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Article: Collateral damage.(CENTURY marks)(war journalists )(Brief article)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- February 26, 2008
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COLLATERAL DAMAGE: A record number of journalists were killed in war zones in 2007--a total of 171, and 65 in Iraq alone, according to the International News Safety Institute. Journalists who cover war suffer from the same trauma-related disorders as soldiers and as civilians trapped in war zones--nightmares, flashbacks, depression, alcoholism and broken personal relationships. Until recently neither the journalists nor their employers paid much heed to this reality, and reporters seldom received professional help for their trauma. Iraq has been one of the deadliest wars for journalists, but ...
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