Christophe Lamfalussy calls not to forget that, behind satellite images, data, and pixels, there are human beings whose journeys and emotions need to be told: “Being in the field is essential, it puts humans back at the heart of journalism. To be able to tell, to be able to show, you have to go there. In a society that will be dominated by artificial intelligence, our profession will really require going on location.”
Ambroise Carton agrees with the analysis of the senior reporter. For him, “we need both. The data informs us about the very broad state of a conflict, of a war. In addition, we need to add the human element. It is very valuable to have these correspondents, to be able to send journalists from the newsroom.”
He even manages sometimes to see the human behind the screen, as the journalist from RTBF recounts: “I was looking at the advance of the Ukrainian army, and I was looking at trenches being dug. They were lines on satellite images, but brown lines. There are also people in the mud, waging a war of position, like one that was fought over a century ago. And that, we really must not forget.”
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