ON THE FRONT LINE
Jun 25, 2020
4 minutes
■ By Sara Tapia
On June 3, Nine News’ Europe correspondent, Sophie Walsh, was approached by a man allegedly yelling religious phrases while making stabbing motions – he was later found to have a screwdriver on him – and grabbing her while she was doing a live cross on the streets of London. Hours later another Nine reporter Ben Avery and his cameraman Cade Thompson were forced to outrun a mob after they were confronted while on air.
Being belted with a police baton, assaulted with a screwdriver, tear gassed, or chased down the street by angry protesters doesn’t sound like a normal work day for most of us. But more and more often, foreign media correspondents are not only
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