Online Webminar: Training Young Journalists in Conflict Areas
6 years ago
ACE will be hosting a webminar on Training young Journalists in Conflict Areas'
Who should attend: Educators and practitioners from TV and Radio
outlets, Iraqi universities, non-profit organizations, and the government working in journalism and conflict.
Participants may join through one of the following options.
1. Communal hosting sites (American Corner Erbil) for a live viewing of the seminar will be added based on response, and communicated to participants prior to the seminar.
2. Join remotely through the Zoom webinar link below.
To register, please visit: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/5645b8f2df0eb8f334538d7d4481ef37
More details on the session:
When a journalist is asked to cover conflict, whether it is armed conflict or disagreements among communities, he or she will encounter several challenges in gathering and presenting information to the audience. This seminar will provide information on objectivity, balance, and fairness in covering conflict. It will provide an overview on different approaches to covering conflict such as "peace journalism." It will also include a section on how best to serve your audience even in circumstances where they may favor one party to the conflict. It will also offer direction on where to find learning resources for deeper individual exploration, including resources in Arabic.
Speaker Bio: Leon Morse is a media development expert with more than 15 years of experience with international media issues and democracy promotion programming. He is expert at analyzing media landscapes and systems in order to design effective media development interventions and an accomplished public speaker on issues of international media development. He has a wide global professional network of media development practitioners and researchers and experience in 90 countries in Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.
Learning Goals:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Understand key terminology in the context of conflict reporting, including learning what balance, objectivity, and fairness mean and how does one's reporting reflect these in coverage of conflict
- Learn an overview of different reporting styles for reporting on conflict, including understanding what "peace journalism" is versus more traditional reporting and why might one choose one over the other.
- Explain how to effectively inform audiences, even those who may be more sympathetic to one side. Identify where to go for more in-depth resources.