Journalists covering nights of protests and unrest found themselves under attack – Poynter

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Journalists covering nights of protests and unrest found themselves under attack – Poynter

On any given day, any one of these attacks would be newsworthy. Friday night, they were numerous.

via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2020/journalists-covering-nights-of-protests-and-unrest-found-themselves-under-attack/

On any given day, any one of the attacks that I mention in this column would be newsworthy. The fact that this is only a sampling of the many attacks on journalists this weekend underscores the dangers that they are willing to face to document an outpouring of anger, frustration and, in some cases, senseless opportunistic violence.