Review of What I saw in Syria
What I saw in Syria, made by Declan Walsh in 2016, is a news report from a road trip in one of the world’s most violent war zones, Syria, consisted of photographs and cellphone footages and audios.

I extremely like this piece of work not only because the reporter brings me to the place I have never been before, which is a place full of warfare and violence, but it also gives me a sense of repression and strong emotional resonance. This emotional resonance comes from the story as well as the way he tells the story.
In this report, Walsh uses different mediums like photographs, videos, audios, and graphs. His photographs and videos are incredible, impressive and full of visual impact, and uses a combination of audios and texts to explain what is happening in the photographs and videos.




These techniques give audiences a clear sense of what, where, when, and why. The deep voice sets the tone of this story, and the speed is neither too fast, nor too slow, which allows the listener to ponder.

Moreover, at the end of the report, Walsh tells a story of wartime wedding. This part of story brings a sense of strong contrast and also depicts the intrapsychic conflict of young people.
Although this is a textbook report which I extremely like, it still has room for improvement. The story is very interesting, but the pace of the story is a little bit slow which makes the length of the story more dilatory than I expect. There are several meaningless slides and explanations in audios, which I think should be deleted. However, the little defects cannot obscure its virtues. No need to argue, this is a great work of news report.
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