Behind the scenes with journalists who go to great length to get the world news but behind the scenes are personal stories that come from diving into most intractable conflicts

2013 roundup: Reporters’ backstories on the big stories

The Christian Science Monitor

The foreign correspondent’s dirty-laundry problem; how it feels to get the Chinese Communist ‘hustle,’ hauled by your elbows out of a place; making painful calls – by phone or in person – to people targeted by drone bombings.