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1. Essay

   Fighting words

   September 11, 2012 10:56 AM

   Last year, I visited Bogotá, Colombia, to teach a seminar on conflict reporting. Afterward, a soldier missing two legs and most of one arm rolled up in a wheelchair. As we spoke about land mines and their evils, I asked... Continue reading

2. Reports

   Detained in Dagestan

   March 20, 2012 06:00 AM

   Last September I went on assignment with a translator to Dagestan, a Russian republic on the Caspian Sea. Since we were reporting on the Islamic insurgency, which has been simmering there since the 1990s, it wasn’t particularly encouraging when our... Continue reading

3. Behind the News

   Safety Tips for Covering Occupy Wall Street

   November 7, 2011 05:11 PM

   At least half a dozen journalists have been injured or detained while covering the growing unrest in the United States. Here are safety tips that reporters can use to prepare for potentially unruly protests: Before you head out • Make... Continue reading

4. Review

   Bang Bang Off Target

   July 5, 2011 12:31 PM

   The Bang Bang Club, written and directed by Steven Silver; starring Ryan Phillippe, Taylor Kitsch, Malin Akerman, Frank Rautenbach, and Neels Van Jaarsveld | Tribeca Film | 106 minutes In a key moment in the recent film <a href=http://www.thebangbangclub.com/... Continue reading

5. Campaign Desk

   Safety Tips for Female Correspondents

   February 22, 2011 04:21 PM

   The attack on Lara Logan of CBS was a worst-case scenario for many female reporters. Yet gropes and unwanted advances are common occupational hazards. Here are some tips from safety experts who have trained soldiers and journalists. While not every... Continue reading

6. Behind the News

   Unspoken

   February 8, 2011 02:40 PM

   This article originally ran in the May/June 2007 issue of CJR. The photographer was a seasoned operator in South Asia. So when she set forth on an assignment in India, she knew how to guard against gropers: dress modestly... Continue reading

7. Review

   Top Gun

   September 30, 2010 05:20 PM

   The Gun | By C. J. Chivers | Simon & Schuster | 496 pages, $28 Oh, to imagine the world without the AK-47. Anyone who has lived through (or reported on) a conflict over the past half century has probably... Continue reading

8. Feature

   A Luddite’s Virtual Book Tour

   October 6, 2009 09:05 PM

   Just before my latest book, Home Girl, came out in June 2008, the Random House promotion team invited me in to discuss strategy. There, in an office reassuringly lined with blockbusters, we covered the usual terrain. Did I have contacts... Continue reading

9. On the Job

   Unspoken

   May 8, 2007 08:30 AM

   The photographer was a seasoned operator in South Asia. So when she set forth on an assignment in India, she knew how to guard against gropers: dress modestly in jeans secured with a thick belt and take along a... Continue reading