In my latest on my Forbes blog PINK SLIPPED, I write about what war journalism and porn journalism have in common.
"If you start a noble effort and encounter problems, and just stop — it is wrong," the Daila Lama said in a speech yesterday as he accepted a humanitarian award from Amnesty International, Xeni Jardin writes. The flip side of the emotional consequences of writing about those states that exist beyond the pale is that as much as they are trauma sites, they are also thrilling places to be. For a certain type of journalist, this is our crack. It is difficult to replicate the high. You are drawn like a moth to a flame. You dream of return. Just one more time.[Read it]