T2k and the Media

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Originally Posted by natehale1971

Very true. once the war had reached a point that the civilian reporters were no longer seen as Non-Combatants, it'd be like 'Monk' in the T:2013 story in the Stage 1 Rules they gave out... given a gun and taught how to use it.

Nate,

More to the point, I think in an actual shooting "hot" war zone in Europe, foreign civilian reporters and journalists wouldn't be allowed in the first place, at least on the front lines.

Exceptions might be the someone making a tour of the rear areas when the balloon goes up, but if not evacuated would probably find themselves conscripted in some sense.

Back home, they could be conscripted as well, although it also seems likely that civilian reporters and journalists would be useful if not shanghied into service.

While it is useful to rely on stereotypes, an example of a more complicated war reporter character is Anthony Loyd, a former British soldier (Light Division) who felt at odds after serving in the Gulf War and basically went to Bosia on his own dime as a freelancer. My War Gone By, I Miss It So is his subjective memoir of covering one confused part of that conflict and his own drug addiction.

http://www.ralphmag.org/AN/war-gone-by-rev.html

Tony