VICE Correspondent Discusses Reporting from Raqqa
VICE Correspondent Discusses Reporting from Raqqa
VICE correspondent Isobel Yeung spoke at the 9/11 Memorial Museum this week about her recent reporting from conflict zones in the Middle East.
Yeung, in conversation with Jessica Chen, director of public programs at the 9/11 Memorial Museum, talked about the human stories of those who have been caught in the crossfire between ISIS and the U.S.-backed coalition whose airstrikes left the Syrian city of Raqqa in ruins.
In the clip below, Yeung describes her passion for reporting on this sort of conflict:
“The reason I enjoy doing this reporting is because I really hope to further our understanding of humanity and I really want to, I mean, there’s no such thing as a black and white story. There’s always two sides to it and I really want to understand why these guys went to Syria. I want to understand what they were doing there. I want to understand how they feel about it now. I want to understand if they have any regrets.”
You can watch the program in full here.
By 9/11 Memorial Staff
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