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They die for their passionate belief in truth, justice and making the world a better place. At great personal risk they do whatever it takes to find the truth and get that truth out to the world. Sometimes that risk is so great that they pay the ultimate price. Brokaw, Cronkite, Garrels, Jennings, and Rather to Narrate JOURNALISTS: KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY Anderson Cooper Anchors Original Doc November 25; Daniel Pearl, David Bloom Stories Headline New York, October 22, 2003 – TR!O – pop, culture, tv – examines the escalating tragedy of journalists who die while doing their jobs in Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty, an original documentary anchored by CNN’s Anderson Cooper, premiering on Tuesday, November 25. Network news anchors Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings and Dan Rather will narrate segments. Complementing this program, TR!O will also present the world premiere of the original documentary The Road to Kabul, which offers a first-person account of the terrifying early days of the U.S.-led war against the Taliban in Afghanistan, it was announced by Lauren Zalaznick, President, TR!O. “In only the past year, more than 20 journalists have lost their lives in the line of duty. We may lose perspective on how difficult and risky it is to actually gather and report real news as we are inundated with the seemingly endless stream of images and stories of conflict from around the world. At TR!O, we want to honor the sacrifices made by these correspondents by telling their captivating and tragic stories and keep the importance of the stories they were covering alive,” said Ms. Zalaznick. Presented in timeline form, Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty begins with the story of the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in January 2002. It concludes with the deaths of two journalists in April 2003: NBC correspondent David Bloom, who died of a blood clot while covering the war in Iraq, and Ukrainian reporter Taras Protsyuk (Reuters) who was killed when a tank shelled his Baghdad hotel. "Around the world, the practice of Journalism - of a free press - is thought of as one of great products of Democracy" said the film's Director Steven Rosenbaum of CameraPlanet Pictures. "Working with our friends at the Committee to Protect Journalists - we've been able to record and retell the deaths of our colleagues in a way that I think will shock even jaded viewers." Cooper (Anderson Cooper 360), who covered the war in Afghanistan following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, provides the overview to the documentary and explores the grave dangers and often extreme conditions that jeopardize the safety, health and well-being of print, electronic and photo journalists. They not only cover war zones, but political corruption, crime, and social upheavals. Resources from the Committee to Protect Journalists were utilized in the making of this documentary. The 60-minute documentary Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty premieres on Tuesday, November 25 at 9:00 p.m., ET/PT and is produced by Camera Planet. Steve Rosenbaum (7 Days in September) is the film's Director. Andrew Cohen, Vice President, Original Programming, TR!O is the Executive Producer for TR!O. ====== They are not soldiers. They are journalists. And they die while reporting their stories. Many of the reporters that are dying are not the accidental victims of dangerous situations. These truth tellers are often the targets – and many of these deaths can be categorized as murders. Around the world – Journalists are increasingly being killed. They die in the crossfire. They die at the hand of criminals and corupt goverments. They die in tragic accidents. In the case of targeted deaths, these acts are meant to bury both the storytellers and the stories they’re driven to write. We will show the pattern of journalists whose committment to the truth ultimately cost them their lives. The film will take us inside the stories of 7 journalists who gave their lives last year - beginning February 2002, when Wall Street Journal Reporter Daniel Pearl was confirmed dead. We will close with David Bloom, an embedded journalist reporting for NBC News. The film chronicles the untimely death of seven journalists from around the world, who sadly paid the ultimate price for the significant stories they were reporting. We reveal the pattern of journalists whose deaths came precisely because they took on dangerous but vital stories - and will frame the year between the most recognizable of these tragedies - the Wall Street Journal's Daniel Pearl and NBC News Correspondent, David Bloom. We will frame the year between Pearl and Bloom to examine the deaths of journalists around the world. While these two reporters are probably the names our audiences know best, we will cover the globe and highlight stories that make this a truely global issue. The other journalists whose life stories we include in the documentary are: Tim Lopes, TV Globo, Brazil, brutally murdered, June 3, 2002; Edgar Damalerio, Zambanga Scribe and DXKP Radio, Pagadian City, Philippines, shot May 13, 2002; Efrain Varela Noriega, Radio Meridiano-70, Arauca, Colombia, shot June 28, 2002; Rafael Ciriello, photo journalist, Corriere della Sera, shot in the Palestinian Territories, March 13, 2002. Our film will take viewers inside the disturbingly dangerous lives of working reporters and we will do this with access and insight that can only be found at the offices of The Committee to Protect Journalists. The CPJ fights to protect journalists in war zones and conflicts around the world every day. Their regional specialists have a deeply personal relationship with working reporters and often have first hand experience and personal recollections of those who have died in the line of duty. CPJ’s passionate advocacy for journalists and their work make them ideal partners in this film. "Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty" will premier in the US on TRIO, November 25th.

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