The 24-hour news cycle has given us unprecedented access to the Arab Spring protests in North Africa and in the Middle East, with journalists reporting virtually live from the front lines of protests and conflict. The tragic deaths of Marie Colvin (pictured) and Remi Ochlik earlier this week in the besieged Syrian city of Homs remind us of the Image may be NSFW.
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risk journalists take to uncover important stories, such as witnessing first-hand the brutal crackdown by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime against his own people.
As these stories out of Syria, Egypt and other countries emerge, do they end up affecting policy and drive decision-making in Western countries? Roger Cohen, Lindsey Hilsum and David Rieff–three journalists who have reported extensively on conflict over the past two decades–compared their experiences in an event last year titled, “Bosnia, Libya and the Impact of War Reporting.” Hilsum recalled how Libyan rebel fighters embraced the journalists who came to cover the crisis, almost convinced their story could be used to gain potential aid from the West:
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