As a Novice, Amanda Lindhout Faced Greater Danger in Somalia – NYTimes.com

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For Novice Journalists, Rising Risks in Conflict Zones

Two freelancers, who were kidnapped and held for 15 months, went to Somalia with fewer resources than their counterparts from major news organizations.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/business/media/30somalia.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

Amanda Lindhout was a waitress at an Irish pub in Calgary, Alberta, with a dream of becoming a journalist. But Ms. Lindhout, who has no formal journalistic training, did not join the ranks of citizen journalists who blog about their communities. Instead, she used her earnings from the bar to finance reporting trips to several of the world’s most dangerous war zones.