User:Vaughan Smith: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary |
←Blanked the page |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Infobox journalist |
|||
| name = Vaughan Smith |
|||
| image = |
|||
| birthname = Henry Vaughan Lockhart Smith |
|||
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|07|22}} |
|||
| birth_place = [[Gillingham]] in [[Kent]], [[UK]] |
|||
| age = |
|||
| death_date = |
|||
| death_place = |
|||
| occupation = [[war correspondent]]<br />[[restaurateur]]<br />[[farmer]] |
|||
| alias = |
|||
| gender = [[Image:Male.svg|25px]] - [[Male]] |
|||
| status = |
|||
| title = |
|||
| family = |
|||
| spouse = 1996 - 2001 [[Sanela Djono]]<br />2005 - present [[Pranvera Shema]] |
|||
| children = |
|||
| relatives = |
|||
| ethnic = |
|||
| religion = |
|||
| salary = |
|||
| networth = |
|||
| credits = |
|||
| URL = |
|||
| agent = |
|||
}} |
|||
'''Henry Vaughan Lockhart Smith''' (born on [[22 July]] [[1963]]) is an [[England|English]] [[restaurateur]], sustainable farmer, news pioneer and independent video [[journalist]] who ran the freelance news agency [[Frontline News TV]] and founded the [[Frontline Club]] in London. |
|||
==Biography== |
|||
Smith founded the [[Frontline Club]] in [[London]] in 2003 as an institution to champion [[independent]] journalism and promote better understanding of international [[news]] and its coverage. |
|||
During the 1990s Smith worked as an independent [[cameraman]] and video news [[journalist]] covering wars and conflict in [[Iraq]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Bosnia]], [[Chechnya]], [[Kosovo]] and elsewhere. |
|||
During that time he also ran [[Frontline News TV]], an agency set up in 1989 to represent the interests of young video journalists who wanted to push the envelope of their profession. |
|||
Smith himself filmed the only uncontrolled footage of the [[Gulf War]] in 1991, after he bluffed his way into an active-duty unit while disguised as a [[British Army]] officer. |
|||
Smith has been shot twice but escaped both times with light injuries. While filming the the [[Serbian]] action at [[Prekaz]] in April 1998, a bullet lodged in Smith's [[mobile telephone]]. |
|||
The workings of [[Frontline News TV]] captured the imagination of a generation of young freelances. Its history has been detailed in a book “Frontline: The True Story of the British Mavericks who Changed the Face of War Reporting,” by David Loyn of the BBC. |
|||
Prior to setting up [[Frontline News TV]], Vaughan was briefly a microlight test pilot. |
|||
Before that Smith was an officer in the British Army’s [[Grenadier Guards]], serving in [[Northern Ireland]], [[Cyprus]] and [[Germany]]. Smith captained the British Army shooting team and won the inter-army rifle shooting championship. |
|||
Smith also runs an mixed organic farm in [[Norfolk, England]], which provides the seasonal food for the [[Frontline Club]] and its public [[restaurant]]. |
|||
== Personal life == |
|||
Smith currently resides in Norfolk, England with his wife. He has 4 children. |
|||
== Contributions == |
|||
* Smith was producer for The Valley, a film about the Kosovo war of 1998/9. |
|||
* Smith was the joint winner of a Guardian Media Innovation Award 2007 for his independent blog from Southern Afghanistan. |
|||
* Smith co-produced Blood Trail, a feature documentary which follows photojournalist Robert King for 15 years, nominated for the 2008 Toronto Film Festival. |
|||
* Smith was a finalist in the 2008 Rory Peck Awards for his film about Grenadier Guards in Helmand. |
|||
== External links == |
|||
* [http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php/Frontline_by_David_Loyn Review of David Loyn's book about Frontline.] |
|||
* [http://www.fromthefrontline.co.uk/blogs/index.php?blog=2 Smith's blog.] |
|||
* [http://www.newseum.org/warstories/interviews/mp3/journalists/bio.asp?ID=18. Smith relates how he impersonated a British Officer in the 1991 Gulf War.] |
|||
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/7014767.stm BBC Newsnight article on Afghanistan.] |
|||
* [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/inside-story-life-on-the-frontline-808595.html. The Frontline Club.] |
|||
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/14/bbc-tvnews. Shot more times than credited by the BBC. ] |
|||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Vaughan}} |
|||
[[Category:Living people|Smith, Vaughan]] |
|||
[[Category:Old Wellingtonians|Smith, Vaughan]] |
|||
[[Category:Grenadier Guards officers|Smith, Vaughan]] |
|||
[[Category:British journalists|Smith, Vaughan]] |
|||
[[Category:War correspondents|Smith, Vaughan]] |
|||
[[Category:1963 births|Simpson, John]] |
|||
[[Category:British journalists|Smith, Vaughan]] |
|||
[[Category:Reporters and correspondents|Smith, Vaughan]] |
|||
[[Category:British reporters and correspondents|Smith, Vaughan]] |
|||
[[Category:War correspondents|Smith, Vaughan]] |
|||
[[Category:People from Norfolk|Smith, Vaughan]] |
|||