THIS week I was privileged to attend the presentation of the Charles Wheeler Award, given in memory of the BBC’s greatest-ever foreign corespondent. It was a delightful occasion in which Mishal Husain of Radio 4’s Today programme (left) received the honour and Lindsey Hilsum, the intrepid International Editor of Channel 4 News, gave a talk about the challenges of reporting in a modern media landscape influenced by the complexities of social media.
It was an observation from a member of the audience that helped distil the essence of the occasion. These were not two “great women journalists” – they were simply “great journalists”.
