Poor Evan Gershkovich.

The lives of journalists in combat zones in the 21st century are becoming as cheap as children's...  

I can't imagine what his family thinks when reading stories like this. He was captured by Russia at an inopportune time; you haven't really heard his name mentioned in weeks, and I imagine an American journalist's life isn't as concerning to many outside his family and employer when we accept so many being killed doing their jobs.

Things have changed in modern warefare. Journalists are no longer seen as "off limits" sadly. At least he's grown, and maybe accepted this going in...

Two More Journalists Killed in Gaza, Including Son of Al Jazeera Reporter

Hamza al-Dahdouh, the son of Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief, and a second reporter were killed in what officials in the territory said was an Israeli airstrike. Two others were wounded.