The nation owes the men and women who volunteer to cover the situation in Iraq and the military men and women who are serving in Iraq a debt of gratitude, the Poynter Institute's Al Tompkins said. "The work that these journalists are doing is nothing short of heroic, and they're not doing it to be heroes," Tompkins said. "It's the core of what we do (as journalists), and we need them there, and we need them there more than they need to be there," Tompkins said.More of this article...Search Google News for more quotes by Al Tompkins...
