donderdag 21 april 2011

Two photojournalists killed in Libyan city of Misrata

Two award-winning and prominent photographers have been killing after grenade attacks in Libya. Both reporters were there to write and take photos of the humanitarian status in Libya. Briton Tim Hetherington, 40, is the co-director of the Oscar-nominated war documentary Restrepo and Chris Hondros has received a Gold Medal for war photography. Both photographers were there to try to bring forward the ongoing humanitarian issues in Libya after the attack from NATO countries. Besides the two photographers, several other journalists were injured during the attack, but survived after being in surgery for hours.

Reporters being killed is always sad news, but in my eyes this inevitable. If you go out to a warzone to report on casualties and destruction, you know it comes with great risk. Yes, most of the times they (reporters in warzones) come back unharmed, but you shouldn’t go out there thinking you won’t get hurt. I think it is very brave of these men and women to go out there, in to the frontlines, to bring us the news and commend them for it, but unfortunately these kind of events will occur every now and then.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13151490

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  1. Nakheel Al Naemi24 april 2011 om 19:13

    It is awfully sad indeed, to hear how plenty of (innocent) reporters/ photo journalists get killed in war zones or in any other places where conflicts take place. Unfortunately visiting those places is still the greatest way of edifying news and information about several accidents or any kinds of incidents that are truly news worthy. I totally agree with you, these people are really brave. They still need to be more watchful even though, sadly enough, sometimes it is quite impossible to prevent accidents like these.

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  2. renger dijkstra27 april 2011 om 10:31

    well i see it this way. every job has dangers. if you are a soldier, you can get shot. a builder has to be careful with their tools. no doubt these people are brave, i don't say they aren't, but they knew the risks of going there, and got bad luck. of course it is a tragedy, bu things like these do happen.

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