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The story is not bigger than your humanity and the biggest prize is the feeling of doing some good.

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According to Columbia University’s Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma, many journalists cope by building a professional wall between them and the newsmakers they deal with.

The writer finds it worthwhile to remind himself once in a while that the best thing about his job is the ability to make an impact on the lives of others.

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Block 9 of the Singapore General Hospital along Outram Road is an address that has been seared into my memory.

This is the Health Sciences Authority’s mortuary – the place where people would go to collect the bodies of their family members or relatives who had an unnatural or violent death, or if the cause of death was unknown.

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