Christophe Lamfalussy calls not to forget that, behind satellite images, datas, and pixels, there are human beings whose journeys and emotions need to be told: “Being in the field is essential, it puts the human back at the heart of reporting. To be able to tell, to be able to show, you have to go there. In a society that will be dominated by artificial intelligence, our profession will really require going on site.”
Ambroise Carton agrees with the analysis of the senior reporter. For him, “we need both. The data informs us about the very broad state of a battle, of a war. In addition, we need to add a human touch. It is very valuable to have these correspondents, to be able to send journalists from the newsroom.”
He even manages sometimes to see the human behind the screen, the RTBF journalist recounts: “I was watching the advance of the Ukrainian army, and I was looking at trenches being dug. They were lines on satellite images, but brown lines. It is also people in the mud, waging a war of position, like we did over a century ago. And that, we really must not forget.”
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