When you think of being a journalist here in the states, you think of an exciting life filled with traveling, investigative reporting and hopefully winning a pulitzer prize some day. Go to Russia to become a journalist and you get all of that, plus an added bonus! A bullet in the head if you cross the government. Even better, you might wind up fighting an illness that mysteriously no one can explain or cure. Sounds like a great job, eh?
This other link takes you to a page that discusses the issue of Russian journalism as a human rights crisis, which it pretty much is considering the lack of protection for the media.
