That's kind of going against the point of being a journalist. If a journalist opposes what a country is doing, the thing they can do about it is to go to that country and report on what's happening.
Probably all the dark red ones on the RSF index, and for me personally also all of the dark orange ones (yeah, I guess I am a coward... but there are reasons l am not a journalist...):
If I were a journalist, I'd hope to go anywhere there's an important story to tell and to do it with legal and my employer's protection. No country should be a no-go zone for journalists.
Fear of prosecution? Persecution? Simple moral objection? It feels wrong to avoid going somewhere strictly because you disagree with state policy or even general public opinion... Or maybe you mean "visit" for leisure? Even then, I think there's some value in experiencing things directly.
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disregardable@lemmy.zip · 29 pts · 151d
That's kind of going against the point of being a journalist. If a journalist opposes what a country is doing, the thing they can do about it is to go to that country and report on what's happening.
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de · 13 pts · 151d
Same l wouldn't visit as a conservative journalist?
Meaning countries that have a problem with the concept of journalism and free press.
The "leftist" in the question really doesn't make a difference.
andrewta@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 151d
So which countries are on the list?
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 151d
Probably all the dark red ones on the RSF index, and for me personally also all of the dark orange ones (yeah, I guess I am a coward... but there are reasons l am not a journalist...):
https://rsf.org/en/index
QinShiHuangsShlong@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 151d
As a leftist journalist you wouldn't go to Venezuela, Laos, Vietnam, China or Cuba?
Also:
eldavi@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 151d
that is fanstastic and needs to go into the meme community somehow. rotflmao
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 151d
No, quite definetly not.
At least not in the role of a journalist.
Private vacation would be ok for most.
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 146d
Inaccurate, Portugal needs to have the Eastern Europe colour.
Lemmington_Post@discuss.online · 4 pts · 151d
Israel
Lumidaub@feddit.org · 4 pts · 151d
If I were a journalist, I'd hope to go anywhere there's an important story to tell and to do it with legal and my employer's protection. No country should be a no-go zone for journalists.
gon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 151d
For why?
Fear of prosecution? Persecution? Simple moral objection? It feels wrong to avoid going somewhere strictly because you disagree with state policy or even general public opinion... Or maybe you mean "visit" for leisure? Even then, I think there's some value in experiencing things directly.
I don't know.
Lemmington_Post@discuss.online · 3 pts · 151d
US
Vandalismo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 149d
Israel, i somewhat value my life.
Lemmington_Post@discuss.online · 1 pts · 151d
UAE