December 9, 2006

everything is relative

Being a journalist can be stressful, but at least in the U.S. most of us don't have to worry about this:

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116554586173144220-SGzZDPen_os_85AmpbRiTTZEkBE_20061215.html?mod=blogs
A muckracking Russian newspaper where three of the reporters were murdered in the last six years. The story starts w/ the editor in chief wondering if he should shut down the paper - "I felt no profession was worth dying for."

Man.

I heard a talk from an investigative journalist at UC Berkeley who reported on some Mob stories. He said he wasn't really afraid of getting whacked, he was more afraid of getting sued and having his house taken.

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