Danny Wittenberg

London

Senior Field Producer at BBC

Senior field producer @BBCNews | Worked in 15+ countries | Series produced #Americast #BBCNewscast | Speak 🇷🇺🇫🇷🇪🇸 i català | @radioacademy 30 under 30

Articles

What it was like in the room during shouting match

Feb 28, 2025 | bbc.com | Myroslava Petsa |Danny Wittenberg

The day began with the same cordial routine the White House reserves for visiting foreign dignitaries. Ukraining President Volodymyr Zelensky was welcomed by President Donald Trump at the door of the West Wing with an honour guard, and the leaders shook hands politely. We were in the Oval Office as part of Ukrainian media pool, witnessing the well-rehearsed formalities. Zelensky presented President Trump with the championship belt of Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk.
Women and children who went to live with IS in Syria are being brought home

Jan 15, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Danny Wittenberg |Eleanora Kulenbekova

"Welcome back to Kyrgyzstan," says Shukur Shermatov, addressing a class of 20 women. He is wearing a traditional felt cap, but there is nothing traditional about this school. It sits inside two rings of military security and the students are women who have been brought home from camps in Syria, where they ended up after living with the Islamic State group.