Slate has partnered with Brooklyn Brewery and RISC to bring its hit war correspondent interview series to our readers. In this second installment, Steve Hindy, founder of Brooklyn Brewery and a former Associated Press foreign correspondent, sits down with Scott Anderson, veteran war correspondent and author of the book, Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East.
In less than a generation, the boots-on-the-ground reality of reporting in conflict zones has changed dramatically. News organizations pay less and offer little in-country support. Meanwhile, the rules of war have stopped providing the basic protections to journalists that they once did. In the clip above, Anderson discusses those changes, as well as the increased savagery of war, and the harsh truth of what lies ahead for young reporters and photographers eager to get out into the field.
