REMINDER: We are discussing Peace Journalism in the Grand Committee Room of the Houses of Parliament, tomorrow (Weds) evening 19.00 - 21.00 all welcome. Please arrive early to get through security.
DEBATE – DOES THE NEWS FUEL WAR & TERRORISM?
TO LAUNCH: Peace Journalism by Jake Lynch and Annabel McGoldrick
Published by Hawthorn Press
- Introduction by Roy Greenslade, media commentator of the Daily Telegraph and Professor of Journalism at City University
- Preface by John Kampfner, editor of the New Statesman
Peace Journalism is launched with a public debate at the Grand Committee Room of the House of Commons on Wednesday 30 NOVEMBER,
19.00 – 21.00, with panellists:
- Jake Lynch, co-author
- John Lloyd, contributing editor, Financial Times magazine
- Jane Corbin, reporter, BBC Panorama
- Abdelbari Atwan, editor of al Quds al Araby
- Gabrielle Rifkind, Oxford Research Group consultant
Peace Journalism explains how most coverage of conflict unwittingly fuels further violence, and proposes workable options to give peace a chance.
Topical case studies, including Iraq and the War on Terrorism, are deployed to:
- Contrast War Journalism and Peace Journalism
- Show how the reporting of war, violence and terror could be made more accurate and more useful
- Offer practical tools for covering the most important stories of our time
Endorsements:
'Worth its weight in gold - exciting as well as instructive' - Professor Richard Falk, Princeton University
'You cannot put it down without being convinced that the authors are right' - Phillip Knightley, author, The First Casualty
'Elegantly written, often humorous, always encyclopaedic... the most refreshing and constructive analysis of media practice for years' - Professor Stuart Rees, Director, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney
Written by two experienced professional journalists with a track record as researchers and university teachers, Peace Journalism puts forward a workable strategy for reporting conflict, drawing on theoretical perspectives on both reporting and conflict.
Review:
Recommendation from Pat Kane here:
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Peace Journalism
a new book & film
by Jake Lynch & Annabel McGoldrick
Published by Hawthorn Press
Advance copies available now, official launch 30 November 2005
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