Costs of War

Nick Turse

Fellow of the Type Media Center
nickturse@gmail.com
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Biography

Nick Turse is a fellow of the Type Media Center and was previously an Ochberg Fellow at the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He has reported on civilian harm in the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia and from conflict zones across Africa, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Libya, Somalia, and South Sudan. He has received a Ridenhour Prize for investigative reporting, a Military Reporters & Editors Association Award for Best Overseas Coverage, and a Deadline Club Award for Reporting by Independent Digital Media.

Papers

News Graveyards: How Dangers to War Reporters Endanger the World

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Journalist Nick Turse (Fellow, Type Media Center) examines how, since the 2000s, national governments and terrorist groups – from Israel, Syria’s Assad regime and the United States to the Islamic State – have found ways to curtail conflict coverage through myriad means, from repressive policies to armed attack. All have killed journalists and helped to foster a culture of impunity, turning conflict zones like Syria and Gaza into “news graveyards.”