Neil Arun didn’t want to miss a rare but risky opportunity to embed with an Iraqi police unit, hunting members of al Qaeda. But his employers -- responsible for Neil’s security -- weren’t happy. This film by Richard Pendry nvestigates how a frontline journalist balances risk and reward.
The massacre of 30 journalists in the Philppines (Somalia) last November has made 2009 the bloodiest year in history for journalists, according to a report published on the 17th of December by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Upon publication, the report stated that at last 68 journalists had been killed in 2009. The New Year has only served to confirm this, with a record-breaking total of 70 journalists confirmed killed, 40% more than in 2008 and the highest since CPJ started keeping records in 1992. Not the happiest thing to think about when looking back at 2009 then.
