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More #Journalists Died in Ukraine: “ I have a duty to tell their story”
Since Russia invades Ukraine, several news journalists has died while covering stories in Ukraine. These casaulties include #BrentRenaud, an award winning journalist who had worked for New York Times; #PierreZakrzewski, senior Irish photography journalist, who died at 55, and #OleksandraKuvshinova, a Ukrainien producer who died at 24.
It was reported that Zakrzewski and Kuvshinova was hit by cannon when in a car to the rural area of Kyiv.
According to the statement released by Fox News, Zakrzewski had interviewed Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria war, and and “covered nearly every international story for Fox News”.
Zakrzewski once wrote, “it is difficult to explain the attraction to this way of life, but when you experience the emotional rollercoaster of war, both positive and negative, as a cameraman I feel I have a duty to tell their story”.
Zakrzewski revealed that he had to carry 400kg of equipment during transmission. Having witnessed atrocity in warzones as well as "smiles, hospitality, and camaraderie," Zakrzewski expressed that “when you think you have seen the worst excesses of man's inhumanity to man you realise the strength of the human spirit.”
Source: RTÉ #Mar15
https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/0315/1286694-pierre-zakrzewski/
Image: Channelchk
#RussianInvasion #PressFreedom #WarPhotography #Journalism #Death
More #Journalists Died in Ukraine: “ I have a duty to tell their story”
Since Russia invades Ukraine, several news journalists has died while covering stories in Ukraine. These casaulties include #BrentRenaud, an award winning journalist who had worked for New York Times; #PierreZakrzewski, senior Irish photography journalist, who died at 55, and #OleksandraKuvshinova, a Ukrainien producer who died at 24.
It was reported that Zakrzewski and Kuvshinova was hit by cannon when in a car to the rural area of Kyiv.
According to the statement released by Fox News, Zakrzewski had interviewed Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria war, and and “covered nearly every international story for Fox News”.
Zakrzewski once wrote, “it is difficult to explain the attraction to this way of life, but when you experience the emotional rollercoaster of war, both positive and negative, as a cameraman I feel I have a duty to tell their story”.
Zakrzewski revealed that he had to carry 400kg of equipment during transmission. Having witnessed atrocity in warzones as well as "smiles, hospitality, and camaraderie," Zakrzewski expressed that “when you think you have seen the worst excesses of man's inhumanity to man you realise the strength of the human spirit.”
Source: RTÉ #Mar15
https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/0315/1286694-pierre-zakrzewski/
Image: Channelchk
#RussianInvasion #PressFreedom #WarPhotography #Journalism #Death
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'I have a duty to tell their story' - Pierre Zakrzewski
An Irish cameraman who was killed outside Kyiv in Ukraine said his job as a cameraman suited his personality, as he wrote about his work in 2004.