Reporters in the line of fire

Reporters in the line of fire

Journal Entry Question #10 for Journalism

When you think of a journalist, you tend to think of a guy with a pencil and pad shooting questions at you, aggressively trying to get the scoop ( like the gentleman in the picture). However that isn't always the case. Nobody said that the job of a journalist was supposed to be easy, especially with the kind of news that happens in our society today. Journalists have to risk their lives every time they are reporting on a story. So this raises the question is it really worth endangering one's life to get the scoop? I think that if you have a passion for something than is worth it. If I were a journalist and was reporting on a potentially dangerous story, of course the fear of getting hurt is there, but the passion for getting the story is there aswell and that would be enough to keep me going.