TED Radio Hour DIY: There's a problem and only you can fix it
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Jul 12, 2024 Physicist, engineer, humanitarian programmer, builder, and videographer share empowering stories of taking control to solve problems. Topics include media sensationalism, DIY ethos, individual activism, empowering women in construction trades, and unexpected success on TikTok.
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Near-Fatal Stag Attack
- Kate Stone was gored by a stag in a Scottish forest and nearly died from a neck wound that missed her spinal cord by millimeters.
- She spent 40 minutes conscious, focused on breathing, and later underwent reconstructive surgery and an induced coma during recovery.
Confronting Media Sensationalism
- Sensational press coverage focused on Kate Stone's transgender identity rather than the accident, revealing media bias and harm to individuals and families.
- Stone leveraged that harm into a strategy to reduce future misreporting by engaging the industry respectfully and seeking rule acknowledgments.
Use Calm Strategy To Change Institutions
- Kate Stone advises using a measured, strategic approach: ask for rule acknowledgments rather than revenge, and sit at the table where rules are made.
- She highlights that readers and advertisers hold two-thirds of the power over what appears in newspapers, so change their behavior to shift incentives.