It is best to attempt to put yourself in someone else's shoes if you wish to understand them. The work of a reporter is difficult. They frequently find themselves in strange situations and are faced with the difficult task of precisely and swiftly acquiring information in order to fulfill short deadlines. If you want to establish a positive rapport with the journalists covering your event, try to foresee their wants and then meet them, as long as the requests are legitimate and don't hurt your company.
Is being a reporter a tough job?
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Every job or professiom has its own hazard, but I think the one of being a reporter is actually very risky, because they're meant to go to some dangerous and unfriendly environment to get reports of the happenings around there, without being certain if they would return back home safe or not.
Being a journalist is something that's very difficult. A lot of journalist have been killed in the course of doing their job. It's not an easy job.
For a talkative like me, it is really an easy job. It is suited for people that have the flair to narrate with a good writing ability. For those that don't have these qualities, it could be a tough job.
There are many kinds of reporters depending on the network they're connected with. Irregardless of their affiliation reporters' jobs are really tough. They can even be sent to the battlefield. A good reporter must be actually present in the area where the action. There was one tragedy in my country that many reporters were. buried alive in the ground because they went to an area to make an investigation and the subject of the investigation had prepared morbidly for their arrival.
It's never easy revealing certain things you know or may not know you should not have made public, especially when it comes to the delicate issue or happenings in the society such as terrorism and corruption.
Just look at the lives of those reporters who are caught in waring countries like Isreal, Iraq, Yemen and so much more. Their lives are on the line all the time.
It depends on what field of reporting and broadcasting you are in. It is not a difficult job if one is driven by passion for the job. There is an international law that prevents journalists to be used as victims of war.
