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Reading 2. 1. Do you know anything about the “Reporters Without Borders”?






1. Do you know anything about the “ Reporters Without Borders”?

2. What can you say on the protection of journalists in armed conflicts?

Dwell on the reporters’ comments:

1. “I don’t know if surreal is the right word, but you don’t feel personally involved. You know it’s horrible, you can see people dying in front of you, you see people burning. You cannot afford to get too involved in this emotionally, or you’re done for.”
— Mathew Fisher, Canadian embedded reporter

 

2. “This was the purest, most authentic thing I would ever do, professionally.”
— Jim Axelrod, CBS news reporter

Reporters without Borders’ annual report

On the face of it, with fewer journalists killed this year trying to bring us the news, 2014 was a good one for the safety of reporters. Think again.

“Rarely have reporters been murdered with such a barbaric sense of propaganda, shocking the entire world.”

This chilling phrase, from Reporters without Borders’ annual report, refers to the public execution of journalists beamed around the world by terrorists. While deaths may have fallen, violence against reporters has become more savage, and kidnappings have skyrocketed.

Sixty-six journalists have died around the world this year, including the gruesome decapitations of US journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff.

Syria remains the most dangerous place to report from, followed by Palestine, Ukraine, Iraq and Libya.

More than 119 journalists have been taken hostage, up a third on 2013.

The main reasons for this are the rise of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Libya’s clashing militias, and the shooting and propaganda war in eastern Ukraine, where most kidnappings took place.

The number of journalists fleeing their countries into exile has doubled, and several governments are not shy of punishing wayward pens.

“This container represents the situation for detained journalists, 178 of them around the world – it refers to real events, in Eritrea for instance. Eritrea is bottom of the list when it comes to press freedom. It’s a tiny country in the Horn of Africa, where 30 journalists are being held in prison, in camps, in containers where they are sometimes tortured. It’s a country which also has 10, 000 political prisoners, ” says the Secretary General of Reporters Without Borders, Christophe Deloire.

One positive development in the annual report by Reporters Without Borders is that fewer journalists have been killed in countries at peace, such as in India and the Philippines. But it is a crumb of comfort.

Copyright © 2015 euronews

 

1. Being an international correspondent sounds like a cool job. Which of the following “perks” of being a reporter sound most appealing or attractive to you?

  1. You get to travel around the world.
  2. Your friends and family see you on TV.
  3. You get to see amazing things happening.
  4. You meet world leaders.
  5. You have the opportunity to change people’s lives with your reports.
  6. The money must be good.
  7. Telling people you’re an international correspondent sounds cool.
  8. You can tell the world the truth about the world’s bad leaders.
  9. You see history being made right in front of you.
  10. You get a BBC / CNN… T-shirt.

Task: Steve McCurry is an American editorial photographer best known for his photograph " Afghan Girl" which was originally appeared in National Geographic magazine.Now look at the pictures for a competition promoting caring within society. In groups of two or three, discuss which ones illustrate caring most effectively.

 

Decide which picture should be the winner, which should receive 2nd and 3rd prize and which should receive a runner’s-up prize.

Remember to give reasons for your decisions. Now tell another group what led you to make your selection

 

 






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