Independent: Alan Johnston: Home at last, now he longs for the shadows
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"The BBC correspondent is deeply grateful for the support people gave during his kidnap in Gaza. But now he is eager to get out of the spotlight"
Category Archives: Alan Johnston
Guardian: ‘I wasn’t brave enough’
"In the first newspaper interview since his release, Alan Johnston tells Decca Aitkenhead about his kidnapping"
Daily Mail: BBC journalist Alan Johnston: ‘I visualised being beheaded’
"BBC journalist Alan Johnston has told how he visualised being beheaded during his 114 days in captivity in Gaza."
Bloggerheads: I plan to blame society (and nicotine withdrawal)
Alan Johnston has been freed... and here is your replacement button
James Cridland: Radio’s main strength: portability
"Johnston got very animated as he explained his ‘lucky break’: getting a radio. About twenty days in, he was given a radio to listen to: which he promptly tuned in to the BBC World Service. From there, he heard all those messages of goodwill from his
cybersoc.com: Alan Johnston is released
Richard Sambrook's 2am Twitter message: "When the phone rings at 2 in the morning its not usually good news. Last night was a great exception...Welcome back Alan..."
BBC: BBC’s Gaza correspondent released
"Alan Johnston has been released by kidnappers in the Gaza Strip after 114 days in captivity."
Scotland on Sunday: Military on standby to free journalist
Saeb Erekat, an adviser to President Mahmoud Abbas, said all factions condemned the abduction, and added: "We must really determine where his location is, and then move... even if it takes a military or a security operation."
Reuters: Palestinian official says BBC Gaza reporter alive
Missing BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston was alive and well, a spokesman for the Palestinian cabinet told Sky News on Sunday.
BBC The Editors: Weighing the risks
"A scurrilous piece of journalism appeared in the Wall Street Journal this week regarding Alan Johnston’s kidnapping..."
BBC The Editors: How you can help [Alan Johnston]
Get the BBC's blog button highlighting the kidnapping of Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston.
Beyond Northern Iraq
Stuart Hughes has posted a video of today's statement by the parents of kidnapped BBC correspondent Alan Johnston. He says the joint BBC, Sky, CNN and Al Jazeera" programme shows how far the industry has come in recent years on issues of journalist safety