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CPJ Journalist Security Blog | USA

Should J-School grads just get up and go overseas?

By Frank Smyth/Senior Adviser for Journalist Security
Photographers take cover behind a barricade during a protest in Egypt last year. Journalists are often forced to take deadly risks when working in war zones, usually with limited training and no insurance. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)

The guidance is hardly clear. At a Columbia University event last week pegged to the release of the new CPJ Journalist Security Guide, one journalism student said he and his classmates are getting contradictory advice. Many J-school professors, he said, have encouraged him and others to just get up, go overseas, and try to make it as a freelancer. But the experienced journalists speaking at the event advised caution.

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May 10, 2012 1:05 PM ET | | Comments (1)
Tags: Carolyn Cole, Columbia University, Freelancer, Journalist Security, Stuart Karle

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