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Local News “Fixers” and Humanitarian Journalism
Guest Editorial By Lindsay Palmer When foreign correspondents began flooding into Greece to cover the influx of refugees arriving there from Turkey, local journalist Irene …
Preventing hate speech & the challenges of reporting in the Middle East – Interview with media researcher Dr Zahera Harb
With three studies published in the past couple of months, plus a range of conferences and speaking commitments, Dr. Zahera Harb has had a busy …
The Everyday Projects: Using Instagram to Challenge Stereotypes About Faraway Countries and Unrepresented Populations
“If you work with a massive NGO, it’s difficult to come out without pictures of refugees, which fits into a stereotype,” says Austin Merrill, co-founder …
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 …
Refugees are not the crisis. It’s the narratives we tell about them.
This is a condensed version of an article published by UNHCR Innovation. You can read the full piece here. Don’t start with a boat. Don’t …
NGOs and User-Generated Content in Humanitarian Crises
The Humanitarian News Research Network’s Dr. Glenda Cooper recently spoke at a panel at the University of Sussex focusing on how NGOs mediate the voice of the vulnerable …
Playing with the way we see humanitarian disaster
A devastated country. Desperate people. Aid workers flying in – and celebrities shedding tears in refugee camps as yet another humanitarian disaster is announced. We …
South Sudan: Reporting humanitarian crisis in the world’s youngest country
As the greatest humanitarian crisis since 1945 unfolds, the international community is struggling to respond to widespread starvation and human need. One of the most …
Humanitarian Communication MOOC from the University of Geneva
Learn about the main challenges of humanitarian communication and how to address them. The Centre for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action (CERAH) at the …