The week in audio: Sunday Feature; 1Xtra Talks With Richie Brave; Assignment
by Miranda Sawyer from World news | The Guardian on (#5JE0D)
A sombre week as BBC presenters pondered war reporting ethics, George Floyd's death, and a decade of conflict in Syria
Sunday Feature: Regarding the Pain of Others (BBC Radio 3) | BBC Sounds
1Xtra Talks With Richie Brave (BBC 1Xtra) | BBC Sounds
Assignment (BBC World Service) | BBC Sounds
Today, on Radio 3's Sunday Feature, the vastly experienced journalist Allan Little considers Susan Sontag's 2003 essay Regarding the Pain of Others. In the essay, Sontag wonders about the ethics of war journalism, particularly photography. Do pictures of the horrors of war engage the viewer or make us turn away?
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