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Iraq: the Deadliest Reporting Assignment

Sherry Ricchiardi ; School of Journalism Indiana University SAD

Abstract

Editor’s note: The war in Iraq has become the deadliest for journalists since World War
II, according to the Paris-based group Reporters without Borders. Since the beginning
of the war in March 2003, at least 139 correspondents and media assistants have died
while try to do their jobs, more than double the number killed during 20 years of war in
Vietnam.
For the fourth year in a row, Iraq remained the most dangerous country for the media,
with 39 journalists killed there compared to 24 in 2005.
Correspondent Sherry Ricchiardi talked to journalists in Iraq about what they do
to survive in this hostile environment. The original version of this story appeared in
American Journalism Review magazine.

Keywords

Iraq; journalists; war; hotel journalisam

Hrčak ID:

41348

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/41348

Publication date:

1.3.2007.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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