Articles by Erik Lorenzsonn

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Why Are There No Peace Correspondents?
Erik Lorenzsonn – The Progressive, 8 Apr 2013

War correspondents are omnipresent on cable news networks—in fact, they’re the superstars of TV journalism. The war correspondent plays the role of the beautiful, disheveled hero brazenly sending dispatches from a conflict zone. But why are there no peace correspondents? Why can’t that superstardom, sex appeal, heroism, and daring reportage focus itself on something more strange, beautiful, and interesting than war— the lack of it?

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