Sofia, 8 years old, lives in Maracaibo. Due to the constant energy blackout in this city in the northwest of Venezuela, she had to receive Christmas presents in the darkness. One blackout ruined her school end of the year party in July. Fed up, she voluntarily decided to record a video to tell-and show to the world what it means living without electricity in a city that boils.
“To go with others in search of oneself.” These words by master Ginna Morelo define journalism. I have made them mine because I couldn’t be anything but a journalist.
