Lindsey Hilsum’s is Channel 4 News International Editor, and has covered many of the conflicts of recent years including in Syria, Ukraine and the Arab Spring.
She was in Baghdad for the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, and in Belgrade for the 1999 NATO bombing. In 1994, she was the only English-speaking correspondent in Rwanda when the genocide began.
She has won awards from the Royal Television Society and BAFTA amongst others, and received the 2017 Patron’s Medal from the Royal Geographical Society.
She has just published a biography: In Extremis - the Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin.
Her last book, Sandstorm; Libya in the Time of Revolution, was described by the Observer as “an account with historical depth to match dramatic reportage.”
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Lindsey Hilsum introduces Sandstorm: Libya in the Time of Revolution
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Meet our Honorary Graduates - Lindsey Hilsum
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Lindsey Hilsum remembers Rwanda, 20 years on
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Five Questions With Lindsey Hilsum
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