RESTREPO filmmakers Sebastian Junger (l.) and Tim Hetherington (r.) at Outpost Restrepo. Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, Kunar Province. 2007.

War Correspondence

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 13, 2011

Sebastian Junger and photojournalists Mike Kamber and Christopher Anderson discuss Tim Hetherington’s life, the challenges of war photography, and the close-knit community of war correspondents. Our latest Underreported segment looks at why a boat of African migrants was left to drift in the open water for weeks without anyone coming to its aid. And on Backstory, Jane Mayer discusses the government's prosecution of whistle-blowers.

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