Don't Shoot the Journalists - by Peter Laufer (Hardcover)

About the Book

Born out of the University of Oregon's "Extra!! Don't Kill the Messenger: Migrating to Stay Alive" international symposium on journalism-in-exile, this volume brings together the presentations, conversations, and reflections of writers, reporters, and scholars who have faced dangers and threats to their personal safety because of their journalistic work.

Book Synopsis

Born out of the University of Oregon's "Extra!! Don't Kill the Messenger: Migrating to Stay Alive" international symposium on journalism-in-exile, this volume brings together the presentations, conversations, and reflections of writers, reporters, and scholars who have faced dangers and threats to their personal safety because of their journalistic work.

Review Quotes

"My father, brothers, and I ran outside after we heard a loud explosion. We found the car Yama was in engulfed in flames. [Journalist] Yama was killed in a targeted attack." - Baktash Siawash, Afghan journalist in exile and Yama's brother

"That's me, being punched and kicked, knocked to the ground, kicked and punched again. Witnessing the attack was Grenada County [Mississippi] sheriff Suggs Ingram, leaning against the car next to which I was being hit and kicked." - Jeff Kamen, Chicago reporter attacked by white supremacists

"We had no luggage with us except for two plastic bags. They were all that remained from all our pos-sessions in Gaza after the Israeli army leveled our building. Everything was gone, but we survived." - Youmna El Sayed, former Al Jazeera reporter

"With no help from the government and no protection from the judicial system, journalists are con-cluding that they can only reply on themselves to maintain the free press." - Katherine Corcoran, former Associated Press Mexico bureau chief

About the Author

Journalist Peter Laufer is the James Wallace Chair Professor of Journalism at the University of Oregon.