Death of a Freelancer
On the death of a young reporter named Christopher Allen and the state of conflict journalism.
On the death of a young reporter named Christopher Allen and the state of conflict journalism.
Charlotte Alfred Huffington Post Dec 2019 25min Permalink
“When I was covering the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, was there a real difference between my wanting to get to the village or hospital where people were dying terrible deaths, and my wanting people to be dying terrible deaths in whatever village or hospital I happened to be going to? Every assignment presents some variation of that question.”
Luke Mogelson Literary Hub Jun 2016 10min Permalink
On the increasingly dangerous situation for journalists in Syria.
James Traub Foreign Policy Jan 2014 15min Permalink
The Syrian civil war crosses into Lebanon.
Mitchell Prothero Vice Nov 2012 10min Permalink
As U.S. troops departed, Baghdad in ruins.
Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. While on assignment for the New York Times, Anthony Shadid died today in Syria.
Anthony Shadid Washington Post Jul 2009 10min Permalink
The truth and consequences of reporting from a war zone.
Scott Johnson Guernica Aug 2011 20min Permalink