Eli5 how the press/reporters stay safe while openly reporting in war zones?

Question

I know press/reporters aren’t the direct targets of aggressors, and they don’t take up arms, but how do they manage to stay safe while reporting close to the front lines? Why wouldn’t the aggressors target them to reduce reporting of atrocities, if the aggressors are willing to kill anyways?

Edit: thanks for the responses, everyone. I wasn’t aware of how it really is.

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Answer 1

Besides the obvious “they don’t often stay safe” answer, there’s also the fact that they wear visible gear to show them as non-combatants, usually a bright blue vest and helmet. There’s little to gain in targeting them directly, so their casualties mostly come from collateral damage.