Surviving the five Ds: a writer struggles with the emotional aftermath of covering brutality in Africa
Article Abstract:
A journalist describes the emotional consequences of covering war and human disaster in Africa. Topics include seeing hundreds of murdered victims in Rwanda, the experience of her colleagues at refugee camps in Goma, and the difficulty in making the transition to life in the US after the war experiences.
Publisher: Freedom Forum Media Studies Center
Publication Name: Media Studies Journal
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 1057-7416
Year: 2001
Psychological aspects, Refugees, Genocide, Journalists, United States. Department of Defense, Disasters
Publication Name: Media Studies Journal
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 1057-7416
Year: 2001
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Up close and deadly: photojournalists face special dangers in capturing images of conflict
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The experience of photojournalists who cover war is examined. Topics include the fewer resources many photojournalists have, compared with other journalists; the relative independence many of them maintain; and the power of visual images.
Publisher: Freedom Forum Media Studies Center
Publication Name: Media Studies Journal
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 1057-7416
Year: 2001
Behavior, News photographers, Photojournalists
Publication Name: Media Studies Journal
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 1057-7416
Year: 2001
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Subjects list: United States, Wars, Media coverage, War, War correspondents
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