How Safe is it to be a Female Foreign Correspondent?
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment
A prominent investigative journalist Wendy Halloran, who had won the Best Investigative Reporter Award for 2008 and 2009 by the Alabama Associated Press, interviewed me today about the role of foreign correspondents, particularly female reporters, in a conflict zone. It was my second interview for the day. Wendy works with 12 News channel as an … Read more
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Risks of Conflict Reporting
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Courtney Olish, a journalist of Cronkite News Service, interviewed me this morning about the risks of conflict reporting. The interview was conducted in the wake of sexual assault of American journalist Lara Logan in Egypt. We discussed the nature of threats reporters faced outside the U.S while performing their professional duty. Here is the interview
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