I watched Civil War yesterday and even though I generally knew what their job is I was surprised that they were actually in the very middle of the fighting, tagging right behind the soldiers and taking pictures. Why does either side of the conflict just lets them be, especially the side that might be ‘in the wrong’, knowing that they would report on their atrocities?
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Former pro photographer here.
Many of them get killed. RIP Tim Heatherington.
I know a guy who shoots for major newspapers, covering the Donetsk and Luhanskt regions of Ukraine. He had has all sorts of trainings on weapons, kidnapping, contingency situations, etc, because journalist safety is not assured.
I know another guy who was covering the drug cartel/police war in Mexico circa 2010s. He was caught in some kind of gunfight between gangs and the police. When it was all done, he laid in a ditch with dead bodies nearby, pretending to be dead for an extended period of time, just so he was sure it would be safe to get up and get out of there.
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