Journalists Under Fire: The Psychological Hazards of Covering War

This book is essential reading for journalists and camera operators working in hazardous environments. It is well-written and well-researched. A must read!

A worthwile study but too bad it was only about journalists in the late80's, and the 90's --there is much information from the 60's and70's not addressed at all--Vietnam and Cambodia for example. I think of this as Ed Bradely and Kate Webb recently passed on and they were part of that era. Or, to put it another way, a book I wish I had before I went or during the time I was a journalist in Southeast Asia.

Any college-level collection strong in journalism must have JOURNALISTS UNDER FIRE: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL HAZARDS OF COVERING WAR. Where many books outline the achievements of such journalists, too few focus on the impact of such coverage. Chapters survey what drives and destroys war reporters, come from a professor of psychiatry, and survey the culture and realities of war reporting, a process that eats up and spits out many a career journalist. Freelancers as well as affiliated journalists are covered. Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch