What would have to happen for you to risk your life?

This question was posed in my Communications Studies lecture earlier today, and it's given me a lot to think about. It's not in the typical sense, so let me explain.

My professor showed us three pictures of three different men and asked what they had in common. They were journalists from different countries, who had all died/were murdered because of stories that they were covering. In the case of two of these men, they knew that the story was dangerous and that their life was in danger (as well as their families' lives). The third probably knew that it was dangerous, but didn't necessarily realize how bad it was.

After discussing this she posed this question: What would have to happen for you to risk your life?

We were meant to take it in the sense that we were journalists, and what kind of stories would be powerful enough to make us risk everything.

I thought about it, and still am for that matter...but this is what I have.

I think that, if I was a journalist a story about how children were being beaten/killed, etc, like during a war or genocide, would be something that I would risk my life for. Genocide in general for that matter, or something that put other peoples' lives at risk. You know, like torture and murder. Not like a random killer, but ones that consume countries (think World War 2).

So now I would like to pose this question to you. What would have to happen for you to risk your life?

now-a-university-student,
Jessa