Seema Syeda on battlefield scoops throughout the ages. William Howard Russell was one of the most prolific and revolutionary journalists of his time. Best known for his reporting on the Crimean War, he narrated the events of the ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’, and Tennyson wrote his celebrated poem of the same name – now etched into the British national consciousness – using Russell’s dispatches as a guide. But Russell’s influence was not limited to the creation of national mythology: his commentary on the shambolic state of health provision in the army resulted in a transformation of wartime medical treatment, … Continue reading War Reporters: William Howard Russell