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In the article, the author discusses the important role of journalists in covering wars by citing the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Topics include the deaths of filmmaker Brent Renaud, cameramen Pierre Zakrzewski and Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra Kovshynova from Russian bombardments, and the photographs showing the fortitude and agony of Ukrainians amidst their war.

This article discusses the lack of media attention given to an 8 year civil war in the Congo. The International Rescue Committee estimates that this war has caused the death of almost 4 million people, making it the deadliest war since World War II. Rebels factions, belligerents from other African nations, and even the Congolese army, have carried out campaigns of murder, rape, and destruction. However, these actions are rarely reported on an international level.

The article discusses what the authors refers to as the lack of U.S. television, newspaper, and magazine coverage of a war in Afghanistan involving the Taliban terrorist organization in 2018, and it mentions a push for the withdrawal of American military forces from Afghanistan. According to the article, the Americans have been involved in the Afghan War for 17 years. U.S. President Donald Trump's use of social-media is assessed.

The article presents world news briefs. The secular Awami League won parliamentary elections in Bangladesh. News networks are transferring news personnel from Iraq to Afghanistan as violence increases in the latter. Teenagers vowing sexual abstinence are no less likely than their peers to have premarital sex, according to a study.

The article reports on the statement of U.S. President Ronald Reagan's administration regarding the move of military forces to restrict journalists during the invasion of Grenada island in 1983. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger said that the purpose of the armed forces to ensure safety of the press. The move of the administration to ban reporters raised speculation that the President will repeat it in other situations.

The article discusses an international effort called the Satellite Sentinel Project that started using artificial satellites to monitor troop movements in Sudan as of December 30, 2010. The idea is attributed to U.S. actor George Clooney, coming out of meetings he had with human rights activist John Prendergast. The plan is to remind leaders in northern and southern Sudan that the world is watching as southern Sudan votes for independence.

Remembers D-Day when "Time" went with the troops of General Dwight Eisenhower to land on the beaches of Normandy, France. Filing of a report by correspondent William Walton who jumped with paratroopers that day; How he landed in a pear tree and was stuck; His feelings of helplessness as he presented a target for German snipers; Rescue by U. S. Sergeant Auge as he cut the typewriter-carrying reporter from the tree.

Presents an editorial about the power of photographic images. Photography and war; Challenge associated with showing the consequence of war while keeping the sensibilities of the readers; Choosing pictures in the wake of 9/11; Current Iraq War and its haunting images.

The article focuses on the risks encountered by photojournalists in documenting the war events in Falkland Island and Argentina. J.C. Criton, the Sygma Agency photographer for TIME magazine, has succeeded in taking a colored picture of the Argentine troops and weapons on the Falklands which were published in the magazine. Arnold Drapkin, a picture editor of TIME, and Peter Kellner, a picture researcher, instructs photographers to take pictures that relay information with aesthetics.

The article offers information on the revival of the media coverage of El Salvador by the U.S. It states that the decision of President Ronald Reagan of sending military instructors to El Salvador was the deriving force behind the interest of reporters in this nation. It also mentions that the television channels competed with each other to cover the struggle going on in El Salvador, for higher ratings.

The article reports on the experiences of mass media personnel during the wars in Lebanon. It mentions that the reporters of the Associated Press were forced to leave their headquarters in Kantari district in Beirut during a heavy street fighting which destroyed the building due to the fire of the sniper. It states that all the wars enforce an ugly risk on the reporters who are assigned to cover the incident because a sniper fire recognizes no neutrals. It notes that veteran correspondents Karsten Prager and William Marmon, had to abandon their office to the streetfighter for about a week and found about 30 hits from the 50-caliber armor-piercing machine gun bullets after returning back to the office.

The article focuses on the commercial significance of war and victory in Tel Aviv, Israel. It provides sample advertisements from the brewing company Wissotzky & Co., newspapers, and department stores. It suggests the role of post-war advertisements to cover war costs and to build up foreign currency reserves through attracting visitors from all parts of the world.

The article focuses on the danger facing correspondents covering the Arab-Israeli war. It describes the bombing of the car where NBC correspondent Jim Hartz and an Israeli escort have ridden on the Golan Heights by Syrian forces. It points out that correspondents can die if they will get close enough to the fighting. It reports on the death of three Israeli newsmen including Rafi Unger of Radio Israel and Nicholas Tomalin of the "London Sunday Times." It also mentions that only Israeli reporters are allowed to follow the army and that foreign journalists were denied the privilege.

The article focuses on the danger faced by newsmen during the war in Vietnam in 1972. It says that the Vietnamization and concomitant withdrawal of the U.S. troops caused deaths, wounded, and missing newsmen including British freelancer James Gill, photographer Gerard Hebert, and ABC cameraman Terence Khoo. Moreover, the reliability of battle intelligence needed by the reporters have disappeared and failed to get support from Saigon forces for amenities and protection.

The article reports on the coverage of the Iraq War, 2003, by Australian radio host Sally Loane. After two weeks of intensive war coverage, Loane and her producers veered back toward the home issues. This reflects that Australians' interest in the conflict was waning. Loane has more than 300,000 New South Wales listeners. She says that she had to take up other important developments going on in the world as her younger emailers tend to oppose the war.

The article focuses on different projection of war by media on the two sides. Each camp is seeing the same war differently. Arabs and Muslims outside the Middle East were distrustful of Western media for its one-sided coverage, and therefore have arranged for homegrown television networks which reflects their perspectives. However, New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ market system have expelled al-Jazeera reporters for broadcasting grisly pictures and aggressive coverage.

The letters to the editor refer to the December 14 and December 21, 2009 issues of this periodical. The articles "The Fatigue of War," "Beyond Copenhagen," and "It's His War Now" are mentioned.

The article offers information on the measures adopted to keep the movement of South Korean troops in Arbil, Iraq on grounds of security concerns. South Korean authorities are on the alert after the beheading of civilian translator Kim Sun Il in June and have requested media to provide scarce information about their military movement in Iraq. The country is expected to soon have the third largest number of foreign troops in Iraq after the U.S. and Great Britain, reaching a figure of 3,600.