This article analyses the dangers and threats faced by Syrian journalists covering the conflict since the pro-democracy protests erupted in March 2011. While most Western research on the Syrian Revolution has focused on the working difficulties faced by correspondents, parachutists or foreign freelancers, this article scrutinizes the working conditions for Syrian content providers. Syrian journalists’ testimonials of fear and their perception of danger and vulnerability provide a humanistic lens not only on the scope of what revolution and war mean to many who have lived it and been transformed by it, but also on the reality of informing in dangerous contexts. The study contemplates the practitioners’ working risks and perceptions of fear and threats, as well as their personal security measurements. The characterization of fear during the militarization of the rebellion as a semi-normalized way of life, suggested by Pearlman’s article, ‘Narratives of fear in Syria’ (2016), allows the authors to place their study in a conceptual frame. The implementation of a survey answered by 82 Syrian journalists was complemented by semi-structured interviews with a selected group of 12 participants. In a context in which 86.6 percent of the respondents had colleagues who had died while working, the findings illustrate that Syrian reporters and media activists perceive their work as extremely dangerous. In the perception of fear, the adoption of personal safety measures by practitioners does not always contribute to decreasing it; the trauma experience can act both as a paralysing and empowering working factor.

本文分析了自2011年3月民主抗议以来爆发以来，报道冲突的叙利亚记者所面临的危险和威胁。尽管西方对叙利亚革命的大多数研究都集中在记者，跳伞者或外国自由职业者所面临的工作困难上，但本文详细审查叙利亚内容提供商的工作条件。叙利亚新闻工作者对恐惧的评价以及他们对危险和脆弱性的理解，不仅为革命和战争对经历了这场革命并被其转变的许多人的意义范围提供了人文视角，而且还为在危险环境中提供信息的现实提供了人文视角。该研究考虑了从业者的工作风险，对恐惧和威胁的感知以及他们的人身安全措施。珀尔曼（Pearlman）的文章《叙利亚的恐怖叙事》（2016）将叛乱军事化期间的恐惧表征为一种半正规化的生活方式，这使作者能够将其研究放在一个概念上。一项由82名叙利亚新闻工作者回答的调查的实施是由对选定的12名参与者组成的半结构化访谈进行的补充。在86.6％的受访者中有同事在工作中死亡的情况下，调查结果表明，叙利亚记者和媒体活动家认为他们的工作极为危险。从恐惧的角度来看，从业人员采取人身安全措施并不总是有助于减少恐惧。创伤经历既可以使人瘫痪又可以增强工作能力。