From Vietnam to Baghdad, Women Who Changed War Reporting
The Atlantic The Women Who Changed War Reporting Two new books show that diversifying the ranks of journalists served to diversify the kinds of stories that get told to the American public. March 6, 2021 The Atlantic Marines recovering a dead comrade while under fire in South Vietnam. Photographer Catherine LeRoy holds cameras behind them.Larry Burrows / The LIFE Picture Collection / Getty In 1966, a young American journalist named Frances FitzGerald began publishing articles from South Vietnam in leading magazines, including this one. She was the unlikeliest of war correspondents—born into...