The Problems with Celebrity Humanitarians
Celebrity involvement in humanitarian issues – and the media coverage this creates – is a controversial topic in humanitarian communication studies. Some scholars believe that …
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Kate Wright’s Book Launch in 10 Tweets
Missed this week’s launch of Kate Wright’s Who’s Reporting Africa Now? Non-Governmental Organizations, Journalists, and Multimedia? Fear not. We’ve done a Twitter round-up of the event to …
Digital humanitarians: a new source for crisis reporting?
Guest post by Dr Dmitry Chernobrov, Department of Journalism Studies, University of Sheffield Digital technologies and big data are rapidly transforming humanitarian crisis response. One …
Q&A on NGOs and journalism with Kate Wright
On June 27th, the Humanitarian News Research Network (HNRN) will be hosting Kate Wright’s book launch. Who’s Reporting Africa Now? Non-Governmental Organizations, Journalists, and Multimedia is published …
Public perceptions on donating to humanitarian causes
What influences our decisions to donate to humanitarian aid campaigns? Birkbeck University’s Professor Irene Bruna Seu examines public perceptions of aid recipients and of the …
Biometrics in the humanitarian sector: a threat or an opportunity?
A new report by data non-profit organisation The Engine Room for Oxfam takes a stand against the use of biometrics data for the humanitarian sector. …
“Safety Culture” in Human Rights Journalism
Guest Editorial by Dr. Lindsay Palmer, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Human rights reporting is a notoriously dangerous profession. Because human rights …
Tinder Humanitarianism Q&A with Corinne Lysandra Mason
On popular dating apps like Tinder, users often post pictures of themselves “do-gooding” in Third World scenarios hoping for more matches. Researchers have begun studying …
New research fellowship in partnership with City University’s Journalism department and the HNRN will investigate fake news
A British Academy fellowship project by University of Massachusetts Amherst associate professor Jonathan Corpus Ong will see the researcher and City University’s Humanitarian News Research …
Q&A on Digital Humanitarians with Researcher Wendy Norris
New technologies have enabled virtual volunteers to collect and share situational information during natural and human-caused disasters. We spoke to Wendy Norris, author of the …