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Alex Crawford

Kirsty Young interviews journalist Alex Crawford.

Kirsty Young's castaway is the Sky TV news correspondent Alex Crawford.

She's won the Royal Television Society's Journalist of the Year award an unprecedented four times - reporting from the world's worst war zones and hot spots.
Where most people would do anything to stay well away from trouble she seems drawn to danger , whether it's covering the Ebola crisis in Liberia, hunting for Rhino poachers in South Africa or being first on the scene as the drama of Libya's revolution unfolded.

She spent the first five years of her life in Nigeria, where her family survived two political coups. After childhood in Zambia and subsequently what was then Rhodesia, she came back to Britain as a teenager to go to boarding school and then got her first job as a trainee reporter on the Wokingham Times.

She's been shot at, arrested and interrogated. But it's a job she loves and is still passionate to do. For her, there should be no 'no-go' areas for journalists and journalism remains an essential pillar of freedom and democracy.

Producer: Sarah Taylor.

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33 minutes

Last on

Fri 15 Jan 2016 09:00

Music Played

  • Miriam Makeba

    Pata Pata

    • The Best of Miriam Makeba: The Early Years.
    • Wrasse Records.
  • Shakira

    Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) (feat. Freshlyground)

    • Listen Up! The Offical 2010 Fifa World Cup Album.
    • EPIC.
  • Lulu

    Shout

    • The World of Lulu.
    • Spectrum.
  • Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash

    Jai Ho

    • Slumdog Millionaire: Music From the Motion Picture.
    • Interscope.
  • Fergie

    Big Girls DonÂ’t Cry

    • The Dutchess.
    • A&M Records.
  • CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE

    • Flo Edmondson

      What a Wonderful World

  • Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj

    Bang Bang

    • Sweet Talker.
    • Universal / Island.
  • µþ±ð²â´Ç²Ô³¦Ã© & Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    ***Flawless

    • µþ±ð²â´Ç²Ô³¦Ã©.
    • Columbia.
  • BOOK CHOICE

    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

  • LUXURY ITEM

    Scuba Diving Equipment

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Kirsty Young
Interviewed Guest Alex Crawford
Producer Sarah Taylor

Broadcasts

  • Sun 10 Jan 2016 11:15
  • Fri 15 Jan 2016 09:00

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