Gebeyehu-Houston says she agrees with this point.
"Diversity among reporters is important," she says. "But if Let's Go wants that, then they've got to explore issues with women and black women in those countries."
"Sending two people together reduces the risk so much," Gebyehu-Houston says.
Johnson and Gebeyehu-Houston also urge the organization to establish more extensive contacts abroad to provide writers with people to talk to in case something goes wrong.
"Let's Go should have an established contact in a country to which they send a reporter," Gebeyehu-Houston says.
Kaya Stone '00, last year's publishing director, and Kate McCarthy'00, last year's editor-in-chief stress that many precautions are already in place.
They include a screening process for potential researchers and self-defense courses for those who are selected, McCarthy says.
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