"But the first and, perhaps, the most pervasive common thread that keeps us from seeking help is the notion that the standard newsroom routine or tradition or script, whatever you want to call it, demands a certain amount of stoicism, a certain amount of detachment on the part of those of us who gather news. So it's inbreed in us and this 'macho culture'--for lack of another term, we'll call it a macho culture--that repeatedly I heard reporters and photographers admitting that any kind of emotional fall-out, admitting to it to their editors or even to other colleagues would collide with that detached, dispassionate demeanor."

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