Award-Winning War Correspondent Janine di Giovanni on Tragedy, Justice and Healing

Stories of Transformation

From defending her brother from the bullies as a child, to reporting in the darkest and most dangerous corners of the Earth, Janine di Giovanni has always had a fierce need to fight for justice and stand up for others whose voices cannot be heard.

Janine di Giovanni is a multi-award winning war reporter and author who has covered nearly every major violent conflict since the late nineteen-eighties. Her focus is on war crimes; global terrorism; refugee issues and sexual violence during war time. She is currently a Senior Fellow and Professor at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs.

In this episode of Stories of Transformation, we get the chance to learn what it’s like to be an undercover reporter whose job involves witnessing the most gruesome acts of violence, and what insights and wisdom she has taken from these experiences.

We learn about the one photograph that changed the trajectory of Janine’s life and put her on this journalistic path, how the things she’s seen and experienced have shaped how she views the world today, and about her love affair with another war reporter.

Lastly, Janine provides a beautiful conclusion on how the US can heal from centuries of systemic racism, based on her research of countries that have made comebacks from brutal wars.

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