War Journalists

Pakistan Now Worst Killing-Field for Journalists

David Tereshchuk | Posted 02.15.2012

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David Tereshchuk

Given Pakistan's fractious state, and its inevitably blurred divisions between journalism and political activity (and even sometimes militia affiliations) we can probably expect the record to get worse among local journalists.

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Movie Review: Under Fire: Journalists in Combat

Zorianna Kit | Posted 02.01.2012

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Zorianna Kit

After watching Under Fire: Journalists in Combat, you will never look at another war photograph or video without thinking of the journalist behind it.

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The War Lovers: Why It Feels So Good to Be Embedded With the U.S. Military

Peter Van Buren | Posted 07.16.2011

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Peter Van Buren

What is it about the military that turns normally thoughtful journalists into war pornographers? A reporter who would otherwise make it through the day sober spends a little time with the military and loses himself in ever more dramatic language.

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Gandamack Lodge, Afghanistan 'War Hotel,' Offers Comfort And Safety For Media

GlobalPost | HDS Greenway | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- In Kabul, journalists often seek out guest houses, avoiding the larger, high-profile hotels that could be, and have been, target...

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Vietnam -- Still at War Thirty-Five Years Later

Thomas A. Bass | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thomas A. Bass

The continuing Vietnam war is a battle over memory, history, and truth, and the stakes are still high.

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Military Ends Contract With Rendon Group, Firm That Profiled Reporters

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — U.S. military authorities in Afghanistan have terminated a contract with a company that was producing profiles of reporters seeking...

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Pentagon Profiling Reporters For "Positive," "Neutral" Or "Negative" War Coverage

Stars and Stripes | Stars and StripesMideast Edition, Thursday, August 27, 2009 | Posted 05.25.2011

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Contrary to the insistence of Pentagon officials this week that they are not rating the work of reporters covering U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Stars a...

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Embedded Journalists Subject To Screens

Stars and Stripes | Charlie Reed, Stars and StripesMideast Edition, Monday, August 24, 2009 | Posted 05.25.2011

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As more journalists seek permission to accompany U.S. forces engaged in escalating military operations in Afghanistan, many of them could be screened ...

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AP Journalists Emilio Morenatti, Andi Jatmiko Wounded In Afghanistan Bombing

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — Two Associated Press journalists wounded in a bomb blast while on assignment with the U.S. military in southern Afghanistan were evacuat...

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Jason Linkins

Ralph Peters Calls For Military Killing Of War Journalists

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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The editors behind neo-con spankbook Journal of International Security Affairs have truly outdone themselves, by allowing a piece by conservative mili...

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Two More Journalists Attacked In Caucasus

New York Times | Ellen Barry | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOSCOW -- A television reporter was mortally wounded and a newspaper editor was severely beaten Tuesday in Russia's north Caucasus region, bringing to...

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