How to become a war correspondent?

First train yourself to be a qualified photojournalist, and then study hard to make your mind stronger. The battlefield does not give people the opportunity to exercise, and they must exercise themselves strong enough. In the choice of majors, you can choose journalism, radio and television, and foreign languages, which are most likely to become foreign journalists.

The first professional war correspondent: Russell

Sir william russell is a famous reporter of The Times and the first professional war correspondent. 1854 In February, 34-year-old william russell went to Malta with the Royal Guard as a special correspondent. Russell reported from the front of the war from the saddle, or on a table made of two barrels and a board.

The Times published his monumental masterpiece of battlefield communication-Charge of Light Cavalry Brigade. Russell was 64 years old when he reported the 10 war he witnessed in Egypt from 1883 to 1884. Of course, covering the war also won Russell many honors: Iron Cross, Austrian Franz Joseph Knight, Royal Victoria Medal, Turkish War Medal, Indian War Medal, South African War Medal and so on.