The WORD Blog » Andrew Lam http://blog.hunterword.com News, Commentary, Opinion, Dialogue Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:21:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Freelance Journalists Can Face Considerable Risks and News Organizations Need to Do More to Protect Them http://blog.hunterword.com/2009/08/12/freelance-journalists-are-on-their-own-and-shouldnt-be/ http://blog.hunterword.com/2009/08/12/freelance-journalists-are-on-their-own-and-shouldnt-be/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:00:41 +0000 Gregg Morris http://blog.hunterword.com/?p=4822 Writing in light of the Iranian detaining of New America Media Journalist Shane Bauer and his friends, NAM editor Andrew Lam, author of “Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora,” pens this:

In an era of shrinking foreign bureaus, struggling news organizations are relying more and more on freelance journalists. For the go-it-alone intrepid reporter or photographer abroad, as well as journalists working for non-traditional media and less powerful outlets such as Current TV, opportunities to cover stories in hot spots overseas abound.

But many, as in the case of Shane Bauer, a freelance writer and photographer for this news outlet, are taking far more risks than those who go abroad with the backing of a major media institution. Bauer, while hiking with his two friends, reportedly has been detained by Iranian authorities.

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