Freedom Forum’s Media Studies Journal sheds light on war coverage

03.24.03

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Once again, journalists are engaged in the most challenging assignment they will ever face: covering war.

The Freedom Forum’s Front Lines and Deadlines: Perspectives on War Reporting provides an in-depth look at war-time journalism, including censorship, secrecy, media-military relations and the risks journalists take in combat zones.

This edition of the Media Studies Journal includes pieces by such journalists and media experts as Judy C. Woodruff, Tom Gjelten, Jane Kirtley, Derald Everhart, Frank Aukofer and others. The publication also includes interviews with former war correspondents Peter Arnett, Frank Bolden, Walter Cronkite, Ed Bradley and Janine di Giovanni.

“I’m told time and time again, mostly by editors, no story is worth dying for,” Los Angeles Times reporter Paul Watson says in an essay on the dangers of war-time journalism. “I beg to differ — there are stories worth dying for. Some of my colleagues have made that choice and have died in brutal ways. And they should be honored for having made the choice to get that story.”

To download Front Lines and Deadlines, click on the following link: Media Studies Journal