Women Photoournalists & Reporters in Combat

[Gary]

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-clayton-female-war-correspondents-20151110-story.html

An interesting article in today's LA Times Op-Ed section. The article speaks to women covering war and in particular Dickey Chappelle, a freelance photojournalist in the Vietnam War who has the distinction of being the first American Woman Journalist to be killed doing her job ... covering a war. 

"When I die, I want it to be on patrol with the United States Marines," she'd once said. Her words reflected a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Although she was a civilian, her burial was graced by a Marine Honor Guard.

 

[armando_m]

Thanks for sharing this Gary,

I find it interesting they mention the book "it's what I do " and show the face of a woman but the article does not mention her name Lynsey Addario

I read it and I really enjoyed it

[PeterN]

Thanks for the link, Gary. I am always impressed by the courage of photogrpahers and journalists who cover wars.

I also like the last sentence, a saying of Dickey Chapelle:
"It's not a woman's place. There's no question about it," Chapelle told Mike Wallace in an interview in 1962. "There's only one other species on Earth for whom a war zone is no place, and that's men."

[elsa hoffmann]

Thanks for the link -
Dying while doing what you love best - I suppose is not a bad way to go. Many others are dead in their jobs anyway - they just haven't fallen over and started smelling yet.

[Gary]

If you gotta go ... my vote is while I'm sleeping ... in a huge, soft, comfy bed, with a big $hit eating grin on my face ... 

[elsa hoffmann]

If you gotta go ... my vote is while I'm sleeping ... in a huge, soft, comfy bed, with a big $hit eating grin on my face ...

Gary - not IF, WHEN ... 

[Gary]

That's a bit pessimistic Elsa. 

[elsa hoffmann]

Not at all. I am a pragmatist.
I do accept that people feel different. For me - I am not worried or scared about death.
Only about HOW I die. There I am with you for sure -

[ColinM]

Many others are dead in their jobs anyway - they just haven't fallen over and started smelling yet.

Oh, so true!