Conflict Reporting and Peace Journalism Initiatives

Beyond Intractability
Reporting on Conflict: A User Guide to the Beyond Intractability Website, Built Specially for Journalists, compiled by Cate Malek.

Centre for Faith and the Media
CFM Home Page

Common Ground News Service, a non-profit initiative of Search for Common Ground
Common Ground News Service Productions
Search for Common Ground home page

The Communication Initiative
CI Home Page

International Media Support
Home Page

Media and Democracy, Canada
Training in journalism, including conflict-sensitive journalism articles

Media Foundation, New Delhi
The Hoot, media resource website.

Institute for War and Peace Reporting
IWPR HomePage

Media for Freedom
Media for Freedom Homepage (focus is on strengthening journalism in areas of democracy, human rights, anti-terrorism and conflict resolution.)

Media Focus On Africa Foundation
Homepage

Organization of News Ombudsmen
ONO Homepage

Reporting on Conflict: Peacemaker Trust Media Monitoring Service
News clipping service and bulletins

ReligionSource
RS Home page (for journalists only).

Reporters without Borders (Reporters sans frontières)
RSF Homepage

Transcend: A Peace and Development Network
Transcend Home Page

United States Institute for Peace
Communications and Media

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Journalism Publications

• American Journalism Review
• Canadian Journal of Communication. Research and scholarship in the field of communication and journalism studies with emphasis on Canadian journalism.
• Columbia Journalism Review, the bimonthly by the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University.
• Editor & Publisher, provides coverage of news and trends affecting the newspaper industry.
• Extra!, the magazine of Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR).
• Journal of Communication Inquiry, publication of the University of Iowa with a focus on communication and mass communication phenomena within cultural and historical perspectives.
• Global Media Journal, hosted by the Department of Communication and Creative Arts, Purdue University.
• Langara Journalism Review. Student journal with a focus on the practice of journalism in Western Canada
• Media Literacy Review Article Collection. published by the College of Education at the University of Oregon.
• Media Magazine, a publication of the Canadian Association of Journalists.
• Media Tribe Concordia University Undergraduate Journal of Communication Studies.
• Pacific Journalism Review, journal of news media, communication and journalism issues in the South Pacific region, published by the University of Papua New Guinea.
• Quill (RSS feed), published by the Society of Professional Journalists. Also see SPJ Press Notes
• SensibleTalk.com, a blog for media, business, arts and technology criticism (continuation of the work of the editor of the discontinued Online Journalism Review formerly published by the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication.
• Ryerson Review of Journalism, published by Ryerson School of Journalism.

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Journalism Schools and University-Based Projects

Canada . Europe . South and Central America . Other parts of the world

Note that more and more journalism schools are beginning to incorporate courses in peace journalism or conflict-sensitive journalism. Therefore, please check the individual course listings of the various journalism schools listed below. This list is not comprehensive; please feel free to send suggestions.

Canada

Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Carleton School of Journalism and Communication

Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
CU Department of Journalism

First Nations Technical Institute, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory near Deseronto, Ontario, Canada.
Media Foundations Program

Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Toronto
The School of Media Studies

Langara College, Vancouver, Canada
Journalism Department
Langara Journalism Review

Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, Canada
Ryerson School of Journalism
Ryerson Review of Journalism, published by Ryerson School of Journalism

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Sing Tao School of Journalism
Journalism Ethics for the Global Citizen

University of King's College, Nova Scotia, Canada
Journalism School

University of Regina, Canada
School of Journalism

University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Graduate Program in Journalism

South and Central America

University for Peace, Costa Rica
Media, Conflict and Peace Studies

Europe

Oslo University College, Oslo
Department of Journalism and media studies

Transcend Peace University, on-line peace university
Peace Journalism course

Other parts of the world

Other Research and Education Programs on Journalism Worldwide
The Journalistic Resources Pages: Education and Resources

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Journalism Organizations (including codes of ethics)

Alberta Press Council, Canada
APC Home page
Code of Practice

Alliance of Independent Press Councils of Europe
AIPCE Home page

American Society of News Editors (ASNE)
Statement of principles.

British Columbia Press Council, Canada
BCPC Home page
Code of Practice

Canadian Association of Broadcasters
Homepage
Codes of Conduct.

Canadian Association of Journalists
CAJ Homepage
Principles for Ethical Journalism
Ethics Guidelines

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression
CJFE Homepage.

Confederation of ASEAN Journalists
ASEAN Journalists Code of Ethics

Consultative Club of International and Regional Organizations of Journalists [International Organization of Journalists (IOJ), International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), International Catholic Union of the Press (UCIP), Latin American Federation of Journalists (FELAP), Latin American Federation of Press Workers (FELATRAP), Federation of Arab Journalists (FAJ), Union of African Journalists (UAJ), and Confederation of Asean Journalists (CAJ).]
International Principles of Professional Ethics in Journalism, Paris, 1983.

Ethicnet: Journalism Ethics in Europe
Ethicnet Home page
Codes by country

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
FAIR Home page

International Center for Journalists
ICJ Homepage

International Federation of Journalists
IFJ Home page
Declaration of Principles on the Conduct of Journalists

Independent Journalism Foundation
IJF Homepage

International Journalists Network
IJN Home page

The International Media Foundation, New Delhi
IMF, New Delhi Home Page

The Media Foundation, New Delhi
The Hoot

Native American Journalists Association
NAJA Home Page

Ontario Press Council, Canada
OPC Home page
Conduct and Practice. The Ontario Press Council states that it "... has chosen not to follow the lead of the United Kingdom Press Complaints Commission and other councils in adopting a formal code of practice for media publishing... Instead it has relied on the decisions reached in previous adjudications of complaints as precedents by which it judges current issues."

Pew Research Center Project for Excellence in Journalism
Links to Codes of Ethics Worldwide.

Reynolds Journalism Institute, Media Accountability Systems
Codes of Conduct, Press Councils and other media accountability information

Pew Center for Civil Journalism
PCCJ Home page

Society for Professional Journalists
SPJ Home page
Code of Ethics

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