Should journalists be armed?
Posted on February 6th, 2009 by Deborah Potter
The question, posted on the international journalists’ network IJNet, drew me up short. Wouldn’t carrying a weapon jeopardize a journalist’s neutral status? Couldn’t it put them more at risk, especially in a war zone where a gun could make them appear to be combatants? So why even ask the question? Here’s why:
Following the recent fatal [...]
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