“Let there be no doubt that whatever sac­ri­fices we journ­al­ists make, they are not made for our own glory or enrich­ment: they are made for you. Whether you deserve their sac­ri­fice is another mat­ter. As for me, God knows I tried.”

The final words from the final edit­or­ial of murdered Sri Lankan editor Las­antha Wick­rema­tunga. I wanted the priv­ilege of repro­du­cing the essay below. The ori­ginal is at The Sunday Leader, the paper he edited. Con­tinue read­ing →