Journalists face many dangers when covering a violent crisis such as that in Syria, regardless of whether it be local or foreign. The find themselves right in the middle of all the action in an attempt to most accurately cover the story. By reporting from on the grounds of the crisis, journalists are able to give readers a more detailed first hand account of the situation, in turn helping them to be more informed. However, at times reporters risk their own safety for groundbreaking articles, Erin Banco of the CPJ writes,  “The fighting was becoming too fluid. Several journalists were kidnapped by unidentified groups of men who, we now know, were affiliated with Jabhat Al-Nusra (the Al-Qaeda offshoot in Syria), and some better-known reporters, such as Marie Colvin and Anthony Shadid, had died on the job.”

Risks aside, news organizations have a responsibility to inform the public on significant wars and crises in other countries. It is vital that Americans  be on top of foreign news in order to best determine a course of action for national safety and foreign policy. Reporters seem to agree with this idea, willingly and passionately covering heartbreaking stories in Syria to convey a fair and balanced message to Americans. They see their job as one that helps determine the fate of Syrians and that of the rest of the world by bringing everyone together in understanding the turmoil of fellow human beings. Maria Salazar-Ferro writes on account of reporter’s attitudes stating, “Most fear that without their work, the conflict’s atrocities will go undocumented. And some say they do it because, in war, there is no other work.”

As far as the question about how the world ay improve without informed people, it simply cannot. If people go on living their own individual lives in their own towns, states, countries, they will be unaware of what others need to survive and what they can do to help. In my opinions, it is our moral responsibility to help others in any way that can can.