#war-journalism tag

My friend was killed for telling you the truth. Now the powerful are even more desperate to silence us | Janine di Giovanni

A journalist's request to retrieve a deceased colleague's body from Syria was forwarded to Jeffrey Epstein through a diplomat, highlighting the complex networks involved in conflict zones and the evolving dangers facing war correspondents.

fromwww.theguardian.com

3 days ago

Nobody believed that Putin would invade Ukraine. Four years on, has Europe learned from the failures of 2022?

Around 9pm the evening before, I had received a message from a colleague at another news outlet. It was an unequivocal warning from an intelligence source that the war would start that night. We discussed it among the Guardian's Ukraine reporting team and international editors. My colleague Emma Graham-Harrison, who was on an overnight train from Kyiv towards the frontline city of Mariupol, decided she would get off halfway, in the middle of the night, and beg a spot on the first train heading back to Kyiv.

Russo-Ukrainian War

Film

fromFilmmaker Magazine

4 months ago

Interview: "Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud"

Craig Renaud made a 37-minute film honoring brother Brent, a conflict journalist killed in Ukraine, using Brent's footage and words as a eulogy.

Miscellaneous

fromPsychology Today

4 months ago

Battling Burnout at Ukraine's Fastest-Growing News Outlet

Toma Istomina leads Kyiv Independent with resilient reporting of truth amid war while Ukrainian journalists face widespread burnout and disrupted sleep from constant attacks.

Photography

fromwww.nytimes.com

10 months ago

How Photography From the Vietnam War Changed America

Vietnam War photography significantly altered American perceptions of the conflict and its impact on soldiers and society.

Film

fromVulture

10 months ago

Fatma Hassona, Palestinian Protagonist of Cannes Film, Killed in Missile Strike

Fatma Hassona, a young photojournalist in Gaza, was killed shortly before the premiere of the documentary that highlighted her life.

Sepideh Farsi's documentary on Palestinian life in war had a tragic turn when her collaborator was killed.