Trading Control For Interviews In Afghanistan

All Things Considered | Dec. 16, 2008 (Special Report)

The key to reporting in a war zone like Afghanistan is to be in control. I figure out who I want to talk to, and when and where I want to meet them.

Always, I make sure my team and I have an escape plan in case things go bad.

Yet, control was the first thing I had to give up to get an interview with a judge in insurgent-held territory. Full Story »

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Topics: Afghanistan, Journalism
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Posted by: Posted by Dale Penn - Dec 16, 2008 - 8:21 AM PST
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review)
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Dec 16, 2008 - 8:02 PM PST
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 by Dwight Rousu - Dec. 16, 2008

The story tells of the difficulties in getting on the ground stories in Afghanistan.

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