Stories From the Front Lines: Female Foreign Correspondents in War Zones
Open Access
Author:
Connor, Jennifer Ann
Area of Honors:
Journalism
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type:
Thesis
Thesis Supervisors:
Anthony Barbieri, Thesis Supervisor Anthony Barbieri, Thesis Supervisor Martin Halstuk, Thesis Honors Advisor
Keywords:
Afghanistan Iraq Lybia Mercedes Gallego Vanessa Gezari New York Times war correspondents marines embedded journalists Jennifer Connor
Abstract:
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the experience of women who cover war and conflict zones, with a special focus on those reporting in Iraq and Afghanistan. When western female war correspondents work in male-dominated cultures and situations of war, they encounter different challenges and advantages than male war correspondents. The level of danger associated with the assignments these women take on is evaluated in this thesis. Anecdotes from female war correspondents themselves, combined with outside analysis, reveal the types of situations unique to female war correspondents. More women choose to follow the story and witness history in the making by covering today’s war and conflict zones. This trend parallels the greater presence of women in newsrooms, today. This thesis will shed light on what it means to be a female reporting on and working in dangerous conditions.
