Sky News is rebooting its behind the scenes look at newsgathering in world danger zones – Hotspots – in a new digital-first format.
The new Hotspots series takes viewers straight into some of the world’s most hostile environments with Chief Correspondent Stuart Ramsay, Special Correspondent Alex Crawford, and their teams as they navigate the dangers and complexities of frontline reporting.
From dodging a gunfire in Syria to navigating gang-controlled streets in Haiti, Hotspots shines a light not only on the stories themselves but how those stories are captured.
Using only natural sound and raw action gathered in the field – and with the entire team filming and
mic’d up – the new series captures every moment from multiple angles on cameras, Osmos, and GoPros, immersing audiences in an unfiltered reality. This constant, multi-perspective coverage delivers transparency in an era of fake news, giving viewers a real-time look at how Sky News’s eyewitness storytelling unfolds on the front lines – and the challenges journalists face to uncover the truth.
Locations that feature during the series include:
● Syria: Caught in the crossfire between armed groups
● Haiti: Inside displacement camps where hostility takes on a different face
● Somalia: Tracking ISIS hideouts in remote terrain
● Colombia: Tracking Coca farmers deep in the Amazon
● The West Bank: Reporting under constant watch from Israeli forces
● Libya: Discovering overloaded migrant dinghies drifting in the dark
Last aired on TV in 2021, the return of Hotspots marks a flagship moment in Sky News’s broader plan to evolve into a premium, video-first newsroom built for the digital future as part of its 2030 transformation strategy.
The reinvented series will predominantly live on a newly created YouTube channel, with highlights on the Sky News app and vertical teasers across TikTok, Instagram, Shorts, and Snap. The new series reflects Sky News’s strategic shift away from linear-first thinking and mirroring the way audiences increasingly choose to cons
Pippa Considine
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