WILL BARDENWERPER: Not only are there fewer embed opportunities, but the budgets of most print media have been slashed. As a result, many journalists have been forced to put themselves in considerable danger as freelancers if they want to report from conflict areas.
I couldn’t help but think of Jim Foley, John Cantlie, Austin Tice, and Steve Sotloff, courageous freelancers who traveled to Syria and whose abductions (and, in some cases, gruesome executions) are grim reminders of the dangers inherent in war reporting. What might have felt exciting when I was young and single now felt selfish as I imagined my wife and young son worrying about me from afar.
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LUIS ANTONIO GOKIM TAGLE: We are living in the age of Artificial Intelligence. Christians are called to develop other types or forms of intelligence, such as relational intelligence, which encourages a person to generate trust and security. We need People who can generate that atmosphere of trust. Go and proclaim the God Who speaks, communicates, and listens.
