Hotspots: The reality of life on the frontline of journalism
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
From being shot at in Syria to navigating the gang-controlled streets of Haiti, a new YouTube series is shining a light on some of Sky’s most hard-hitting journalism.
Hotspots takes you behind the scenes in hostile environments around the world to deliver the story behind the story.
Our correspondents Stuart Ramsay and Alex Crawford join Niall Paterson to discuss their important work and where they’d like to go next.
You can watch Hotspots here: youtube.com/@SkyNewsHotspots
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Producers: Tom Gillespie & Emily Hulme
Editor: Mike Bovill
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up, Skies Alex Crawford and Stuart Ramsey regularly report from inside some of the world's most hostile environments. |
| 0:07.8 | Our new series hotspots shows us how, and Alex and Stuart are here to tell us more. |
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| 1:14.6 | Okay, there's a lot of fire that's going on. |
| 1:18.6 | Can you explain to me why? We're journalists, sir. |
| 1:25.6 | Sky's Chief Correspondent Stuart Ramsey and special correspondent Alex Crawford have for decades |
| 1:32.7 | taken the rest of us to places to which we would never think of travelling. |
| 1:36.6 | Now a new digital first series hotspots sheds light on how those stories are told. |
| 1:42.8 | Some of you may recognise the name hots Hotspots last broadcast on TV |
| 1:46.8 | back in 2021. This time around, with multiple cameras and microphones on every member of the team, |
| 1:53.5 | the series immerses you in the unfiltered, unvarnished realities of reporting from the frontline. |
| 1:59.5 | You'll see and hear in real time just what it takes |
| 2:02.3 | to bring you the news. This is journalism at its most raw and most genuine in the era of fake news. |
| 2:08.8 | And I'm glad to say both of them have found time in their globe-trotting schedules to join us on |
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