Reportrices de guerre. Entretiens croisés avec Sophie Nivelle-Cardinale et Maurine Mercier

Abstract

What does war do to journalism and what does journalism do to/with this paroxysmal, multi-dimensional crisis that is war? Two seasoned women reporters share their experience and their analysis of what it means to “cover” a conflict: under what conditions do they become media objects, how and why access to the field is a crucial condition for the deployment of journalistic investigation. They are also asked about how information is gathered, produced and transformed into a specific narrative. Finally, their experience is also examined through the prism of their status (as correspondents and/or freelancers), their gender and the emotions specific to this particular experience of observing a deadly conflict.

Keywords

• gender
• crisis
• emotions
• war
• journalism