For nearly two decades journalist Jane Ferguson has reported from the frontlines across the Middle East and Africa — and in that time she observed an increase in women reporters joining this often difficult and demanding field. In her TED Talk, she shares how these women journalists are changing how stories of global war are told by tapping into qualities that aren’t often seen as strengths: Empathy and compassion. “We’re good at this reporting because we’re soft and empathetic and strong and tough and brave,” she says. “When the world is presented to you, not just in television and radio and print and magazine, by a male gaze but by a female reporter as well, our attitudes to the outside world change, too.”