Hicks @tylerhicksphoto, Tyler, and Tyler Hicks. “Why Journalists Take the Risk to Report from Dangerous Places.” Nieman Reports, 22 Feb. 2021, https://niemanreports.org/articles/why-journalists-take-the-risk-to-report-from-dangerous-places/. 

  Journalism is chaotic and dangerous but the question is why do Journalists continue to do their job knowing that they could get killed? Why put yourself in a life threatening situation just to report some news that question puzzles people and I as well. The article “Why Journalists take the risk to report from dangerous places: when entire regions are no-go zones for journalists, what do we accept as news?” Talks about taking risks and being incredibly brave. According to the article it says “People ask me why I take the risks that I do to do this job. We take these risks because we want to validate what’s happening around the world. We hope that by being there to document it first hand that it will bring truth and hopefully positive change.”  Being a Journalist is all about creating positive change and bringing awareness as it says bringing the truth out.  It is all about being real with the people and taking huge risks such as putting your own well being in danger for other people’s comfort and calm mind. 

 

  These people are very passionate about what they do for work, which is taking pictures and reporting around a lot of hate and people that dont want them around. They are committed to bring about change. The adrenaline of freedom is what keeps Journalists going. Unfortunately over the years they have been limited. “The organizations that sent us out there decided that they were not going to send us anymore, even people who wanted to go. You could really feel the noose tightening on our ability to work.” It’s insane that people would put themselves in danger for a passion and I think that Is beautiful. There are people that are willing to go to dangerous areas to report the truth. People have sacrificed their lives reporting and they’d do it in a heartbeat all over again if they could. In order to report a topic you would have to be in the area collecting details about absolutely everything and take everything in and take pictures of everything being there first person view to make sure you’re giving your all with the details you saw. Despite the dangers of Journalism people continue to put their lives on the line for a story regardless of the hazards. The unfortunate deaths of Journalists should be talked about more to bring awareness and inspiration to not be scared to speak up for what you think is right.