"Dangerous Assignments"

"Reporting on conflict is no walk in the park, but journalists can minimize their risks by taking precautions." -Yvonne Chua.

Dangerous assignments of journalists or reporters like conflict between factions can cost their life.
"Knowing more means having more shit to deal with, you know." -Hikigaya Hachiman (Oregairu). But they take risks and chances to have a good story to present to their network. And, to broadcast nationwide. "Hard work betrays none, but dreams betrays many." -Hikigaya Hachiman (Oregairu)

August 1897, a renegades, turncoats or traitors were attempting another coup against the Aquino goverment. On the other hand, GMA-7 reporter Jessica Soho made sure she was on the scene, which the enemy factions or rebel soldiers have taken over. However, Soho know that fighting could break out any time, and she and her crew sought for a shelter nearby. But she couldn't help herself peep through a window not knowing what's happening outside. " You want to get shot?", a Viva employee yelled at her. So the crew and Soho stayed close to the floor for cover. While the team is taking shelter, a few minutes later, Soho say the employee sprawled or fall on the ground, taken down by sniper rifle's fire. "Life is something that can never be lived twice. Even this pointless act will eventually end. And while thinking that one day, I'll surely regret its end... "-Hikigaya Hachiman (Oregairu)

Photojournalist Romeo Gacad know that he was on dangerous ground in Kuwait during the 1991 Gulf War when he had to drive through an oil field. That's why, he made sure he drove over tire marks left by the previous vehicles making sure that they won't hit a landmine, and stopped once the marks ended. And then, he looked out through window and saw a landmine sticking out on the ground beside of his vehicle's left tire. His companion, a British journalist, inspected the car's right tire without getting off the car, and then he found another landmine. "We backed out right away," Gacad says.

Gacad and Soho are veterans in coverings, particularly in between conflicts. In the Philippines, they have covered the communists, militaries, and Muslim rebellions. Another is, People Power Revolutions. Marches, rallies, and demonstrations. Labor strikes, bombings, and hostage-taking incidents. "There's no point in incapable people pushing themselves. You're better off calling for an expert in the field." -Hikigaya Hachiman (Oregairu). In overseas, Gacad was assigned to the Desert Storm operation in the early 1990s and the war in Afghanistan more recently. Soho just got back from reporting on Israel. Earlier, she was in Pakistan. Both have emerged from all these assignments unscathed partly because they have taken this advice to heart: "No story is worth your life." While they take risks, as most journalists do, they avoid taking unnecessary ones that could cost their—or other people's—lives or limbs. "There are things that cannot be taken back. But the world will keep on spinning wether you laugh or cry." -Hikigaya Hachiman (Oregairu).