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What is peace journalism?

“Conflict resolution is a recurrent theme in East Africa. This has prompted the need for innovative ways to create lasting consensus in the region as well as across the continent. One of these innovative ways is peace journalism. It can stimulate peaceful resolution of conflict by voicing different conflicting parties and issues in a balanced and objective manner.” The Conversation Africa’s Julie Masiga spoke to Fredrick Ogenga about the role of peace journalism in Africa. Peace journalism is evident when

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December 1, 2020 No Comments
East Africa
CjC team

From The Conversation

Why the role of the media is so important to free and fair elections in Africa The news media is usually one of first casualties of bungled or contested elections. From the recent US elections, the UK’s Brexit vote to Zambia’s controversial 2016 presidential elections, the mainstream news media bore the brunt of much of the criticism that followed. The op-ed below was written by George Ogola, a Senior Lecturer in Journalism, University of Central Lancashire, May 16th, 2017.

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December 1, 2020 No Comments
Journalism
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About establishing CjC

Everywhere you look, there are discussions these days about journalism, news, fake news, lack of coherence, polarization and other consequences of globalization. Exactly what globalization is, societal impacts and how it works is about as transparent as the concept of global journalism. As a start, please watch this video:

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November 29, 2020 No Comments
Global journalism
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Book from UNESCO

A handbook to consider? UNESCO works to strengthen journalism education, and this publication is the latest offering in a line of cutting-edge knowledge resources. It is part of the “Global Initiative for Excellence in Journalism Education”, which is a focus of UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC). The Initiative seeks to engage with teaching, practising and researching of journalism from a global perspective, including sharing international good practices. Accordingly, the current handbook seeks to serve as an

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November 29, 2020 No Comments

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