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There are a lot of young freelance journalists operating in Cairo. They don't make enough money to pay for their equipment. I am based in Cairo - this conflict

• anigbrowl 13y ago
  Raise prices or exit the market then. If you can't get paid adequately for your freelance work then it's probably superfluous; meanwhile there are other places and events that are drastically under-reported. I'd be more impressed if it were 'help me buy body armor so I can go somewhere that never gets photographed, but should.'
  • dodyg 13y ago
    Egypt is an entry level entrance to war reporting because you can move pretty much independently and the violent protests usually limited in certain part of a city so you can usually enter/exit safely if you survived being inside the clashes. War reporting freelance is not like web design freelance. You have to be in located and get shot at and in the beginning, you barely get paid because you have to build your experience. edit: Also that being a Western Woman, she stood out in the clashes and it made her job even more dangerous.
  • ics 13y ago
    Impressed? I'm pretty sure you are welcome to buy this person a plane ticket to anywhere in the world that would be better served by their experience. Perhaps they can even use their body armor there as well. However, while they're waiting for it that ticket they might as well do something right? Maybe they should try food photography. Now there's some well paying, non superfluous work.