http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_96_Russian_Journalist.MP3 On Saturday, Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered at her Moscow home. Dick Gordon talks to Anna's friend, fellow journalist Andrey Mironov, about the lethal risks of reporting in Russia. Plone 2.0 http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_96_Russian_Journalist.MP3/logo.jpg http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_96_Russian_Journalist.MP3 <h4>The Risks Of Reporting</h4><p class="imageleft"><img class="image-left" src="../graphics/anya.jpg" alt="Anya" />Anna Politkovskaya</p><p>Anna Politkovskaya, a controversial and well-known Russian journalist, was murdered at her home in Moscow on Saturday, October 7.  Known internationally for her reports in Chechnya, Anna is the twenty-third Russian journalists killed between 1996 and 2005. Many of the murders, like Politikovskaya's, have the hallmarks of contract-style killings. <br /><br />Andrey Mironov has been journalist in Russia since the 1980s.  He knew Politkovskaya well, and has himself been imprisoned by the Russian government for his own work there. He talks to Dick about his friend, and reflects on what her death means for democracy in Russia.<br /></p><ul><li>Find out more about the <a href="http://www.iwpr.net/" target="_self">risks of reporting in Russia and read some of Anna's reports</a>.  </li><li><a href="../sidebars/by-anna-politkovskaya" target="_self">Read an excerpt</a> from Anna's report on the Moscow Theater takeover by Chechen rebels.<br /></li></ul><a title="Add To This Story" class="addbtn" href="../addstory" target="_self">Add to story</a><br /> <h4>YOUR STORY - BECCA GILLESPIE</h4><p align="center" class="imageleft"><img class="image-left" src="../graphics/Becca.jpg" alt="Becca" />Becca waves<br /></p><p>Kay Gillespie was listening to a story we did on two American doctors who now work in Guatemala. Kay wrote to tell us about her own daughter's decision to spend time in Guatemala. Here's what Kay wrote. <br /></p><blockquote>Becca was climbing the corporate ladder at Home Depot.  She thought that learning Spanish would help her on the climb. So she spent a year in Guatemala in a farming area called Cantel.  Her host family had a daughter, Frances.  And it was with her, that Becca had a life-altering experience… at the most unlikely place: the dentist's… <br /><blockquote>- Kay Gillespie in a letter to The Story<br /></blockquote></blockquote><p><br />Dick talks with Becca today.</p><a></a><a title="Add To This Story" class="addbtn" href="../addstory" target="_self">Add to story</a><br /> Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:35:00