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Commentary:On 22 May 2009, Massey University's Wellington campus hosted a conference on war reporting. Jointly organised by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Massey's Department of Communication, Journalism and Marketing, the conference was attended and contributed to by senior international and national news media as well as humanitarian, legal and military representatives. This commentary is drawn from presentations by two military officers, management head Colonel Martin Dransfield and Director of Defence Communications Shaun Fogarty

Abstract: in scientific-theoretical article «Past and present of Kazakhstan military journalism», authors brightly explained the determination history and development of military journalism. According to historical facts and literature language, it is shown how military journalism constructed. It id figuratively seen stages of formation. Authors widely use factual materials. The article is easy to read. It provides an interest of scientists, students and simple readers.

The article studies and comments some of military essays written by a famous Soviet novelist and war correspondent V.S. Grossman in the second half of 1944, during a Red Army offensive. The texts are cited from newspapers and journals of that era.

Announcing "war on terrorism" by United States had dire consequences upon independent Pakistani journalists. Pakistan army has carried out several military operations against local and foreign militants those expected to be hidden in these regions. During these operations journalists were restricted from objective and free coverage and therefore they remained embedded with military in FATA. The embedding process created by the Pentagon and implemented for the first time in Iraq, was highly criticized by American citizens for not showing real casualties in Iraq war. Similarly, Pakistani journalists experienced this practice of being embedded in FATA after 9/11 attacks and the coverage went pro-military where civilian casualties were misrepresented. On one side this practice was praised by some journalists for their security and protection while on the other side it was highly criticized by public for violation of human rights. The method of analysis of choice was descriptive and explanatory. For the purpose different journals, research articles, existence literature and books were consulted. This paper shows that in the present age of media galore conflicts are viewed not just from the opposing parties 'perspective but media is also considered a party to the conflicts. Moreover, the paper finds that it becomes very difficult for a journalist to report independently while staying 24/7 with an army unit in a conflict zone. And if they go against the commandments of army they could be killed, and nobody would report this big tragedy. By considering the above facts it has become crystal clear that media portrayals of conflict all over the world including Pakistan have seen major concern to media professionals, combatants and public.

Since one out of three male graduates of journalism schools now goes directly into military service, opportunities for the use of journalistic training are of great interest to students and their advisers. The author made this study while on leave from the Minnesota faculty as an officer in the U. S. Navy.