For nearly two decades, journalist Jane Ferguson has reported on hostilities across Africa and the Middle East, and she’s witnessed firsthand the changing face of her profession.
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@Tridevsaha13
November 29, 2023 at 7:08 am
Womens are great
@KingWilsonDavid
November 29, 2023 at 7:24 am
Wonderful speech
@dameanvil
November 29, 2023 at 7:26 am
00:04 🎙 Women have been integral in war reporting for over a century, shaping the field and inspiring future generations.
01:51 🌍 Women’s involvement in war reporting has significantly impacted the types of stories covered and the perspectives presented, shifting the narrative in significant ways.
03:58 📰 Female war reporters have made substantial contributions despite facing risks and dangers, highlighting civilian stories and shaping global perceptions of conflicts.
05:31 📹 Female journalists in conflict zones like Afghanistan highlighted diverse aspects beyond politics, focusing on civilian issues, women’s rights, and everyday struggles.
08:45 🇺🇦 Women played a significant role in reporting on the Ukraine conflict, capturing human stories that connected global audiences to the realities of war.
09:49 🕊 Female journalists in Iran risk their lives to ensure the world sees and understands the protests and struggles against repressive regimes.
10:55 🛁 Women journalists in war zones deal with unique challenges and pressures while displaying equal toughness and resilience as their male counterparts.
11:59 📈 The number and confidence of female journalists in major war zones have substantially increased, impacting storytelling perspectives and emphasizing empathy and civilian stories.
13:08 💪 Female journalists bring a unique blend of empathy, strength, and courage, expanding the range of voices and stories emerging from war zones, fostering better global understanding.
@hii9918
November 29, 2023 at 7:28 am
Braveheart!!
@timkiemdautu
November 29, 2023 at 7:30 am
Nice to watch this video. Thank you very much❤🎉
@fionafiona1146
November 29, 2023 at 8:00 am
I appreciate Kurdish coverage’s early embrace of that
@SeanHendy
November 29, 2023 at 8:03 am
We really do need to take gender out of the discussion on these kinds of topics. Any suggestion that something that improved is because of women, is quite frankly a back handed insult, bordering on being passive aggressive against men, and it’s just so unnecessary.
From personal experience having worked with both genders in the military and other organisations, over the last 26 years, when we quite rightly ignore gender, it makes for a far better and more productive team and a better work environment for there to be a mix.
There was a period I was extensively involved in media ops, and had dealings with the likes of BBC, Sky News, Reuters, Associated Press and many more. I clearly remember that the team head of the Sky News team was female, the reporter was male.
@Toopalaylay
November 29, 2023 at 8:09 am
What fragile ego you have for taking this as an insult when her point is to educate the audience on the existence and impact of female workers in war reporting.
@SeanHendy
November 29, 2023 at 8:20 am
@@Toopalaylay sad that you completely missed my point. Why is it about women? She admits herself early in her presentation that men vs women has been debated for a long time, so why continue it? Why not just focus on the impact and importance of war correspondents regardless of gender?
@bagpusslxv4858
November 29, 2023 at 8:54 am
Yep – one of few TEDs I couldn’t watch to the end due to the squirm factor 😉
@JoeBlack-mz2yd
November 29, 2023 at 9:32 am
@@Toopalaylay I’m sure your ego is secure enough to handle a conversation with someone like Sean who respectfully disagreed with you. I look forward to hearing your opinion on this issue.
@bagpusslxv4858
November 29, 2023 at 8:19 am
Is there any reason why we should be surprised that women are as least as effective as men as war reporters? in which case what message is this talk trying to get across?
@SeanHendy
November 29, 2023 at 8:21 am
Exactly my thoughts. Gender has nothing to do with it. The competence of the person is what makes an impact. Their gender shouldn’t be an issue.
@bagpusslxv4858
November 29, 2023 at 8:43 am
@@austindenotter19 are we not able to critique these videos?
@SeanHendy
November 29, 2023 at 9:41 am
@@austindenotter19 why do you feel the need to comment like that rather than engage in a constructive debate? Surely you’re more intelligent than that. There’s nothing wrong with having an opinion, but accusing someone for being wrong for having an opinion, is really poor.
@zawlinaung1324
November 29, 2023 at 9:24 am
Please report what’s happening in Myanmar
@importantname
November 29, 2023 at 9:33 am
The part im amazed about war reporters is when they die in war people think the reporter is being targeted. When all humans are targeted, that is why it is called War.
@TwoDogsBigYard
November 29, 2023 at 12:38 pm
Bright lights, camera looks like a weapon system, might be wearing bright colors, plus standing out in the open so they’re an easy target (or exposed on a vehicle). Someone might just take a shot at them thinking they’re someone else.
@nimnisewwandi3742
November 29, 2023 at 9:38 am
🥺
@mussykhan
November 29, 2023 at 10:13 am
Your topic is the best but your talking way is just wao, I really impressed what a style of talk you have.
@user-xq4vz7gp7y
November 29, 2023 at 1:13 pm
Stop war
History has shown us the consequences of war always has will destroyed many times, people ,life and believes.
When we can talk why war?
@argeniscontreras33
November 29, 2023 at 1:50 pm
The heading clickbaited me. Once the lady started talking about gender nonsense I ran away.
