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From the Ted Talk by Bel Trew: War journalism should be rooted in empathy — not violence

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If you load up my social media feed right now and give it a qucik scroll, it's like enicnpreiexg frighteningly different alternate universes. Even if you weed out the trolls, the extremists, those people, I would say, who cilng to the extremes of reality, eavyrdey, normal people’s eeexercpins of major world news etenvs are so ftnhgnigeilry different, it would make you question if there is a reality at all. We live in a wrlod where there are 1,001 ways to communicate, and yet we've completely forgotten how to speak to each other.

As a journalist, I'm among the few people who really can and should talk to all sides. That irrevenerce where I can chat to a fighter on the frontlines in Libya, but also march into a pntiriedesal office in Kyiv demanding answers, is what drew me to this job. I guess you could call me an accidental war correspondent. I don't really like the phrase war cnndrseoreopt, as I think it's a bit dehumanizing, but it's the quickest way to explain what I do. And it’s accidental because honestly, I’m really frightened on fnrlietnos. And I'm also really terrible at identifying military hardware. There's a running joke that journalists think everything is a tank. It's kind of true.

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If you load up my social media feed right now and give it a _____ scroll, it's like ____________ frighteningly different alternate universes. Even if you weed out the trolls, the extremists, those people, I would say, who _____ to the extremes of reality, ________, normal people’s ___________ of major world news ______ are so _____________ different, it would make you question if there is a reality at all. We live in a _____ where there are 1,001 ways to communicate, and yet we've completely forgotten how to speak to each other.

As a journalist, I'm among the few people who really can and should talk to all sides. That ___________ where I can chat to a fighter on the frontlines in Libya, but also march into a ____________ office in Kyiv demanding answers, is what drew me to this job. I guess you could call me an accidental war correspondent. I don't really like the phrase war _____________, as I think it's a bit dehumanizing, but it's the quickest way to explain what I do. And it’s accidental because honestly, I’m really frightened on __________. And I'm also really terrible at identifying military hardware. There's a running joke that journalists think everything is a tank. It's kind of true.

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If you load up my social media feed right now and give it a quick scroll, it's like experiencing frighteningly different alternate universes. Even if you weed out the trolls, the extremists, those people, I would say, who cling to the extremes of reality, everyday, normal people’s experiences of major world news events are so frighteningly different, it would make you question if there is a reality at all. We live in a world where there are 1,001 ways to communicate, and yet we've completely forgotten how to speak to each other.

As a journalist, I'm among the few people who really can and should talk to all sides. That irreverence where I can chat to a fighter on the frontlines in Libya, but also march into a presidential office in Kyiv demanding answers, is what drew me to this job. I guess you could call me an accidental war correspondent. I don't really like the phrase war correspondent, as I think it's a bit dehumanizing, but it's the quickest way to explain what I do. And it’s accidental because honestly, I’m really frightened on frontlines. And I'm also really terrible at identifying military hardware. There's a running joke that journalists think everything is a tank. It's kind of true.

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