Frontline Club
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13 Norfolk Pl, Paddington, London W2 1QJ, UK Print route »
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The Frontline Club is a media club near London's Paddington Station. With a strong emphasis on conflict reporting, it aims to champion independent journalism, provide an effective platform from which to support diversity and professionalism in the media, promote safe practice, and encourage both freedom of the press and freedom of expression worldwide.Since opening its doors in 2003, Frontline Club has hosted over 1,200 events. Its founders do not receive wages and the events programme is almost self-sustaining, mainly from membership fees and ticket income.
Discussions, held most weekday evenings, are broadcast live. Past participants include John Simpson, Robert Fisk, Jeremy Paxman, Tim Hetherington, Nick Robinson, David Aaronovitch, Alan Rusbridger, Jeremy Bowen, Louis Theroux, Gillian Tett, Christina Lamb, Julian Assange, Jon Lee Anderson the late Benazir Bhutto, the late Boris Berezovsky, the late Alexander Litvinenko, and his widow, Marina Litvinenko.
The building includes a restaurant open to non-members, a club room, meeting rooms, two lodging rooms and a discussion forum. The club also hosts film and documentary screenings and organizes training and workshops in such skills as camera operation and film editing. It is a registered charity.
In May 2011, award-winning broadcaster Louis Theroux said in an interview with the Evening Standard that the Frontline Club was his favorite London club.
