Nina Funnell

And I did that for one day and I actually didn't survive it.

Really?

Yeah, yeah.

I was reporting on a rape case and I went to trial and I was watching a survivor being cross-examined and I actually felt like I was watching someone being tortured.

It was very, very clear that they did not want to be there and I felt sick.

I couldn't do that kind of reporting, I learnt.

Court reporting is not for me.

It's very hard.

I've done it before too and it's very confronting.

It is, it is.

Whereas the sort of reporting that I'm doing is I'm usually –

The way that I work is that victim survivors approach me.

I never do call outs and there are a range of reasons why I don't do call outs.

But when victim survivors approach me, if I have capacity to do the story, usually they're at a point in their own recovery and healing where they've actually had some therapy, they've regained some agency, they're at a point where they're reclaiming.

And so I'm meeting people not on the worst day of their life.

I'm actually usually meeting them at a point where they're beginning to become vulnerable

re-empowered and I view my role as walking alongside them in that process.

And so the people themselves are actually quite extraordinary.

The details are harrowing, but I actually really enjoy the work with the people.

Like you are the vehicle that helps them kind of get back out there and reclaim everything.