Told through personal experiences of 14 professional journalists and offers insight into the lives of working reporters and appreciation of how the media operates, the vital principles of press freedom, and the dangers faced by many journalists in their everyday work.

From Brussels to Burma / Hans-Martin Tillack --In the wonderful world of Iz, it's 1984 all over again / Steven Kimber -- A little trouble in Liberia / Tim Lambon -- "Patriotism" vs. independence / Stacey Woelfel -- The prohibited immigrant / Andrew Meldrum -- At the border between life and death / Aaron Behane -- Swimming in the great latrine : impunity and imprisonment in Chihuahua / Isabel Arvide -- United we fall : the risks of marginalizing dissent / Tom Gutting -- When the canary started singing / Jasper Becker -- The burrowers / Gary Hughes and Gerard Ryle -- Putin, the Mafia, and the mass media : a true crime story / Alexander Pumpyansky -- Information worth fighting for / Michael McKinnon -- Clueless in coup coup land / Michael Field -- Walking the tightrope / Charles Arthur.