Diary of a Bad Year: A War Correspondent's Dilemma

Kelly McEvers, Photo by Glen Carey

Last Saturday we discussed some of the physical dangers and ethical dilemmas that war photojournalists face.

Kelly McEvers, while not a photographer, was a Middle East correspondent for NPR and faced many of the same situations that confront photojournalists who put themselves in harm's way. In 2012, the "deadliest [year] on record for journalists worldwide," she kept an audio diary reflecting on the danger and allure of being a foreign correspondent in a conflict zone.

It's a powerful, illuminating and harrowing hour-and-a-half of radio, which you can listen to in its entirety here.