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How the Washington Post is covering the Israel-Hamas War

Channels with Peter Kafka

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Technology, Tv & Film, Business News, News

4.4585 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

The war in Israel and Gaza is hugely complicated - dangerous, horrifying, and moving fast. Which means it’s a huge job for those who have to cover it. The Washington Post’s international editor, Douglas Jehl (@jehld), joins Vox’s Peter Kafka to discuss how a major news operation covers the conflict between Israel and Hamas. How do you weigh the need to keep on top of the story with the need to fact-check everything in the fog of war? How do editors and reporters balance the risks of entering a conflict zone? And what happens when mistakes are made? Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode More to explore: Subscribe for free to Recode Media, Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians, and more to get their take on today's media landscape. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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so this conversation includes graphic discussions about violence.

1:14.0

This is Recode Media of Peter Kafka.

1:16.4

That is me.

1:17.7

And today we are talking about the challenge of covering the conflict in real time between Israel and Hamas.

1:22.9

And with us to walk us through that is Douglas Jell, the international editor of The Washington Post. Doug, thanks for making time. I know it's busy. Glad to be with you. This is a complicated and fast-moving event, so I really am grateful that you're able to take time to talk to with us. I also want to tell our listeners we're recording this on Wednesday morning, October 18th. It's possible by the time you hear this, the facts or our understanding

1:45.2

of the facts have shifted. But can we just start talking about the logistical challenges of covering

1:49.9

the conflict? How many folks does the post have covering this today as we're speaking?

1:54.9

This really is an operation in which we've mobilized the entire newsroom. We have altogether dozens of people covering the conflict.

2:05.6

We have about 12 or 13 people on the ground in Israel. We have more in neighboring countries, Lebanon and Egypt.

2:12.6

We have teams in Seoul and London who focus on breaking news coverage around the clock,

2:19.3

and we have many people in Washington, including our extraordinary visual forensics team,

2:24.3

that helps to authenticate the flood of images and video pouring in as people present this conflict.

2:35.4

As we're speaking this morning,

2:37.4

there's enormous interest on the explosion at the Al-Ali hospital in Gaza City.

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