RIP, Anna Politkovskaya

'The journalist's job is to produce articles, commentary, interviews. The tears you sometimes shed are irrelevant: you describe what you see, get the facts together and analyse them. Full stop.'

Anna Politkovskaya (1958-2006), murdered at home in Moscow, joining Kholodov, Yudina, Starovoitova, Yushenkov, Klebnikov & Kozlov.

If you're interested in the work of reporters like Politkovskaya, check out the Lettre Ulysses award and Reporters without Borders.