Like soldiers, journalists know they risk their lives when they venture into war zones. And, like most soldiers, they feel the worst won't happen to them. But sometimes it does -- and it happened to Calgary Herald reporter Michelle Lang and four soldiers who were killed by a massive roadside bomb in Afghanistan, as the old year was dying and a new year about to begin. I did not know Michelle Lang -- but in a way, all of us in the news business knew her. We feel we have lost one of our own, just as soldiers feel they've...
