BROKING THE CODE OF SILENCE

Female Foreign Correspondents’ Code of Silence, Finally

Broken

Reporter Kim Barker reporting in Afghanistan. (Kuni Takahashi)

by Kim Barker
ProPublica

This piece was co-published in the New York Times

Thousands of men blocked the road, surrounding the S.U.V. of the chief justice of Pakistan, a national hero for standing up to military rule. As a correspondent for The Chicago Tribune, I knew I couldn’t just watch from behind a car window. I had to get out there.