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Dissension in the ranks: the journos who went to Gallipoli

Aug 22, 2016

Is Sharri Markson's report of an interview fair and balanced? Plus other media tidbits of the day.

Media briefs: war reporting … Marais retracts … ‘fake sheikh’ suspended …

Jul 22, 2014

In a country bound by government-related media restrictions, live-tweeting breaking news is both a sensible and revolutionary act, says Mustafa Kazemi.

Follow Friday: @combatjourno, live-tweeting battle in Afghanistan

Matthew Clayfield

Jun 13, 2014

You can probably think of one young journalist you know who has ambitions to be a foreign correspondent or even a war reporter in some new and exciting place. Please tell them … they can just as easily be killed, injured, threatened, suffer trauma or be thrown in jail ... at home, writes journalist and former foreign correspondent <b>Clare Arthurs</b>.

Safe journalism is firmly based in ethical journalism

Sep 22, 2010

CNN reporter Michael Ware may be the <a href="http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/cnn-says-it-supports-correspondent-in-war-related-stress-case/">latest</a> public casualty of post-traumatic stress disorder from covering war zones, but he's certainly not alone. So what's the cost of war reporting? Try relationship break downs, excessive drinking, depression and anger problems.

War reporting: how much horror is too much?

May 10, 2010

NATO and US forces are committing and covering-up atrocities in Afghanistan, but the embedded journalists there are so dependent on them for access and security, nothing is being reported, reveals war reporter <b>Jeremy Starkey</b> in a blistering attack.

How journalists are letting NATO get away with murder

Mar 24, 2010

The UK <em>Times</em> pays tribute to its driver in Baghdad of seven years, who was killed in a recent bombing attack on the city. A touching piece that highlights the unsung heroes who make war reporting possible.

Farewell to Yasser, Times driver and unsung hero of the Iraq war

Jan 29, 2010

<b>Fred Kaplan</b> writes the <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/117404/landing/1">"War Stories"</a> column at <em>Slate</em>, but now admits that he's unsure of his own position on the war in Afghanistan. Is Afghanistan now such a mess that there <em>is</em> no logical stance?

The Afghanistan conundrum: confessions of a confused war correspondent

Dec 02, 2009

The US military has officially banned embedded journalists from taking photos or recording footage of soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Is it press censorship, or just giving the deceased and their families the respect and privacy they deserve?

US military bans photos of war dead in Afghanistan

Oct 15, 2009

<b>Stephen Farrell</b>, the <em>NYT</em> journalist <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/world/asia/10rescue.html?_r=1&hp">recently freed</a> from imprisonment by the Taliban, in a raid by British forces that left one of <a href="http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/colleagues-remember-sultan-munadi/">his colleagues</a> and several others dead, gives his personal account of the ordeal.

Four days as a Taliban prisoner: freed journo’s tale

Sep 10, 2009

The AP has come under some <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/26759.html">heavy fire</a> for publishing a photo of a deceased US soldier shortly after he was fatally wounded by a grenade in Afghanistan. <em>The NYT</em>'s <em>Lens</em> blog looks at the ethics and precedent of going public with such a private moment.

Was the AP right to publish a soldier’s dying hours?

Sep 06, 2009

Three Alaskan journalism students are heading to Iraq to become embedded journalists. Frighteningly, this means the University of Alaska is about have more journalists in Iraq than any major US paper.

Student journos head to Iraq

Jul 29, 2009

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