Before heading off on a foreign assignment, journalists take a course about working in hostile environments — learning about things like trauma first aid, weapons effects, and how to survive earthquakes, floods and civil unrest.
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| ABC's Siobhan Heanue wears the face mask she had to buy in order to breathe properly. |
It's all pretty useful training. And heading off to live and work in India, I was more than aware of the everyday dangers I'd be facing.
For instance, India has one of the world's highest road tolls and Delhi is one of the worst places in the world for sexual violence against women.
Read the ABC News story by Siobhan Heanue - "India’s air pollution crisis risks becoming humanitarian catastrophe.”
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