Interviewing military personnel deployed overseas is a specialized task for a journalist, requiring scrupulous preparation, detailed understanding of the realities of life in the field and sensitivity to the constraints under which soldiers operate. It also requires sensitivity to the needs and issues of military families waiting out their loved ones’ deployment. [Read more...]
ISAF Joint Command media requirements and information
October 31, 2010 By
These are the latest requirements for credentials and embedding with U.S. troops in Afghanistan. [Read more...]
Tips for covering the military and war
October 20, 2010 By
Videographer: Sarah Chaco
The Medill National Security Journalism Initiative
MRE President Kelly Kennedy, who covers health and medical issues for the Military Times papers and is also the author of the recently released book “They Fought for Each Other: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Hardest Hit Unit in Iraq,” offers some logistical tips for covering the military and war.
Iraq War the deadliest for journalists since World War II
September 10, 2010 By
The U.S.-led war in Iraq has been the deadliest combat assignment for reporters since World War II, the group Reporters Without Borders announced yesterday. [Read more...]
MRE statement on Pentagon’s decision to rescind embed permission for Rolling Stone writer
August 10, 2010 By
MRE working on behalf of its members.
Military Reporters & Editors believes the Pentagon must not be allowed to ban journalists from the war zone based on vague accusations of unspecified broken ground rules. [Read more...]
Dateline Afghanistan: Reporting the Forgotten War
May 16, 2010 By
As the United States and its allies engage in a continuing battle to free Afghanistan of its ties to the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, many journalists from around the world cover the ongoing conflict. Go inside the ranks of these brave men and women as they risk their lives to present the truth of what’s really going on today.
Veteran reporter and filmmaker Bill Gentile profiles noted journalists from The New York Times, the BBC, Time, and The Washington Post as well as others to reveal the daily personal and professional pressures they face. Learn how female reporters get the story despite the harsh restrictions placed on women in the country and how the U.S. military presence both aid and hinder journalists in their efforts to give fair and balanced coverage. Through stunning footage and first-hand accounts, audiences will get an up close look inside the media’s role to report the issues and conflicts behind America’s forgotten war.
Correspondent details dangers of reporting in Iraq
May 16, 2010 By
When the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, Richard Engel was a freelance reporter in Baghdad with no credentials and little support. Five years later, Engel is a veteran war correspondent. He has covered all facets of the conflict. Now Chief Foreign Correspondent for NBC News, he spoke to Voice of Ameirca’s Kane Farabaugh in Chicago about the challenges of covering news in a war zone.
AP Chief: Journalists need access to battlefront
April 9, 2010 By
By ADAM YEOMANS
The Associated Press
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Journalists need reasonable access to battlefields to provide the public a realistic view of what is happening in Afghanistan and other war zones, the top executive of The Associated Press said Thursday. [Read more...]
Pentagon nominee promises reporters won’t be rated before embeds
December 17, 2009 By
The nominee for the Pentagon’s top public affairs job promised Thursday he will review Defense Department policies to ensure that journalists are not being denied embeds with combat troops based on the tenor of their reporting, a practice exposed by Stars and Stripes last summer.
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Pentagon profiles Afghan-bound journos
September 2, 2009 By
If you’re heading for an embed in Afghanistan, be prepared to be profiled by a contractor hired by the Pentagon to compile dossiers on reporters to determine whether they are negative, positive, or neutral. [Read more...]
