Journalism and Warfare: How it Works on the Front Lines

There is only one way to lift the fog of war. Across the world, many thousands fight for their survival in the most dire of circumstances. From the trenches and open fields of Ukraine to the bombed-out crucible that is the Gaza Strip, to largely forgotten corners of the world like Myanmar, Kurdistan, Sudan and the Sahel.

Many battles rage at any given moment. Every time bombs explode, or tank cannons fire, or soldiers fire their weapons, a story develops, and almost always, many individual stories will end in but given eye. But amidst the danger, amidst the fear and the turmoil, the stories that come and go are all but entirely destined to be lost to history.

The danger is too great to justify cataloguing them. The lives that end do so in a hail of bullets, and in such terrifying places under such hostile conditions, making it home is a luxury at the best of times, and an act of impossibility at the worst.