Little can equal the solitude of local reporters, covering stories about their own people in the knowledge that their work may come at the expense of their own lives. They must navigate an extremely dangerous field where both their journalistic practices and the development of the conflict are highly unpredictable and potentially fatal. No training can prepare them for what they must deal with; no protection can be entirely effective. Notwithstanding these acute dangers, most of the extremely violent conflicts in our recent times have been covered solely by local reporters; international media…