Libyan men react as the main fuel depot in Misrata, Libya, burns after a bombing by pro-Gadhafi forces on May 7. Witnesses say Gadhafi forces have bombed the main fuel depot in Misrata, intensifying the regime's campaign against the rebel-held city that has been under siege for over two months. (AP Photo/ Ricardo Garcia Vilanova)
| Every day stories from conflict-ridden regions around the globe are published, broadcast or talked about.
It doesn’t matter if you are in the media or the public, exposure to war-related news is not only easy to find, but it seems to be omnipresent here in the US. Working in the news increases that exposure and I have learned to muddle through all of the violent and sometimes horrific news to complete the day-to-day local news tasks. Some days, like today, I run across news from the battlefield that I cannot push aside, even though I’m busy working on good local stories. I was struck today by a collection of photographs culled by Alan Taylor from the Atlantic’s photo blog, which put Libya’s conflict in focus over the past three months. Another was a first-person video shot by Spc. Michael Gannon from a camera mounted on his helmet during a battle in Haruti, located in northern Afghanistan. Today, these two examples of visual storytelling brought me to those places on the other side of the world — and instead of detracting from my local news focus, they enhanced my journalistic perspective. |
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