Nachtwey has carried supplies for militants he traveled with. Feeling an irresistible urge to help the people she was interviewing in Bosnia, Sullivan began collecting sacks of old clothes or vegetables for them. Once, she left money for a family in a hidden spot on under a sofa cushion. The bottom line, panel members said, is that their job is to make mankind aware of what's really happening inside the shield of smoke that stands between the world and the war zone. Journalists' work is crucial to the human rights movement and accounts for 90 percent of the framework for human rights enforcement, said a member of the audience who works for a human rights organization.
Journalists do make a difference.
The media gives people who don't have a voice a voice.