@Saima-go3rs
November 29, 2023 at 2:30 pm
Free Palestine
@aralaX_K
November 29, 2023 at 4:07 pm
There is lots of men in a war
@TonyFarley-gi2cv
November 29, 2023 at 5:19 pm
If my DMV driver’s license has got organ donor what percent of my mother’s death is collaborated when they run her identity through the equipment to where y’all are on the other side of government’s permission
@TonyFarley-gi2cv
November 29, 2023 at 5:20 pm
No one y’all would have turned the different multiplications of directions with x where does my uncle collaborate his side out of and then I got this other one who was trying to quit addiction cuz my daddy kept running his mouth about his alcoholism where does that side and climate with x present out
@ingislakur
November 29, 2023 at 5:36 pm
Also we need more and more women fighting in front line for their country am I right
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November 29, 2023 at 9:41 pm
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@HaiNguyenLandNhaTrang
November 29, 2023 at 11:19 pm
Great talk! Thanks.
@operator9858
November 30, 2023 at 3:13 am
western journalists have been nowhere near the front of this conflict while lying through their teeth worse then the riech ever did. these journalists are not journalists. they are tabloid actresses.
@moosasalem1955
November 30, 2023 at 5:22 am
unfortunately, you didnt say the truth especially about Iran. they are more educated and have freedom more than you. you said not been there so how did you know.
@j.svaraba9193
November 30, 2023 at 7:03 am
이그작클리 !
@chanrany5072
November 30, 2023 at 10:29 am
元々、主張大会。弁論大会とは。 神イエス様の主張に、同意理解、同調理解する事なのです。 浅知恵思考の、持ち主の阿呆若造の極みつけ、自慢大会では、有りませんでした。 浅知恵も、大切な事ですが、作戦大失態結末に成る場合が、多いのです。 ですから、賢者である、神イエス様の、アドバイス考慮して、行動取る事が、重要なのです。 最初に、両親及び、廻りに居る、大人の人達に、アドバイス聞く事です。 次に、ドイツ人達の、アドバイス聞く事です。 最後確認項目として、神イエス様に、物事、尋ねる事です。
@noone-ld7pt
November 30, 2023 at 11:20 am
12:13 “…that harnesses our unique perspective and our own unique strengths. Now many of the things we may have feared in the past would be held against us; our compassion, our empathy, and our focus on civilian lives have become our greatest strengths.”
Am I understanding correctly that she’s saying that compassion, empathy, and focus on civilians are uniquely female strengths?
Continuing to push these narratives of “look how well this one gender is doing this one thing” perpetuates this feeling of division and encourages the “us vs them” mentality that is so incredibly prevalent today.
I find myself thinking; “Yes *obviously* women can be sensational war correspondence journalists, why on earth do we need a TED talk about that?”. Maybe I’m just really entrenched in my Western feminist mentality and some parts of the world will really appreciate this talk, but to me talking about compassion and empathy as uniquely female strengths feels like going backward more than forwards.
These *people* risking their lives to show the world the brutal realities of what is going on in these parts of the world are heroes in their field. That should be the focus, not their genitals.
@progredior0
December 2, 2023 at 1:53 am
Well said.
@hesfandiari
November 30, 2023 at 12:15 pm
Woman are not good at reporting but news agencies know bad guys less likely to kill them.
@hesfandiari
November 30, 2023 at 12:28 pm
the problem is CIA being behind the seen of most of the conflict in middle east to promote USA weapons sell to the roof. Zionist controlling the CIA and MI6 and Mosad and do not allow Journalists cover the troth in Palestine or Syria or Afghanistan. Europeans and western people are nice people but they have a wonderfull life on blood of poor people of middle east.
@PYF23
December 1, 2023 at 2:52 am
Women are good in reporting , because they have extra ordinary skills which are god gifted such as gossiping and lying.
@caricreate2208
December 1, 2023 at 4:38 am
Honestly, if she focused on the topic like the title is stating it, the TED talk would be far better. I feel like she has the need to prove herself as a woman in the field to the audience over and over again, its just unjustified that this is a gender debate again. It would have been way more interesting to hear about your life as war reporters in general, no matter if male or female. Like the shower situation, living conditions, fearing death, smuggling, accomplishments and such. Instead, she only scratches the surface to those very relevant aspects and makes it all about gender. „Look how awesome war reporting is because we women exist there!“. Feels a bit outdated and by BEING a woman holding the TED talk, she automatically draws attention to that there, in fact, are also female war reporters.
@christopher5148
December 3, 2023 at 4:47 am
Touche. I’ve lost track of how many times she said the word women
@yaretzyfernandez7334
December 5, 2023 at 1:41 pm
As a human, a woman, a person who actually was interested in hearing about “life in the frontlines of war reporting” but only heard “ look I’m a woman doing this” I was left feeling very disappointed
@rashikabasnayake8304
December 2, 2023 at 9:13 am
Wow…Great…Thanks..
@gachaminimaker6056
December 5, 2023 at 6:45 am
Please have a TED talk on Palestinian genocide.
@joshuabarreto9329
December 5, 2023 at 7:45 pm
What a terrible Ted Talk. Women this woman that who cares just speak on the topic I was hoping to learn/see something.