Some are veterans of a dozen wars, revolutions newcomers from the Middle East or those like this reporter has covered five major earthquakes and two tsunamis.
A nuclear crisis? No one has lived or knows how to respond. The bullets are heard or at least pass, sometimes from a distance unwise. But radiation is not seen or smelled. May or may not be. It is this uncertainty that has been losing his temper even the most experienced reporters.
There are those who left the epicenter of the disaster yesterday in a panic attack, traveling all night to find the first airport open and leave the country soon. Others have opted to move to safer areas west and north. Some have accumulated provisions and refuse to leave his hotel room, afraid of being contaminated.
journalists who remained in Sendai last night exchanged messages and calls, there were meetings and telephone discussions with leaders in Madrid, London or New York decide whether it was time to put land in the middle. Richard Jones, an experienced British photographer who lives in Japan, described the atmosphere:
"Some have entered a state of hysteria, others are reasonably concerned and one that is not troubled." There is an unwritten rule when it comes to cover a natural disaster: do not complain about your situation, do not wash in days, sleep anywhere or chronic interrupt each time a replica of the earthquake moves you from the chair. We are surrounded by thousands of people who are much worse than you, who have lost loved ones and have no home. You, after all, you finish your work and go home.
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But last Friday's earthquake and tsunami that followed it have degenerated into a serious nuclear threat and the reporter's hand was upside down. The news that two photographers who came over to nuclear power have been exposed to radiation levels above normal but not harmful to health, has led many to take the decision to leave.
Hong Kong Journalists have been examined on their return home to check levels of radioactivity, but were worrying. The star of the CNN anchor, Anderson Cooper, now runs the news from Akita, as far north as possible. Radio France has retired six of seven correspondents ...
The feeling of anxiety for the special has increased because the paralysis in Japan is not guaranteed to leave in a hurry at the last minute, if necessary. No trains or planes. The service stations are closed for lack of gasoline and those who have asked her a fortune to get from one city to another.
A message from the correspondent of The Guardian Jonathan Watts on Twitter reveal the challenges this uncharted territory newspaper: "Reviewing the latest information on radiation levels and wind direction before deciding to go out to gather information."
There was a time-that is, a week ago, a special envoy to expect that your newspaper will send you some extra cash and a satellite phone. 'The New York Times sent its reporters to Japan displaced material to measure radioactivity and drugs to minimize their effects.
"I long, you should do the same," he said an American colleague while loading the computer, camera and the packages in the car to take you away from here. "I do not pay enough for this."
Source: Mundo.es
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