{"id":13306,"date":"2016-10-18T16:22:44","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T15:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=13306"},"modified":"2016-10-18T16:22:44","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T15:22:44","slug":"interview-jeremy-bowen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/10\/18\/interview-jeremy-bowen\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran journalist Jeremy Bowen shares Middle East insights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13307\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/JeremyBowen-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"jeremybowen\" width=\"255\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/JeremyBowen-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/JeremyBowen-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/JeremyBowen-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/JeremyBowen-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/JeremyBowen-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/JeremyBowen.jpg 1136w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13307\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/JeremyBowen-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"jeremybowen\" width=\"255\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/JeremyBowen-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/JeremyBowen-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/JeremyBowen-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/JeremyBowen-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/JeremyBowen-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/JeremyBowen.jpg 1136w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\n<strong>WORDS OF WISDOM: Jeremy Bowen<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong> with trainee journalist Andrew McQuarrie<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">THERE are few journalists as authoritative on foreign affairs as Cardiff\u2019s Jeremy Bowen, the BBC\u2019s Middle East editor.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In his 32 years with the BBC, Bowen has provided frontline reports from countless conflicts.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bowen\u2019s current focus is the Syrian civil war. He has interviewed President Assad on three occasions.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAssad is a very polite man when you meet him. He sees himself as the man who is at the centre of a great web of things in the Middle East and he knows more about it than anybody else,\u201d he said.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And for those romanticising the eventual defeat of ISIS, the veteran journalist has these words of warning:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI think ISIS will probably produce something else. ISIS came out of al-Qaeda. My question is &#8216;What\u2019s going to come out of ISIS?\u2019\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bowen advises young journalists to have a goal in mind.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThink about what you\u2019d like to do. Get your training. Then have a goal and push for it. Don\u2019t be a pain in the butt, but believe in yourself. Because if you don\u2019t believe in yourself, nobody will,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jeremy Bowen was speaking at Cardiff High School\u2019s Class of 1976 reunion. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; WORDS OF WISDOM: Jeremy Bowen with trainee journalist Andrew McQuarrie THERE are few journalists as authoritative on foreign affairs as Cardiff\u2019s Jeremy Bowen, the BBC\u2019s Middle East editor. In his 32 years with the BBC, Bowen has provided frontline reports from countless conflicts. Bowen\u2019s current focus is the Syrian civil war. He has interviewed President Assad on three occasions.\u00a0 \u201cAssad is a very polite man when you meet him. 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