in the line of duty

This is just a postscript to my earlier entry.

In the Philippines -- despite being a democracy, named by the Committee to Protect Journalists as “one of the most dangerous datelines” in 2006, second only to Iraq -- anyone might cover the conflict in Mindanao, the stampede in Quezon City, the elections in May.

But it is still the traditional or “professional” journalist receiving death threats or getting killed in the line of duty.

Of course there can be many factors behind this. I was just thinking, though, that perhaps the local blogs are not yet considered as much of a “threat” as the mainstream press.