The Listening Post

A few months ago my friend Matt Cowan introduced me to Richard Gizbert, a fellow Canadian-in-London and former ABC war correspondent who was sacked by ABC in 2004 after 11 years of life-risking service for refusing to go into any more war zones (specifically Iraq). Since then, Richard has taken ABC to court for wrongful dismissal and won (w00t!), although the process has basically bankrupted him and his compensation has yet to be decided — I believe the next appeals hearing is in July.

In parallel with all of this, Richard has joined Moonbeam Films to develop "The Listening Post," a weekly television program examining global media bias for the soon-to-be-launched Al Jazeera International.

Matt put me in touch with Richard because he thought I could help the Listening Post producers explore ways to incorporate video bloggers into the show; essentially they're hoping that Listening Post viewers will provide feedback on and/or input into the program in the form of audio or video "letters to the editor" they can broadcast as part of a weekly segment of the show called "Global Village Voices."

Global Village Voice submissions will be made and managed through The Listening Post website; I've been retained to help refine their requirements and find a suitable vendor.

More later as things progress :)

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