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Elif Shafak: using literature as a means to defend human rights
Elif Shafak defends human rights, shares insights into her experience with depression and advocates a different media environment. The award-winning novelist will also participate in this year s Global Media Forum.
As journalists, we usually examine events and current affairs that take place around the world only as observers - sometimes perhaps as analysts or interpreters, if a situation lends itself to our respective areas of expertise. But we largely remain outside the conversation, staying true to the core values of our trade: Objectivity, fairness and impartiality.
Elif Shafak is not a journalist but rather a recognized, award-winning author who has penned 18 books in the last 25 years. Her approach to understanding the world is almost the exact opposite of a journalist s experience.
Mexico s endangered conservationists
Local journalists under pressure
The work of local journalists is extremely important for Indigenous communities, said Kathrin Wessendorf, head of the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA). Each Indigenous community has its own language, and only community reporters can report in that language, she told DW. They also know how best to approach the community to spread the message.
Patricia Gualinga, who fights for Indigenous rights in Ecuador, told DW that large national media networks are often slow to report on environmental and human rights issues. It s really very difficult to get coverage on TV. And if an issue isn t reported by the media, it doesn t exist, she said.
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