The word embedded journalism simply means journalism done "under cover or hidden". It involves journalists that get the opportunity to document war as a first hand experience. They are able to record anything on and off the battlefields, and gain a personal account from soldiers, thus creating some 'explosive' (no pun intended) media worthy stories to send around the world instantly. Basically embedded journalism transfers actual events into news.
For the purposes of this piece we have we have conducted interviews to find out more information about what actual people's views and perceptions of embedded journalism entail of.
One of the key interviews of this piece has been based on the views of Zoe Molver, from the Media and Communications Department at University of Kwa – Zulu Natal, Howard. She has a particular interest in the Iraq War. She has given a very factual and informative account of Embedded Journalism as well as her own opinion on it.
Her understanding of the Iraq war was that it was devised by the Pentagon to try and control the images and stories that go out into the media world about the war.
She believes that the Iraq War is a truly digital war, almost as if it was made for media- and this is undoubtedly true. Zoe Molver, says that although embedded journalism is very fascinating to watch, it is not authentic in its content, there are a lot of constraints placed on journalists. In relation to our broader aspect of media and press freedom, Zoe Molver seems to bring a new if not optimistic perspective to the issue of censorship. She says that while so much constraints are placed on journalists, and their work is restricted, there are nevertheless many other media sources out there that are willing and that are not afraid of letting out the truth. There are the restricted embedded reporters but there also independent embedded journalists that work on behalf of themselves, do not give up the rights to their work and broadcast it to the world without allowing it to be censored.
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