Weaponising Journalism: SOE Agent Virginia Hall & the New York Post.
During this talk, Claire Hubbard-Hall will examine the complex organisational issues surrounding the maintenance of cover while reporting.During the Second World War, Allied Intelligence Services effectively weaponized journalism, using journalist-operatives as a means of intelligence gathering in hard to reach areas, such as Vichy France. Churchill’s secret army, famously tasked with setting Europe ablaze, the ... Read more