Worrisome War

                I decided to start off my TED talks blogs with a video titled “Janine diGiovanni: What I saw in the war.” This TED talk is given by a war reporter that has seen and documented too many wars to count. The main war of her presentation is the siege of Sarajevo. She began her talk with a friend’s account of the beginning of the war; she was walking to work one day in a mini skirt and high heels and all of a sudden, she saw this tank that was coming her way and clearing everything and everyone in its path. She ran the opposite way and ended up crouching behind a trash can in order to attempt to hide from the tank and soldiers. That woman ended up thrusting her child on the last train from Sarajevo in order to save it from the war. She didn't see her child for many years later.

                She found people don’t leave because they don’t want to believe that the war is coming and so everyone is caught in the conflict of war. She addressed the reason that she covers all of these wars; she said that she continues to do it in order to see all of the ordinary heroes. In her line of work, she tries to “shine a light on the dark places of the world.” She knows that what she does will not change the wars or prevent them, she only hopes to shine light on the stories and the situations and make sure people know and can maybe do something themselves.

                I thought this was a very nice TED talk but it wasn't really as inspirational as others I have seen on the website. I guess it is partly due to the fact that in World Humanities we just viewed many, many war stories and they didn't come as much of a shock to me. However, I commend this reporter for doing the things that she is; going to those places and attempting to inform everyone else on the events. You never know what can really change the world until you take it one step at a time. (363)