ABC News war correspondent James Longman: ‘We must recognise vulnerable LGBTQ refugees’ (EXCLUSIVE)

James Longman (Image: Provided)

“I became a journalist by accident, really,” says James Longman, chief international correspondent at ABC News, and one of our broadcast and media trailblazers for this year’s Attitude 101, empowered by Bentley (see here for the full list of the 10 influential figures who made the 2025 Attitude 101 Media & Broadcast list). It comes as a surprise. How can a man whose career has reached such heady heights, who travels the world documenting some of the biggest international conflicts in recent history, have simply ‘fallen’ into it? The answer: his passion for telling the stories of ordinary people who have been thrown into extraordinary — and often tragic — circumstances. 

Although born and educated in the UK — including a degree in Arabic — Longman

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