Questions About News Photographers in Syria Arise After Freelancer’s Death
The death of an 18-year-old Syrian freelancing for Reuters has led to questions about the work of local activists the wire service employs there as photographers.
Seasoned combat photographers are never immune to the perils of war. But since Molhem’s death, several news media outlets have questioned Reuters’s reliance on a teenage photographer in a war zone. An examination of the events surrounding Molhem’s death has also raised questions about Reuters’s network of local photographers in Syria and their journalistic practices