Fearless Females!
Today in class we watched a documentary called
"Barbra Kopples, documentary on female journalists working in combat
zones" which was an extremely exhilarating and intense experience. The
documentary followed the lives of 5 fearless female journalists in combat,
during the war that took place in Iraq after 9/11. The film went into great
detail about what these journalists went through while trying to document
stories for the public. They experienced terror, violence, near-death incidents
and heartaches because of their job. Each and every journalist was putting
their lives in danger in hopes to create a story and educate people on what was
really going on in the Middle East. Watching this film put me personally in a
dark place; without these Journalists risking there lives overseas we may not
have known some of the terrible things that were going on during this war. They
went out and found in-depth information, personal stories and terrifying truths
about the war. Would we even know much about the war without journalists
risking there lives for information during combat? This is the type of question
that leaves people wondering. Maybe that is the key motive that pushes
journalists to leave home pack up and put their personal lives aside. In
conclusion, I think we ought to give credit to these courageous and heroic
journalists who seek extremely important information out in hopes to inform
people about what is really occurring around the world.
-Reagan
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