How to improve war reporting | Bel Trew | TEDxBerlin

NOTE FROM TED: This talk was delivered in February 2024.
The journalist, specializing in war correspondence, reflects on the challenges of modern communication, emphasizing extreme polarization on social media. They criticize the current state of war reporting for focusing too heavily on violence, advocate for a more compassionate journalism that highlights the human impact, and stress the importance of truth and empathy to improve discourse and heal societal divides.
Bel is The Independent’s award-winning Chief International Correspondent, documentary filmmaker and photojournalist. Born and raised in the Gulf, Bel has covered the MENA region since the 2011 uprisings reporting on conflicts from Libya to Yemen. Bel, who also grew up in the Baltic States, widened her focus to Eastern Europe following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, reporting from the frontlines where she directed her first documentary “The Body in the Woods”. She has covered the war in Gaza since the start, the fourth war in the region Bel has reported from. Bel was named international journalist of the year at the UK Press Awards. She lived seven years in Cairo, then Jerusalem, Beirut and is now in Berlin.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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I accidentally read this as just "How to improve your reporting" and was expecting some business talk.... The impact of this insight is staggering. Bravo.

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What a powerful message!

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We´ll only get a durable peace around the world if all of us asume our own responsability and work all together.

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If this war is stopped, there is no conflicts. But who is responsible to create war-like situations? We all know. Irak, Afghanistan, Lybia, etc. war created and fought. Who was behind these war? Who started and who instigates and against whom? We know. This must stop if we want peaceful world; but some countries don't want peace in the world.

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If only people would take peace seriously. I hope everyone out there in the world experiencing this pain is okay.

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GREED is the problem

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Nuts to human narratives. I want to know what is happening.

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It's war. What else do you expect?

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You first: Free the hostages.

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"Centering human narratives" is literally telling on itself. However it will easily go over over 🐑 heads.

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By not parroting genocidal propaganda of babies being beheaded for example?

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Bel Trew

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I was wondering what was up, when it took more than seven minutes before she blamed men for everything! Isn't every TED talk supposed to blame men within the first 30 seconds?

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