According to CPJ (Committee to Protect Journalists), 71 percent of journalists who were killed from 1992 to 2006 were murdered, 18 percent were killed by Crossfire / Combat related, and only 10 percent died during other dangerous assignments. Most of them were Print reporters and writers, Broadcast reporters, Camera operators, Photographers, Columnist / Commentators etc.
So, what does the future holds for war correspondent?
Our nation still needs courageous and outstanding journalists to bring news from dangerous places. Let face it. Danger is everywhere anyway. In fact, who would have thought that the peaceful and “Peacemaker” America would see a day like September11? In other words, if you are a journalist out there, you’ve got to be ready or at least be willing to embrace unpredicted as well as unexpected challenges, such as reporting from war zones, in order to satisfy your nation with outstanding breaking news.
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