Saturday was a dark day, for all of those in the journalism industry. Rupert Hamer, the Sunday Mirror's Defence correspondent, was killed by a roadside bomb raising the death toll of servicemen and women to 246 since 2001. However, this death, was the first of a British journalist and has caused a stir within the UK. Hamer was on his 5th visit to Afghanistan, when the car he was travelling in was blown to pieces by a roadside bomb also injuring Phil Coburing (the Mirror's photographer) and several others.
In a way i felt personally
effected by this death, because as a journalism student, i can appreciate the work that Rupert Hamer was doing in Afghanistan and admire his shear bravery and devotion to his job.
As some of his family members said, "Rupert died doing something he loved", this brought a smile to my face and was a fitting tribute to a truly great servant to his job and to his love of journalism.
The death of Hamer goes along way to reminding everyone, that although the main danger lies with the soldiers fighting the "war", Afghanistan is a dangerous place and shouldn't be taken lightly, the job journalists do to report events out there is challenging and life threatening.
So maybe next time the news is on, we should all pay more attention and appreciate the reporting they do, as a journalist in practice, i know i will......
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