Kimberly…

I don’t know Kimberly Dozier, but I have been praying for her a lot in the last few days.



Kimberly Dozier is a reporter for CBS radio and television, who is usually assigned to either Europe or the Middle East to report on breaking news. She is a very competent, professional reporter who always has done a good job.



As you might imagine, being a reporter in a foreign country has its perils from time to time. Lately, since Dozier has been part of CBS’s Iraq war coverage, she has been in particular peril.



This past weekend, Dozier was the victim of a bomb explosion during an assignment. She was critically injured and remains in critical condition, and is still recovering in an Army hospital in Germany. Nevertheless, she fared better than the cameramen who were accompanying her, both of whom were killed in the attack.



As I said, I don’t know Dozier that well…I have only talked to her a few times in the course of my won work. A few months ago, our news department was doing a story on a local soldier in the fighting in Iraq, and we enlisted Dozier’s help in finding him for an interview.



I was struck by Dozier’s calm, professional, and completely solicitous attitude in all of this…despite the situation and conditions she was working under, she was as helpful and kind and considerate as could be, going seemingly above and beyond the minimum effort we would have expected her to do for us. Her gracious assistance enabled us to not only to get the interview, but assure his family and loved ones here that he was OK. We are indebted to Dozier for her assistance in this matter.



So perhaps it’s only professional respect that leads me to think of her, but my feelings of concern when I heard the news of the attack are real indeed. I took the news of it as if it had happened to a colleague in my own building.



From the reports we’ve been getting, she is steadily improving. I thank God for that, and I pray she’s able to return to work ASAP. I could tell that she loves it…and besides, Kimberly Dozier is the kind of reporter we need to have more of out there.

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