ailed in our primary task of covering the news? These conflicting instincts often make us reluctant to write about the travails of our trade. </p>

<P>I think we would all agree that if we deliberately impose ourselves on a story, we have failed. But in many years of covering places such as the former Soviet Union and the Middle East, I have found that those reporters who are harassed, jailed, or killed are rarely those who chase after glory, danger, or ratings. Many of them are people who did not choose 