Are war reporters addicted to wars? | Sophie Nivelle-Cardinale | TEDxPatras

Covering wars is all about uncertainty. The main one, your existence and the possibility of not returning back alive. So why do war reporters do it? Are they addicted to fear and danger? Are they adrenaline junkies? There are actually other addictions one comes upon when doing such a job. Whichever are the addictions motivating you when it comes to your career, it is certain that you will find yourself unexpectedly identifying with the narrative of Sophie Nivelle-Cardinale. The French war reporter meets the TEDxPatras 2019 audience to tell the tale of war and truth that composes all war journalism is about.
Visit TEDxPatras at www.tedxpatras.com/. Sophie Nivelle-Cardinale, 41, is a French war reporter. She has been working in the Middle East since 2010. Starting in 2011, she reported from inside Syria on the uprising and the repression of the regime. Her work was awarded with the Bayeux Award for War Correspondents (2013) and the Prix Albert Londres (2016) - the most important award of journalism in France. In June 2017, she was the first foreign journalist to film inside Raqqa with the Kurdish forces, which were fighting Islamic State.
Her work focuses on the Middle East and conflicts. In 2017, she also reported from Central Africa on the civil war and from Zimbabwe on the end of the Mugabe era. 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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