Dateline Jerusalem: Journalism’’s Toughest Assignment

John Lyons is one of Australia’s most experienced journalists. He is currently Head of Investigative Journalism at the ABC. Over the past forty years, he has held leadership positions including editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and executive producer of Nine’s Sunday program. For six years, John was The Australian’s Middle East correspondent, based in Jerusalem, an experience that led him to write the bestselling Balcony over Jerusalem. He has interviewed everyone from former Israeli prime ministers Shimon Peres and Ehud Olmert to key figures from Hezbollah and Hamas.