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    Diary of a Bad Year: A War Correspondent's Dilemma

    An unprecedented and intimate portrait of the sacrifices reporters and their families make to tell untold stories -- and the sometimes dangerous allure of the job.

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    Jul 6, 2013 • 1 min read

    In early 2011, NPR's Kelly McEvers started to see things in slow motion. She cried unpredictably. She was a correspondent in the turbulent Middle East, in the time of the Arab uprisings. Colleagues and friends were being kidnapped. Some were getting killed.

    Photo of Kelly McEvers by Glen Carey

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