1534: War-Time Tick Tock
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2025/10/10
People misplace journalists who go to Ukraine as brave.
I’ve never thought of my trips as courageous or brave, or some synonym.
It’s not bravery; it’s a job and a gathering of stories. Most of which you’ll never even tell.
That is deliberate.
You plan. You deliberate. You finance. You go, then leave.
They think civilians are, but they’re there and longer than the journalists and can seem as if;
However, it’s an accident of their life history in Ukraine. They don’t want the war.
Bravery is conscious. So, neither are brave. The latter are victimized. The former are doing a job.
Being brave would be not leaving, journalists leave.
The most we can say is those who choose to stay become resilient over time and have legitimately been victimized.
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