It’s Always the Fixer Who Dies : The New Yorker
September 10, 2009 By George Packer It’s difficult not to feel a certain bitterness about the death of Sultan Munadi. He was what journalists call a “fixer,” the local man […]
Category Archives: Afghanistan
As Taliban Threat to Hostages Grew, British Moved In : NYT
By ERIC SCHMITT Published: September 9, 2009 WASHINGTON — Britain ordered a predawn commando raid in northern Afghanistan on Wednesday to rescue a British reporter for The New York Times […]
Afghan Reporter Recalled as a Man of Many Abilities, NYT
Yet again, another local journalist who works with or for foreign journos as a ‘fixer’ was victimized in Afghanistan. As this article from New York Times clarifies, the glory or pay and often […]
Another WORD is Possible 