Women war correspondents marched to their own drummer
by Barbara Spindel
Oct 12, 2023
3 minutes
War reporter Jane Ferguson explains that she wrote her memoir, “No Ordinary Assignment,” to answer a question she’s often asked: Why does she do this dangerous work? Ferguson has covered conflicts and humanitarian crises in Afghanistan, Somalia, Syria, and more, at great personal risk. Her compelling and candid book links her determination to succeed as a journalist to her difficult, lonely childhood on a small farm in Northern Ireland.
An engaging new biography of photographer and reporter Dickey Chapelle explores similar territory. “First to the
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