WAR REPORTER

War correspondent war correspondent or special correspondent) is a journalist collecting materials for his articles in the area of military operations. It is assumed that the first major armed conflict in which a journalist referred to as the war correspondent was the Crimean War (1853-1856), and that journalist was William Howard Russell, who worked for The Times. Of course, in the second half of the nineteenth century and in the course of both world wars, many correspondents took part in military operations and we often owe them famous photos or articles - just to mention the photo showing the US Marines planting the flag on Mount Suribachi by US Marines taken during the Battle of Iwo -Jima (1945) by Joseph "Joe" Rosenthal a. After the end of World War II, the profession of war correspondent did not disappear, on the contrary, it began to be perceived even more clearly as probably the most elite among the journalistic professions. This profession necessarily involves enormous risks and is highly dangerous. Hence, many war correspondents died in the course of their work. One can mention, for example, the great Polish journalist Waldemar Milewicz, who died in Iraq in 2004. It is worth adding that with the development of social media, the role of amateur war correspondents is played by ordinary people engaged in military operations. Examples include numerous photo- and video-reports of activities in Crimea (2014) and Donbas (from 2014 to the present).