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A Dangerous Yet Still Necessary Assignment

I feel sad that Afghanistan is back in the news. ... Afghanistan was never going to become Sweden, but had the world really been committed to rebuilding it after 2001,…
March 15, 2007

Goodbye to All That—A Memoir

‘My introduction to daily journalism began with a murder. My introduction to Niemanry also began with a murder.’
December 15, 2006

Courage as a Story Needing to Be Told

‘Unlike love, which may be an emotion only, courage must manifest itself in action.’
June 15, 2006

Challenging a Democratic Government’s Secrecy

‘Of particular concern to journalists is the lack of support some owners of Canadian news organizations have given as they've tried to contest these policies.’
June 15, 2006

Death Threats Are Sent to Try to Stop Reporting

‘If I kept writing, I thought, the threats would eventually stop because they weren't working.’
June 15, 2006

Investigative Journalism Doesn’t Win Many Friends

‘… just about everything has been tried to discourage these kinds of investigations by those who are unhappy with what we find.’
June 15, 2006

Transforming Anger at Journalists’ Deaths Into Action

The International News Safety Institute provides training and support for journalists whose work puts them in danger.
June 15, 2006

When Bearing Witness Overrides a Reporter’s Fear

‘… courage is not me, a clunky reporter clutching a notebook and treading on people’s lives, trying to get them to open up their souls.’
June 15, 2006

War Teaches Lessons About Fear and Courage

‘In war zones, I would learn about another feeling, one I have yet to define but seems the opposite of fear ….’
June 15, 2006

Going to Tell What Others Have Forgotten

A war correspondent seeks out people who live in dangerous war zones to tell their stories and finds that ‘by sharing the fear it helps a lot.’
June 15, 2006