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70 years of reporting from the UN: celebrating the ‘the first draft of history’

70 years of reporting from the UN: celebrating the ‘the first draft of history’

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Journalists have been covering key moments in the history of the United Nations for as long as it has existed.

On Monday, a new photography exhibition was officially opened in Geneva that celebrates their work over the last 70 years or so.

In an interview with UN News’s Daniel Johnson, Nina Larson, President of the Association of UN Correspondents in Geneva (ACANU), describes what it’s like writing the “first draft of history” day in, and day out.

Audio Credit
Daniel Johnson, UN News - Geneva
Audio Duration
5'24"
Photo Credit
Claude Etienne Tardy