An NPR photojournalist and an Afghan translator were killed in Afghanistan this week by Taliban forces. and were traveling in Southern Afghanistan when their convoy came under attack. Two other NPR staff were unharmed. David Gilkey is the second American journalist to die in the Afghanistan conflict.
Yesterday, the near Washington D.C. . Reporters and photographers traveling to war-torn regions are constantly balancing the need for the story with the risk this journalism poses to their lives.
Host Frank Stasio talks with ¹ÏÉñapp military reporter about his time in Iraq and Afghanistan.