Saturday, February 25, 2012

The Fears of Being a Journalist


On February 22,2012, 2 more journalist were killed in Syria while they were covering conflict zones in the city of Homs.   Marie Colvin, a veteran to correspondence, as well as photographer Remi Ochlik were both killed. 
 What scares me the most personally is how I want to be a journalist. I want to report all over the world. I am deathly afraid of being killed in those kind of environments. As I have learned in my studies of journalism, and reporting, especially foreign correspondence.  It is a dangerous field. And you need to devote a lot of time and pretty much your life.  It is almost like being in the army.   You are dedicating your life to your career. You are putting yourself in dangerous situations, there really isn't anything different except wearing a uniform and carrying a weapon...unless you count a microphone and camera a weapon.
I would personally like to give my regards to Marie and Remi for their work throughout the years, giving inspiration to hopeful journalist like me.

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