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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They do not always stay safe. Journalists do die in war, mostly accidentally but sometimes on purpose. News organizations have been equipping journalists with lots of tools to send back live recordings either using the cell phone network or the satellite network. This does mean that news may quickly be sent out of a war zone. But in general journalists have to try to stay safe on their own. They tend to not be right at the fighting and if fighting breaks out around them they take cover where it is safe. It can help attaching themselves to military units as this means the enemy have someone more important to aim at while the journalists get into cover. However other times it is best to stay with the civilians as they are less likely to be targeted. It all depends on what is safest in the situation while still putting the journalist in a position to report back any important news.
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