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

They often don’t stay safe. 50 – 90 Journalists are killed each year with many more injured.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/266229/number-of-journalists-killed-since-1995/