What makes this so surprising is the individual risks these people take.
By comparison on average 1,300 truckers die in the US each year out of 3.5 million making it far more dangerous on average. However, that’s spread fairly evenly with only a tiny fraction of journalists entering war zones etc.
I am only including truckers dying from trucking accidents which seems like a direct occupational hazard. They both die from other things on and off the job.
PS: Automobile accidents are also often a very nasty way to go.
By comparison on average 1,300 truckers die in the US each year out of 3.5 million making it far more dangerous on average. However, that’s spread fairly evenly with only a tiny fraction of journalists entering war zones etc.