Embedded journalism refers to war correspondents being attached to military units involved in armed conflicts. While the term could be applied to many historical interactions between journalists and military personnel, it first came to be used in the media coverage of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The United States military responded to pressure from the country's news media who were disappointed by the level of access granted during the 1991 Gulf War and the 2001 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan.
An embedded civilian journalist taking photographs of US soldiers in Pana, Afghanistan.
A war correspondent is a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone.
Alan Wood, war correspondent for the Daily Express, types a dispatch during the battle. Arnhem, 1944.
Battle council on the De Zeven Provinciën by Willem van de Velde the Elder. The prelude to the Four Days Battle in 1666.
Western military attachés and war correspondents with the Japanese forces after the Battle of Shaho in 1904.