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Reporting the Troubles

Mervyn Jess talks to former BBC journalists who worked in Northern Ireland at the start of the Troubles.

Don Anderson recalls the pressures of that time and reveals that reporters and cameramen were "hounded out" of areas and sometimes attacked.

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Former BBC NI Ireland correspondent David Capper said he had a "ringside" view of events but often had to move quickly as violence unfolded.

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Robin Walsh, former BBC NI controller, said an abiding memory of August 69 was seeing pictures of armed soldiers in Londonderry.

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For the full report by Mervyn Jess click on the link below.

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last updated: 13/08/2009 at 12:01
created: 12/08/2009

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