THE Archbishop of Canterbury has praised journalists who "witness the full horror of what is going on and dare to speak it", and in so doing "unlock the covers of the wells of compassion".
At a service for fallen journalists held at St Bride's, Fleet Street, in London, on Wednesday, entitled "The Pen is Mightier than the Sword", Archbishop Welby paid tribute to reporters who, in pursuit of the truth, risked being "hurt deeply, mentally, emotionally, physically, spiritually or even killed". He named both James Foley and Steven Sotloff, journalists beheaded by Islamic State (News, 22 August, News 5 September). Such correspondents were like the look-outs described by Isaiah ("Watchman, how goes the night?").
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