ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on foreign correspondents who discuss their strategies for maintaining safety and well-being. Changing circumstances have called for new measures, including for some, the decision to entirely forgo some territories and groups. But when they decide that the importance of the story outweighs the risk, foreign correspondents use a wide range of strategies to stay alive and well when entering, reporting, and exiting the danger zones. Journalists often operated with a non-combatant status, in which they could safely navigate conflict zones. The local guides' knowledge of the regional dynamics and terrain unequivocally prevent journalists from becoming casualties. The growing adversities have given birth to an industry that trains and prepares danger zone journalists for the field, simulating worst case scenarios such as abductions, ambushes, and medical emergencies as part of the training. Large media organizations fund the training for staff reporters, and some, such as ABC News in the US, have made the training mandatory for foreign correspondents.
