Eighty-three elephants were lost in 2015 alone, and another fifty-one elephant were killed in 2016. "If this situation goes on, all the Gourma elephants will be killed by 2020," said a member of MEP. Luckily, the voice of MEP was heard.

Once that trust is lost, we mainstream news organizations also run the risk of becoming just another lonely voice in the cacophony.

When I had lost it during the primary, I saw a specialist in New York and got a voice coach, who taught me a set of exercises to open my throat and push the sound up through my sinus cavities.