BBC Monitoring

What does it take to track media in Africa where radio is king? Originally set up as the East Africa Unit after the Suez crisis, BBC Monitoring’s Nairobi operation has seen history unfold on the continent over six decades. The Global Jigsaw team travels to Nairobi to meet the monitors. 🎧 Listen here >> https://trib.al/5M19ZJV Presenter: Krassi Twigg Producer: Krisztina Satori Editor: Judy King

BBC Monitoring Middle East specialist Shaina Oppenheimer spoke to John Simpson about the people and factors influencing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decisions on handling the war in Gaza, amid growing tensions with the Biden administration. Watch the full episode here >> https://lnkd.in/em264JuX Broadcast: 15 May 2024 For more of our coverage visit >> https://lnkd.in/eJUcjS57

Russia has for the first time admitted that the Islamic State (IS) group coordinated the deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall in March that had killed over 140 people. Moscow had previously blamed Ukraine. IS had swiftly claimed responsibility for the assault and provided visual evidence to support its link to the attackers. BBC Monitoring’s Jihadist Media Correspondent Mina Al-Lami discusses the group’s motivation behind the attack.

Recruitment | We are seeking to recruit a Journalist to join our MENA Team in the UK You will need to have an excellent understanding of both Arabic and French languages, OR both Arabic and Kurdish. You will also need experience as a journalist and exceptional writing skills in idiomatic English. For more information and to apply click here https://trib.al/oFlXQ6j

Iran’s late President Ebrahim Raisi was killed on 19 May in a helicopter crash near the Azerbaijan border. Raisi was elected President in 2021 and was widely expected to be a candidate to succeed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader.  BBC Monitoring Iran expert Ghoncheh Habibiazad discusses the significance of his death and its implications for the country's next presidency. Broadcast: 23 May 2024 For more of our Iran coverage visit >>  https://lnkd.in/eJUcjS57

🎧 BBC Monitoring’s Kerry Allen was interviewed as part of a live broadcast of The Media Show, joining Ros Atkins and Katie Razzall to discuss the state of global media freedom and the impact of censorship and technological controls on China. Listen to the full episode here >> https://lnkd.in/eXz-WekM Broadcast: 1 May 2024 For more of our coverage visit >> https://lnkd.in/eJUcjS57

🎧 BBC Monitoring’s Sarbas Nazari was on BBC OS to discuss the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and the reaction on social media in Iran. Listen to the full episode here >> https://lnkd.in/ey8S9FsE Broadcast: 20 May 2024 For more of our Iran coverage visit >> https://lnkd.in/ewKpuAjd

BLOG | Based in our Jerusalem office, Shaina Oppenheimer covers the Israeli and Palestinian media. In this edition’s Living the Story she tells us why she joined BBCM, what covering the Gaza conflict has been like – and the insight working with BBCM has given her >> https://trib.al/PTypSHh You can read this and more in the next edition of Monitor magazine, out soon! Don't miss out - sign up here >> https://trib.al/mmOtPRu

Newsletter | Disinformation Watch It may look like celebrity fluff at first glance, but Artificial Intelligence created pictures claiming to show major stars at last week’s Met Gala serve as a warning of the technology’s increasingly realistic capabilities during a major year for elections around the world. The technology is improving so quickly that there have been major warnings over Russia’s use of Generative AI to drive its disinformation campaigns toward major western democracies. Read here >> https://trib.al/2C2Yx1A

🎧 BBC Monitoring’s Francis Scarr was interviewed as part of a live broadcast of The Media Show, joining Ros Atkins and Katie Razzall to discuss the state of global media freedom and the impact of censorship and technological controls on Russia. Listen to the full episode here >> https://lnkd.in/eXz-WekM Broadcast: 1 May 2024 For more of our Russia coverage visit >> https://lnkd.in/gE55kpGT