“The Latter Ones” is an online video feature shedding the light on the emergence of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in war reporters.
According to the statistics, up to 29% of news-gatherers deployed overseas have been diagnosed with PTSD. Which means that one in three is suffering from severe post-traumatic symptoms triggered by particularly traumatic circumstance they found themselves in.
What is the human price of having a constant, relentless stream of news from places devastated by famines, wars or natural disasters?
What kind of consequences does covering events at the edge of life and death have on the people who report on them?
This short documentary tries to answer these questions through the stories of three British war reporters, who went to the frontline and came back changed.