More and More Journalists Are Being Kidnapped in Syria

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More and More Journalists Are Being Kidnapped in Syria

Journalists who are justifiably worried about being kidnapped by the rebels or the regime are being forced to reconsider the way they cover the ongoing civil war, even as they feel a duty to continue reporting on it.

via Vice: http://www.vice.com/read/its-getting-much-harder-to-report-on-the-war-in-syria

So what does this mean for journalists covering the war? For Szlanko, “It all adds up to what I’m doing now, which is not going there.” Wilcox, however, believes that “reporting on the conflict in Syria is still important. However, when colleagues and other people go missing, it just adds to the already insurmountable issues.”

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