{"id":5661,"date":"2015-11-03T05:21:12","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T05:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media.am\/10-things-that-terrify-journalists\/"},"modified":"2015-11-03T05:21:12","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T05:21:12","slug":"10-things-that-terrify-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/newsroom\/2015\/11\/03\/5661\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Things That Terrify Journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fears, anxieties, and horrors are not only personal and collective, but also highly professional.<\/p>\n<p>The horrors accompanying the work of journalists that we&#8217;ve identified here, of course, don&#8217;t convey the full picture, since journalists are afraid of specific things. Even the most brave.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1. The camera or audio recorder&#8217;s battery dies during an interview. You know you won&#8217;t have an audio or video recording\u2026 you wake up in a cold sweat.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"204\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/UCBokP96KipOM\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2. The computer crashes (there&#8217;s a power outage in the building, city, country), and you didn&#8217;t manage to save your story. Your work is lost.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/19OGrnXgwNGUg\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3. The chief calls and asks\u2026 it doesn&#8217;t matter what he asks; what&#8217;s important is he&#8217;s asking something of you. You immediately begin to worry.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"284\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/oB4YTbdGOBYHK\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4. You have information but no source to confirm the information. You&#8217;re forced to keep it to yourself. The constant dilemma of to write or not to write gnaws at your soul.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"358\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/uElxuHGtIuK0o\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>5.When you are asked to to write an &#8220;exclusive&#8221; news story. Forced, you add this word to the story.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/j0E4a68FajlMA\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>6. When you are told, &#8220;Send your questions in writing.&#8221; You want to take a large and heavy stone and\u2026 send a response in cuneiform.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"204\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/6sI9YC1GJx1G8\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>7. Your source promises to call back in five minutes and confirm the information. You wait. No call. The news gets old, then decays. You stop considering yourself a full person.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"667\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/W5PqJC6r5TwfC\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>8. You have to write four pieces, but you&#8217;ve begun only one. Tomorrow you have to write five pieces, but you&#8217;ve begun only one.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"259\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/ySMINwPzf50IM\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>9. During the press conference, everyone (except you) asks stupid and lengthy questions. You fear you are the only cleverest person in the room.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"334\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/L29fiOMSDhhvi\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>10. There&#8217;s nothing to write. A constant and most horrifying terror without which a journalist is not a journalist.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"258\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/lELRD773cY7Sg\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nune Hakhverdyan<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fears, anxieties, and horrors are not only personal and collective, but also highly professional. The horrors accompanying the work of journalists that we&#8217;ve identified here, of course, don&#8217;t convey the full picture, since journalists are afraid of specific things. Even the most brave. &nbsp; 1. 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