The fact is crime is a huge threat to Journalism – and freedom of the Press – if it ramps up. The escalation of some activity in London has led to uncertain times.
The activity of the Journalist is made harder by it. It presents intersecting concerns, and such like these make for trying circumstances.
The safety aspect is usually covered for, but the nefarious activity has to stop and its effects eliminated for Journalism to continue.
The real threat of disruption is in the spread of information itself. It can make some necessities in reporting to be more dangerous.
This means people won’t know what they need to at the time of its greatest worth. It can harm profits – and the knowledge-base we need.