also spoke with Channel 4’s international editor, Lindsey Hilsum, and Clarissa Ward, a foreign correspondent for CNN, to create this podcast on women on the front line.

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Winners of the 2016 Freedom of Expression Awards: from left, Farieha Aziz of Bolo Bhi (campaigning), Serge Bambara -- aka "Smockey" (Music in Exile), Murad Subay (arts), Zaina Erhaim (journalism). GreatFire (digital activism), not pictured, is an anonymous collective. Photo: Sean Gallagher for Index on Censorship

By Sophia Smith-Galer

Sophia Smith-Galer is a broadcast journalist currently studying at City, University of London. She is a member of Index on Censorship's youth advisory board.