On the frontlines of war
What makes a person spend nearly four decades documenting the darkest moments of our time? For award-winning journalist Christina Lamb, the answer is clear: to bear witness — and to remind the world that the people behind the headlines still matter.
In this moving episode of Visionary, the Chief Foreign Correspondent for The Sunday Times speaks with Georgina Godwin about her life reporting from conflict zones, from Afghanistan and Sudan to Syria and Ukraine. She shares stories of extraordinary bravery, including Ksenia, a Ukrainian teenager who crossed enemy lines to rescue her abducted brother — only to find he’d been brainwashed into thinking he was Russian.
Christina explains how the rise of social media, the flood of fake news, and the erosion of outrage have reshaped journalism — and made the role of first-hand reporting more vital than ever. Her message is simple but urgent: stories still matter, and someone has to tell them.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
Why sustained empathy is harder than ever — and why we need it now more than ever.
How children are being systematically abducted in Ukraine — and what’s being done to bring them home.
Why first-hand journalism still matters in an age of misinformation and AI.
Watch the episode on YouTube below, or listen via your preferred podcast app.
