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title: "5 War Reporter Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [It's often frustrating when you're a war reporter and you're covering these places that far away. You're frustrated by making stories that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-rowley/it-s-often-frustrating-when-you-re-a-war-reporter-and-you-re-covering/)

[Rick Rowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-rowley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8db/rick-rowley-60604_camps_it-s-often-frustrating-when-you-re-a-war_16242.jpg)

> [I wanted to be a war reporter - scrabbling around, exposing things. I didn't want to go to university, I wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-bawden/i-wanted-to-be-a-war-reporter-scrabbling-around-exposing-things-i/)

[Nina Bawden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-bawden/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac6/nina-bawden-20102_auntie_i-wanted-to-be-a-war-reporter-scrabbling_1242278.jpg)

> [I'm not a war reporter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-heineman/i-m-not-a-war-reporter/)

[Matthew Heineman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-heineman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cc/matthew-heineman-12012_reporter_i-m-not-a-war-reporter-2144851_2144851.jpg)

> [My wife made me watch this documentary about the Iraq War, and there was a really powerful moment where they followed some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/my-wife-made-me-watch-this-documentary-about-the-iraq-war-and-there/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd3/charlie-brooker-1392_arresting_my-wife-made-me-watch-this-documentary-a_2179581.png)

> [I've been a war reporter and a human rights defender. A professor and a columnist. A diplomat and - by far most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-power/i-ve-been-a-war-reporter-and-a-human-rights-defender-a-professor-and/)

[Samantha Power](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-power/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcd/samantha-power-3969_change_i-ve-been-a-war-reporter-and-a-human-rig_2548046.jpg)

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