Peacemakers Trust: Reporting on Conflict: Links to organizations, journals and journalism schools

Reporting on Conflict:
Links to Resources on Media, Conflict and Society

Reporting on Conflict: Peacemaker Trust Media Monitoring Service
Conflict Reporting and Peace Journalism Initiatives
Journalism Schools
Journalism Organizations (including codes of ethics)
Journalism Publications
Media, Conflict and Society bibliography

Peacemakers Trust has created these links for use by students, academics and practitioners in fields of conflict studies, journalism and communication. The links are for research purposes, and cannot take any responsibility for the content of any third party web sites. The inclusion of a link to a site does not imply endorsement of the site contents, nor does it imply any association with the site by Peacemakers Trust.

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.

Center for International Media Action, New York
CIMA HomePage

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

European Institute for the Media
EIM Home Page

International Media Support
Home Page

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

Media Channel, New York
Peace Journalism articles

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

Institute for Media, Peace and Security, University for Peace (United Nations), Costa Rica
IMPS Home page

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 fronti?res)
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 Online Project. Biannual online resource for media literacy published by the College of Education at the University of Orgegon - Eugene.
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
Faculty of Journalism, Library and Information science

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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