The week ahead at the Frontline Club: Paul Mason, Syria and the New York Times

This evening we will be joined by BBC Newsnight’s economics editor Paul Mason, who won acclaim for his coverage of the financial crisis from the collapse in 2008 of Lehman Brothers and all that followed. He will be joining us to discuss a careet that ranges from  covering gang violence on Merseyside to the rise of China as an economic power.

Tomorrow evening, join us for July’s Club Quiz with quizmaster David Dickinson, a historical crime writer and former editor of Newsnight.

Screenings in the week ahead include Page One: Inside the New York Times,a portrait of the paper that looks at the current crisis in journalism.

For August’s First Wednesday we will be joined by a panel of experts and journalists to examine the situation in Syria, where just yesterday another 16 people where killed in an apparent escalation of a security crackdown in Homs. As the uprisings and crackdowns continue we will be looking at the possible outcomes for the people of Syria.