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Covering global war stories can be hard and thankless, but it's critical work if the rest of us are to understand what's really happening.

When wars break out, it's humanizing images that are predominantly broadcast around the world

that show how families and communities are impacted. It was these human images that connected

to what it was really like there for people to live through that war.

That's journalist Jane Ferguson, who for nearly two decades, has reported on hostilities across

Africa and the Middle East. In this archive talk from 2023, which feels just as relevant today,

she shares how she's witnessed firsthand,

the changing face of her profession.

For Jane, it's also about supporting and honoring the women

who have changed the way news is captured, shared, and understood.

And why she says we must safeguard the ability

of journalists to report humanizing stories from war zones.

The very nature of reporting and therefore how wars are perceived by those we report to

has been changed by women taking the lead.

It's coming up after a short break. And now our TED Talk of the Day.

When you think of a war reporter, who do you picture?

I'm asked all the time, what does it feel like to be one of the only women working in your field?

How do you cope in such a male-dominated industry as frontline war reporting?

The question continues to baffle me.

Women have been doing this work for over a century.

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