REVIEW: When journalists are reluctant to write about the travails of a troubled trade

Reviewed books by Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Sans Frontières,

  • David Robie
Keywords: journalist attack, journalist protection, conflict journalism, war reporting, journalist safety, war correspondence, reviews

Abstract

Review of Attacks on the Press in 2002, Committee to Protect Journalists, New York, 2003. Freedom of the Press throughout the World, 2003, Reporters Sans Frontières, Paris, 2003. Live News: A survival Guide for journalists, International Federation of Journalists, Brussels, 2003. Dangerous Assignments: covering the Iraq War, Committee to Protect Journalists, New York, 2002.

When the press come under attack, many reporters find themsevles in a dilemma, notes foreign correspondent Serge Schmemann, a member of The New York Times' editorial board. Writing the preface to the annual New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists' Attacks on the Press for volume 2002, he reminds journalists of who knows better than the failings of the press than they do. 

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Published
01-09-2003
How to Cite
Robie, D. (2003). REVIEW: When journalists are reluctant to write about the travails of a troubled trade: Reviewed books by Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Sans Frontières,. Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa, 9(1), 208-209. https://doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v9i1.774

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