In the Hot Zone Quotes

“The story is about being loyal to the truth as a nation, that citizens of a democracy are collectively responsible for what their troops do in war, good or bad.”
― Kevin Sites, In the Hot Zone: One Man, One Year, Twenty Wars – Award-Winning War Journalism on Truth, Conflict, and the Reality Beyond Myths

“I also worry that my reporting will become this deluge of tragedy for people, who like myself, unable or uncertain of what to do, let it wash over them. Some African journalists call it poverty porn—stories or images of intense suffering designed solely for emotional impact, but often have the effect of shutting people down rather than helping them step up.”
― Kevin Sites, In the Hot Zone: One Man, One Year, Twenty Wars – Award-Winning War Journalism on Truth, Conflict, and the Reality Beyond Myths

“I made friends with three country Marines and a navy medic who provide security for the base—and who, in the course of their duties, confiscated four horses from Iraqi men who came too close to the base with carts, supposedly to collect scrap metal.”
― Kevin Sites, In the Hot Zone: One Man, One Year, Twenty Wars – Award-Winning War Journalism on Truth, Conflict, and the Reality Beyond Myths

“The Marines see that I’m a television reporter working solo—shooting, writing and transmitting my reports without a crew—and they tell me they like my self-reliance. I tell them it’s a necessity, because no one wants to work with me anymore.”
― Kevin Sites, In the Hot Zone: One Man, One Year, Twenty Wars – Award-Winning War Journalism on Truth, Conflict, and the Reality Beyond Myths

“Others, however, perhaps overwhelmed by what they read, say Africa should be written off, that it’s beyond repair. My experiences so far say we should put it in perspective. For instance, a new nation that has just won its independence from a colonial power struggles with internal graft and corruption, civil war and economic turbulence—more developed nations see it as a basket-case. Yet 200+ years later it emerges as the world’s sole superpower. Yes, America.”
― Kevin Sites, In the Hot Zone: One Man, One Year, Twenty Wars – Award-Winning War Journalism on Truth, Conflict, and the Reality Beyond Myths