A sad situation

November 13, 2006, Ap Associated Press reported the killing of another journalist in Baghdad, a television camera man. It is reported that at least 89 journalists have been killed in Iraq since hostilities began in March 2003, according to Associated Press count based on statistics kept by the New York-based Committee to protect Journalists.

What a sad situation. So then, what is the future of reporting from dangerous zones? In March 2006 Richard Gizbert, a war reporter was fired by the TV network ABC after repeatedly rejecting assignments in war zones like Iraq. The thing is, maybe this journalist was being shrewd enough to think twice about how worth was his life.

I guess it must be great to be labelled ‘Valiant To Work In Dangerous Places’, however, Mission or no mission, life comes first. One could wonder whether or not the money counts? Say your Editor make an offer of an unimaginable dream sum of money. It would go into your bank account on the completion day of your mission, and after bringing an exclusive story to your newspaper or TV network. Well, that sounds great, but what about facing the bombs? Does your Editor know what it feels like to disappear in a flame? I don’t think so.