War Retreat Update and the life of a conflict journalist

We've been promoting the War Photographers' Retreat for two weeks now. Several organizations have signed on to help spread the word, we've got a knitting team making scarves. We've even arranged for them to bring a guest. A few people have signed up.  The War Photographers' Retreat is for journalists whose work takes them to wars, conflicts and disasters. I'm not sure if it's accurate to say their work directs them there, rather, I think they go because their internal compass makes it so they are drawn to these events. It takes a different kind of person to tread the boards they walk upon --camera in both hands. I got this quote from someone in military public affairs who wrote after learning about the retreat:

A friend of mine summed it up this way. His name is Joe Longo and he was a WWII combat cameraman.  He said "the brave ones were shooting bullets, the crazy ones were shooting film."  Unfortunately Joe passed away a few years ago but he would have been a great advocate for this program.

We're accepting applications until July 15. To refer people, or to apply yourself, simply go to http://warretreat.org
To read more about the combat cameraman Joe Longo, please read about this man's accomplishments here.