commitment to deliver letters six days a week. hello, i m maryam moshiri. a very warm welcome to bbc news this morning. the family of the missing british tourist jay slater are waiting to find out if a body found on tenerife is his. it s almost a month since the 19 year old disappeared after attending a music festival. spanish police say all the evidence suggests the remains are those of the teenager from lancashire. the body that s been discovered was found not far away from a house he d been visiting near the village of masca. it s thought he may have suffered an accident or fallen. joe inwood has more. it was in the deep ravines near the last known location of jay slater, that search and rescue teams found human remains, along with the missing 19 year old s clothes and possessions. the body has not yet been formally identified, but local authorities are confident they have found jay slater. in his hometown of oswaldtwistle, where blue ribbons have become a sign of support,
increasingly have to rely on stringers as their own reporters are working outside china s borders. and steve vines, the observer s man in hong kong since the 1980s, said this week that it was no longer safe for him to be there and has decided to come back to the uk. so what is the situation forjournalists in china and for those trying to cover the country from afar? let me introduce you to my guests. i mentioned steve vines, he is one of them, former china correspondent for the observer, now back in the uk. sha hua is a correspondent for the wall streetjournal based in hong kong. cedric alviani is head of the east asia bureau for reporters without borders and isjoining us from taiwan. amy qin is china correspondent for the new york times, based in beijing, now works in taiwan, she is on the line from california. and meera selva, deputy director of the reuters institute at oxford university. welcome to all of you, thank you for being a part of the programme, especially those w
other major titles, including the new york times, increasingly have to rely on stringers as their own reporters are working outside china s borders. and steve vines, the observer s man in hong kong since the 1980s said this week that it was no longer safe for him to be there and has decided to come back to the uk. so what is the situation forjournalists in china and for those trying to cover the country from afar? let me introduce you to my guests. i mentioned steve vines, he is one of them, former china correspondent for the observer, now back in the uk. sha hua is a correspondent for the wall streetjournal based in hong kong. cedric alviani is head of the east asia bureau for reporters without borders and isjoining us from taiwan. amy qin is china correspondent for the new york times, based in beijing, now works in taiwan, she is on the line from california. and meera selva, deputy director of the reuters institute at oxford university. welcome to all of you, thank you for
now on bbc news, the media show. hello. this week we are asking how hard is it to report on the ground in china and tell the story of that country to the wider world? journalists covering the fatal floods, which included those terrifying scenes from the underground train as it filled up with water, found that their presence was not always welcome. other major titles, including the new york times, increasingly have to rely on stringers as their own reporters are working outside china s borders. and steve vines, the observer s man in hong kong since the 19805 said this week that it was no longer safe for him to be there and has decided to come back to the uk. so what is the situation forjournalists in china and for those trying to cover the country from afar? let me introduce you to my guests. i mentioned steve vines, he is one of them, former china correspondent for the observer, now back in the uk. sha hua is a correspondent for the wall streetjournal based in hong kong. cedr
hello. this week we are asking how hard is it to report on the ground in china and tell the story of that country to the wider world? journalists covering the fatal floods, which included those terrifying scenes from the underground train as it filled up with water, found that their presence was not always welcome. other major titles, including the new york times, increasingly have to rely on stringers as their own reporters are working outside china s borders. and steve vines, the observer s man in hong kong since the 1980s said this week that it was no longer safe for him to be there and has decided to come back to the uk. so what is the situation forjournalists in china and for those trying to cover the country from afar? let me introduce you to my guests. i mentioned steve vines, he is one of them, former china correspondent for the observer, now back in the uk. sha hua is a correspondent for the wall streetjournal based in hong kong. cedric alviani is head of the east as