Culture

Lydia Polgreen is an Opinion columnist

Someone’s got to send word back into history

There can be a kind of moral deformity in this but it’s an important and socially recognized role

Journalists decide on society’s behalf to witness the unbearable

Journalists are an extreme version of the curious person who lingers and tries to figure out what’s going on when everyone else sensing danger has packed up their curiosity and gone home

The history of war correspondence is replete with examples of fighters turned reporters

George Orwell recorded soldiers' lives while fighting in the Spanish Civil War and became a war correspondent

Al-Sharif told the Committee to Protect Journalists that his coverage of the crimes of the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip harms them and damages their image in the world

The evidence offered to the public is weak consisting of screenshots spreadsheets purported service numbers and old payments that have not been independently verified

Each man sought to stand up for the dignity and sovereignty of Ukraine's people through different means

Journalists would rally to Chernov's side and dismiss allegations against him as propaganda if he were targeted by the Russian state

Mstyslav Chernov notes the parallel between himself the journalist and the young officer he is interviewing

The soldier picked up a rifle while Chernov picked up a camera

The film is a claustrophobic harrowing film unfolding in bunkers and foxholes

A local reporter is surely a partisan

In the documentary “2000 Meters to Andriivka,” Ukrainian journalists accompany Ukrainian soldiers seeking to recapture a village from Russian forces

A local reporter cannot help being blinkered by her own suffering and root for one side in the conflict

A local reporter comes under more scrutiny

Expertise can be viewed as something darker in some places

The author as a foreign journalist was always perceived differently from local journalists in war zones