1. Finding Space: Women reporters at war.
- Author
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Prentoulis, Marina, Tumber, Howard, and Webster, Frank
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WOMEN war correspondents , *WOMEN in journalism , *WOMEN & journalism , *WOMEN in the mass media industry , *WOMEN journalists , *JOURNALISM , *WAR correspondents , *WAR , *REPORTERS & reporting - Abstract
The article, through a series of interviews conducted with women war correspondents in Great Britain, cautions against undue optimism since sexism in the field, both within the military and among journalists, continues to prevail. The authors of the essay do not subscribe to a feminization of war news theory but instead suggest that a "journalism of attachment," which favors more human stories of civilian victims is creating a productive arena for women reporters. It is suggested that the presence of women in the frontline may also be indicative of a change in war storylines. A female perspective is allowing for greater engagement with the lives of the victims of war rather than its technical and strategic aspects.
- Published
- 2005