The Middle East - journalistic minefield?

When war in the Middle East flared last month, each side sought to portray themselves in the media as the victims of disproportionate aggression from the other.

Sensing the importance of the role of the media, the key players - the Israeli and Lebanese governments and Hezbollah - each sought to influence coverage. Journalists were caught in the middle of this propaganda war.

When war in the Middle East flared last month, each side sought to portray themselves in the media as the victims of disproportionate aggression from the other.

Sensing the importance of the role of the media, the key players - the Israeli and Lebanese governments and Hezbollah - each sought to influence coverage. Journalists were caught in the middle of this propaganda war.

With unrest in the Middle East set to continue for the foreseeable future we take a look at the political and logistical minefield that reporters working in the region must negotiate.

Join us as we discuss how journalists and editors strive to do justice to a story that is not only multi-faceted and rich in subtleties but also increasingly difficult and dangerous to cover.

Marie Colvin is The Sunday Times foreign correspondent.

James Reynolds is a BBC Middle East Correspondent, based in Jerusalem.

Nicholas Blanford is The Times correspondent in Beirut and author of Killing Mr Lebanon.

Paul Eedle, founder of online news agency Out There News and reporter on the Middle East and militant Islam.

Mohamed Chebaro is the London Bureau chief of Al-Arabiya News Channel.

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