Why War Reporters Go Solo, Despite The Risks -- NPR
War correspondents have always been at the short end of the actuarial tables. Life insurance salesmen do not pester them. No war is safe, and no correspondent is bulletproof.
But the rules of the game have been changing, and the recent deaths in Syria of two prominent correspondents, Anthony Shadid of The New York Times and Marie Colvin, an American working for Britain's Sunday Times, show how this line of work has grown even riskier.
One of the unfortunate truths of modern war reporting is that many conflicts can only be covered by going solo on the rebel side, which leaves a reporter even more exposed and vulnerable.
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My Comment: In the past a war correspondent was employed by a newspaper/radio/T.V. outlet, shepherd around by the military, he/she may had to deal with censors, and in the end .... after a period of time .... reported to an audience that was limited to his employers reach.
That is not the case for today.
The audience for a war correspondent is no longer isolated to a few news outlets. The internet has given many journalists a world wide audience, and many are now rushing in to fill this void .... and need. Unfortunately .... this need to satisfy this world-wide hunge
One of the unfortunate truths of modern war reporting is that many conflicts can only be covered by going solo on the rebel side, which leaves a reporter even more exposed and vulnerable.
Read more ....
My Comment: In the past a war correspondent was employed by a newspaper/radio/T.V. outlet, shepherd around by the military, he/she may had to deal with censors, and in the end .... after a period of time .... reported to an audience that was limited to his employers reach.
That is not the case for today.
The audience for a war correspondent is no longer isolated to a few news outlets. The internet has given many journalists a world wide audience, and many are now rushing in to fill this void .... and need. Unfortunately .... this need to satisfy this world-wide hunge
My Comment: In the past a war correspondent was employed by a newspaper/radio/T.V. outlet, shepherd around by the military, he/she may had to deal with censors, and in the end .... after a period of time .... reported to an audience that was limited to his employers reach.
That is not the case for today.
The audience for a war correspondent is no longer isolated to a few news outlets. The internet has given many journalists a world wide audience, and many are now rushing in to fill this void .... and need. Unfortunately .... this need to satisfy this world-wide hunger for news has resulted in many journalists taking risks .... even more so in our 24/7 universe.
My prediction .... even more journalists are going to die this year, and this will not even include bloggers and video-bloggers whose deaths are usually only noticed when it is found that they are no longer blogging.
Update: Risk level in Syria has media outlets in quandary over coverage -- Washington Post
That is not the case for today.
The audience for a war correspondent is no longer isolated to a few news outlets. The internet has given many journalists a world wide audience, and many are now rushing in to fill this void .... and need. Unfortunately .... this need to satisfy this world-wide hunger for news has resulted in many journalists taking risks .... even more so in our 24/7 universe.
My prediction .... even more journalists are going to die this year, and this will not even include bloggers and video-bloggers whose deaths are usually only noticed when it is found that they are no longer blogging.
Update: Risk level in Syria has media outlets in quandary over coverage -- Washington Post