Director's Reflections | When journalism hurts
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00:00Listín Diario presents Sunday Reflections.
00:30Their testimonies, published a few days after the tragedy, are not simple chronicles.
00:35They are pieces from the heart of a theme that, between tears and keyboards, between sobs and live broadcasts, decided to do what hurts the most.
00:44Tell the truth without ceasing to be human.
00:47Dayanera dreamed of the tragedy before knowing it was real.
00:50Angel, just 21, felt his professional life turn upside down when he saw the collapse and heard the screams from under the rubble.
00:57Nicole held back her tears to report accurately, while her heart burst.
01:03Carlos sniffed at the news amidst lists of the deceased and overflowing hospitals.
01:08Shahrazad and Yaleen, our young PPAs, confessed that they are no longer the same.
01:13Today, they bear the lost looks of families in the morgue on their skin.
01:18Saurau and Javier saw how hope faded from faces, even those of the generals.
01:23And Shaddai, like so many others, wept silently as he typed.
01:27Wondering how to narrate the pain without turning it into a spectacle.
01:32This isn't just journalism.
01:34It's a profession with a soul.
01:36At Listindiario, we know that our job is not just to report, but to bear witness.
01:42And that hurts.
01:44It hurts when you have to clench your fist to keep the camera from shaking.
01:47When you have to swallow hard to keep your voice from cracking on live television.
01:51When you write with blurred eyes.
01:53But it is also a privilege to be the voice of those who no longer have a voice.
01:59To accompany a country crying out for answers.
02:01To honor memory with stories that must not be repeated.
02:05Today, more than ever, I reaffirm my pride in this team in our editorial office.
02:10To those who ran into the chaos when others fled.
02:13To those who prioritize respect for the victims over morbid curiosity.
02:17To those who, as Yaleen rightly says, stopped being journalists for a moment to become simple humans who wanted to help.
02:26To the families of the victims, our sincere embrace.
02:30To our young colleagues, my admiration.
02:33Your professionalism didn't make you insensitive.
02:35It made you more necessary.
02:37And to you readers, I ask you to value these chronicles.
02:40Behind every line is a human being who carries, like you, the weight of a tragedy that has changed us all.
02:47Because journalism worth its salt isn't the kind written from the comfort of your own home,
02:52but the kind experienced and painful firsthand.
02:55P.S. to Robbie Perez and every soul who passed away that night.
02:59Thank you for the joy you left us.
03:01To the entire country, strength.
03:03Memory hurts, but it also compels us to preserve it so we can build a safer future.
03:08For Listing Diario, voiceover and translation by Danny Leon.
03:12Listing Diario presented Sunday Reflections.