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| We have some of the hardest journalism jobs in the world – any questions? | We have some of the hardest journalism jobs in the world – any questions? |
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| 11.26am GMT11:26 | 11.26am GMT11:26 |
| Isis kidnappings, sexism and exile: meet the panel | Isis kidnappings, sexism and exile: meet the panel |
| Maeve Shearlaw | Maeve Shearlaw |
| The freedom to report on daily events, uncover injustices and run investigations is not something to be taken for granted. | The freedom to report on daily events, uncover injustices and run investigations is not something to be taken for granted. |
| Every day journalists are harassed, detained and even killed for doing their job, all the while contending with the problems facing the media everywhere: a lack of funds. | Every day journalists are harassed, detained and even killed for doing their job, all the while contending with the problems facing the media everywhere: a lack of funds. |
| Related: Another chilling year of killings and attacks on journalists | Related: Another chilling year of killings and attacks on journalists |
| The Guardian New East network partner Transitions Online has recently launched Press Start, a crowdfunding effort which promises to support “embattled reporters” working on the frontlines. | The Guardian New East network partner Transitions Online has recently launched Press Start, a crowdfunding effort which promises to support “embattled reporters” working on the frontlines. |
| They want to financially support journalists, but also to equip them with the digital tools to share their reporting as widely as possible. | They want to financially support journalists, but also to equip them with the digital tools to share their reporting as widely as possible. |
| With their help we’ve convened a panel of four reporters covering some of the most challenging countries in the world to answer your questions. | With their help we’ve convened a panel of four reporters covering some of the most challenging countries in the world to answer your questions. |
| Meet the panel | Meet the panel |
| ‘Being a woman journalist is the ultimate challenge’ | ‘Being a woman journalist is the ultimate challenge’ |
| Douce Namwezi is a radio journalist and editor-in-chief of Mama Voice magazine, covering gender issues, including sexual violence during conflict and reproductive health in refugee camps. | Douce Namwezi is a radio journalist and editor-in-chief of Mama Voice magazine, covering gender issues, including sexual violence during conflict and reproductive health in refugee camps. |
| “In the Democratic Republic of Congo being a woman is itself a daily challenge [and] being a woman journalist is the ultimate challenge,” she says. | “In the Democratic Republic of Congo being a woman is itself a daily challenge [and] being a woman journalist is the ultimate challenge,” she says. |
| Namwezi has been harassed by businessmen and politicians when conducting investigations and has received anonymous death threats. | Namwezi has been harassed by businessmen and politicians when conducting investigations and has received anonymous death threats. |
| ‘Journalists live under constant threat of arrest’ | ‘Journalists live under constant threat of arrest’ |
| Ruslan Myatiev started the Alternative Turkmenistan News on Facebook in 2010 in an effort to bring reporting to people who live in one of the world’s worst countries to be a journalist. | Ruslan Myatiev started the Alternative Turkmenistan News on Facebook in 2010 in an effort to bring reporting to people who live in one of the world’s worst countries to be a journalist. |
| It slowly became an interactive project, as readers began to share their news, photos and documents as evidence. Four years later it launched as the website, Habartm. | It slowly became an interactive project, as readers began to share their news, photos and documents as evidence. Four years later it launched as the website, Habartm. |
| The site, which Myatiev has been running from exile since 2010, covers social issues, government repression, corruption, abuse of power, border security and Turkmenistan’s oil and gas industry. | The site, which Myatiev has been running from exile since 2010, covers social issues, government repression, corruption, abuse of power, border security and Turkmenistan’s oil and gas industry. |
| Harbatm journalists live under the constant threat of arrest – one was jailed earlier this year – and struggle to get frightened locals to talk to them. | Harbatm journalists live under the constant threat of arrest – one was jailed earlier this year – and struggle to get frightened locals to talk to them. |
| ‘As a woman my presence was perceived as inappropriate’ | ‘As a woman my presence was perceived as inappropriate’ |
| Anush Babajanyan is photojournalist working in Armenia. She has turned her lens on women’s issues and Armenia’s peace building efforts with Turkey and Azerbaijan – and the hardships caused by more than a decade of conflict. | Anush Babajanyan is photojournalist working in Armenia. She has turned her lens on women’s issues and Armenia’s peace building efforts with Turkey and Azerbaijan – and the hardships caused by more than a decade of conflict. |
| Babajanyan says the pervasive sexism in her culture is a constant hindrance to her work, with women often intimidated, or hounded out of, covering major events. | |
| When photographing the Electric Yerevan protests earlier this year, she explains that her “presence was perceived as inappropriate”, because she was a woman out at night. | |
| ‘I’ve been kidnapped three times’ | ‘I’ve been kidnapped three times’ |
| Rami Aysha, a reporter and documentary producer in Lebanon, has covered the turbulent events in the middle east for more than a decade, working for Time, El Mundo, Der Spiegel, Al-Jazeera, Channel 4 and the BBC. | Rami Aysha, a reporter and documentary producer in Lebanon, has covered the turbulent events in the middle east for more than a decade, working for Time, El Mundo, Der Spiegel, Al-Jazeera, Channel 4 and the BBC. |
| He has covered the rise of Islamic State, armed militias, weapons trafficking, the drug trade, prostitution and has been kidnapped three times: by Hezbollah in Lebanon, by Isis in Syria, and by Ansar al-Sharia in Yemen. | He has covered the rise of Islamic State, armed militias, weapons trafficking, the drug trade, prostitution and has been kidnapped three times: by Hezbollah in Lebanon, by Isis in Syria, and by Ansar al-Sharia in Yemen. |
| Any questions? | Any questions? |
| The panel will join us for a live Q&A on Tuesday 15 December from 1pm - 2pm GMT. Any questions? Post them in comments below or join us live on. Alternatively you can tweet them @GuardianNewEast | The panel will join us for a live Q&A on Tuesday 15 December from 1pm - 2pm GMT. Any questions? Post them in comments below or join us live on. Alternatively you can tweet them @GuardianNewEast |
| Updated at 2.20pm GMT |