BBC TV news producer Kate Peyton was shot in the back by an Islamist gunman mere hours after arriving in Mogadishu, Somalia in February 2005.
Her family believes the Beeb pressured her into accepting a very dangerous assignment.
From the Nov. 24 AFP story, via Google News:
"She had been told there were doubts about her commitment to her job," her sister Rebecca Peyton, 36, told coroner Peter Dean.
"She completely felt that she had to go to prove that she was committed," she told the inquest in Ipswich, in the east of England.
The sister added: "When it comes to news journalism, you can earn a lot of points by going to dangerous places. It is simply how it functions."
Peyton moved to South Africa in 2001 to work on the BBC's world planning desk, and by the time of her death had covered such stories as the AIDS crisis, floods in Mozambique and unrest in Sudan's Darfur region.
Freelance reporter Peter Greste told the inquest he was prepared to go to Somalia on his own, before a BBC manager suggested taking a producer, after which he was contacted by Peyton.
"She did not express to me... any specific fears that she had that she was unduly concerned about risk," Greste said.
A thorough risk assessment was carried out into an assignment in Somalia during which a BBC producer was shot dead outside a hotel, an inquest heard.
Kate Peyton, 39, of Beyton, Suffolk, was shot in Mogadishu in February 2005.
BBC lawyer Anthony Hudson told the hearing in Ipswich: "The need for a very thorough risk assessment was recognised right at the outset."
However, minders were not warned Ms Peyton and other journalists were leaving the hotel, the inquest heard.