A look at journalist safety in Mexico, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
This podcast takes a look at three countries where reporting can be dangerous, where journalists may be attacked or killed while trying to get the story out.
It looks at the complex situation in Pakistan, hears from a citizen journalist in Sri Lanka, and from the editorial director of a newspaper in Mexico based in a city which is the disputed turf of two rival drug cartels.
Technology editor at Journalism.co.uk Sarah Marshall speaks to:
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Journalism.co.uk interviewed Sanjana Hattotuwa and Javier Garca at the World Editors Forum in Bangkok, and spoke to Elizabeth Rubin and Ahmed Rashid at an event organised by the Committee to Protect Journalists in London.
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