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Balibo Five and war correspondents’ current death toll highlights reporters risking it all to reveal the truth
['Chris Reason', 'The Nightly']
The Nightly
In a quiet corner of the landscaped surrounds of the Australian War Memorial, carved low into the ground, there is a permanent Memorial to War Correspondents.
Those words and images live beyond the moment and become part of the history of Australia.”The business of war reporting has always been a dangerous one.
Last year was officially declared the most lethal on record for war correspondents by the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs.
Credit: CHARLES DHARAPAK / APThere is a bit more support for war correspondents these days.
They were incremental improvements – but the bottom line is - war reporting is as perilous as it ever has been.
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