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 …
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Reporting Humanitarian Disasters in a Social Media Age: Q&A With Dr. Glenda Cooper
After a successful academic year which saw the publication of her book, Reporting Humanitarian Disasters in a Social Media Age, and her play about the …
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 …
NGO Workers or Journalists? How advocacy group 350 filled a news gap for reporting from the Pacific region
NGOs are now producing their own independent news, rather than relying on journalists to tell their stories. We summarise a research article -“Unintentional Journalists” by …
Q&A with the Humanitarian News Outlet formerly known as IRIN
If you follow humanitarian issues or events, chances are you’ve come across IRIN, the award winning humanitarian news agency set up in 1995 to help …
Q&A With The Refugee Journalism Project
On Friday March 22, I led a WordPress workshop for journalists taking part in the Refugee Journalism Project at the London College of Communications. With refugees …
Extremist groups and their communications strategies: influencing journalists in times of conflict
Just over a month ago, the Nigerian Military raided the offices of a leading Nigerian newspaper over their reporting of the Boko Haram conflict. The …
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 …
Celebrity authors, humanitarian narratives, and the role of literature in world crises
A recent research article looks at the role of literature in raising awareness of world crises. We summarise its key findings. By Carolina Are From …
South Sudan’s Media Authority is no friend of courageous journalism
Guest Post by Richard Stupart, PhD Candidate at the London School of Economics and Politics. The views in this article do not necessarily reflect those …