International Humanitarian News Sources

AlertNet Reuters Foundation AlertNet news for the international disaster relief community. Also see AlertNet for Journalists.

Relief Web, a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) provided up to date information on natural disasters and complex emergencies.

Conflict Reporting, Peace Journalism, Human Rights Reporting

There is a good deal of controversy about conflict reporting, including debate about the merits of "peace journalism." There is less debate about the virtue of "conflict sensitive journalism." See also Peacemakers Trust's bibliography and resources on media, conflict and society. Below are some links to alternative sources of news.

BillWarters Feeds. Bill Warters, a professor at Wayne State University has an extensive collection of feeds focusing on conflict resolution, conflict transformation and peacebuilding.

Chatham House: illegal-logging.info, London, UK. News Service.

CIVICUS News. Based in South Africa, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation is an international alliance of civil society networks and organisations working to strengthen citizen action and civil society. Subscribe to e-CIVICUS, a weekly email news service (scroll down for back issues).

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

Communidad Segura, serving those with a diverse range of interests in the field of human security.

Ekklesia, a UK thinktank, runs a syndicated news service for churches, journalists, organisations and charities. Also see Ekklesia's Peacenik initiataive which supports peace and justice work around the world. Money raised is used to promote alternatives to violence, violence reduction programmes and other peacemaking initiatives.

Human Rights Today. A divison of the World News Network, with links to various sources, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Asian Human Rights Commission, the FIDH, ReliefWeb, Women's Human Rights Resources (Project Diana)and many others.

Human Security Gateway: Resources. Canadian Consortium on Human Security and Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia.

Institute for War and Peace Reporting. IWPR aims to strengthen local journalism in areas of conflict through training of reporters, facilitating dialogue and providing reliable information. IWPR "supports peace, democracy and development in societies undergoing crisis and change."

Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation, The Hague, Netherlands, "seeks to dispel public myths about historic legacies in societies divided by ethnic conflict." See the IHJR blog.

International Justice Tribune. This e-journal was created in 2004. Published twice a month, it covers international criminal justice, investigative articles and interviews about world-wide efforts to try war criminals ranging from the International Criminal Court to domestic courts. IJT is the successor to Diplomatie Judiciaire whose reports are now in IJT's archives. Subscription required, but some headlines and leads are free.

Inter Press Service News Agency. IPS describes itself as "an independent voice from the South and for development, delving into globalisation for the stories underneath."

IRINNews.org The Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) is part of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). IRIN's attempts to strengthen universal access to timely, strategic and non-partisan information to increase capacity of the humanitarian community to understand, respond to and avert humanitarian emergencies. IRIN supports conflict resolution and reconciliation efforts by countering misinformation and propaganda.

Media for Freedom. Media for Freedom "strengthens journalism in areas of democracy, human rights, anti-terrorism and conflict resolution."

oneworld.net. OneWorld's news editorial policy is based on its belief in the importance of human rights and sustainable development. See their editorial standards concerning diversity of views, independence and transparency.

Peace Africa. Peace Africa is a resource site aimed at "supporting Africa's peacebuilders." This is a "digital commons" project of the AllAfrica Foundation.

Peace and Collaborative Development Networking Initiative. Events and some blogs of people working in the field of peace and development.

TRANSCEND Media Service is a medium for TRANSCEND members to present peace journalism-oriented views, news and analyses in written or video format.

UN News Centre. The official news site of the United Nations, with press releases, links to reports, daily news about what is happening at the UN.

World Peace Herald. This Washington DC-based service says it "draws on the worldwide resources of The Washington Times, United Press International, Tiempos del Mundo, Middle East Times and others to report the most significant international news developments and trends.... World Peace Herald seeks to provide readers with access to news and views not often found in the traditional media, with a particular focus on issues that relate to building world peace."

World Radio Forum is "an international group of national, community, and internet radio producers and broadcasters who make radio for, with, and by children and youth. WRF members work in broadcasting, education, entertainment, development, and social change." See the list of Programs and Producers around the world.

News about ADR, Conflict Resolution

CRInfo. Google news feeds on key words compiled by CRInfo on a number of copies topics in conflict resolution and peacebuilding.

International News Sources

Al Jazeera, launched in 1996 and says its freedom from "censorship and government control" means it can offer "its audiences in the Arab world much needed freedom of thought, independence, and room for debate."

Arts and Letters Daily, a service of The Chronicle of Higher Education, Washington DC. Links to breaking news, diverse newspapers, magazines, columnists, book reviews, radio news.

BBC Monitoring, news, information and comment gathered from media around the world.

CBC.ca, online source of news of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Radio-Canada.

CNN, mainstream US-based news network.

CS Monitor. The Christian Science Monitor is a daily international newspaper (Monday through Friday). See the online version.

The Dominion. This monthly paper has been published since 2003 by a group of Canadian journalists aiming to cover stories that are "marginalized, spun, or simply ignored by the mainstream press" and representing "a new model of newspaper in Canada, created unambiguously for the public good, rather than for maximizing profit."

EIN News. Country specific news pages, including news feeds from all over the world (subscription required for all but headlines).

Media Monitors Network. MMN was founed in California in 2000, and says it is "a non-profit, non-bias and non-political platform which mainly helps to prevail the whole truth and generally facilitate answers to any disputed, controversial topic being broadcast, web cast, published, distributed or telecast in the world media."

National Public Radio (NPR) News. NPR is a privately supported, not-for-profit, membership organization serving more than 770 independently operated, noncommercial public radio stations in the United States.

Special Libraries Association News Archives. Useful index and links to newspapers, magazines and other news sources around the world including Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas, including a page for Canadian newspapers. This site is maintained by the Special Libraries Association (SLA), "a nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners."

UNWire, the UN Foundations news briefings about the UN and international affairs. Scroll down to the sample page for the up to date news page. A daily digest of headlines is available by free e-mail subscription.

News about Indigenous Peoples

AboriNews.com, a Aboriginal Website in Canada presenting current events, issues and information in English and French.

Amnesty International Canada: Indigenous Peoples, AI's news about indigenous peoples.

ABC News online: Indigenous, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's news about indigenous peoples.

Asia Development Bank: Indigenous Peoples, News and Events. This is the ADB's news and events page in their section on indigenous peoples.

First Perspective, published monthly by Taiga Communications Inc. at Brokenhead First Nation, Scanterbury, Manitoba, Canada. FP states that it is politically independent and is Aboriginal owned and operated.

NativeWeb. "Resources for Indigenous Cultures around the World."

Nunatsiaq News, published by Nortext Publishing Corporation, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada.

Redwire Magazine, published by the Redwire Native Youth Media Society, a media and arts organization dedicated to Native youth expression, Vancouver, Canada.

Wawatay, produced by the Wawatay Native Communications Society, Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada.

Windspeaker, a Canadian national Aboriginal news source published by the Aboriginal Multi-Media Society. Includes news, sports, arts and entertainment, reviews and features about Aboriginal people. See also the AMMSA's publications focussed on various provinces in Canada.

Commentary about the Media

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR). News and commentaries about the media.

The Hoot. Stories about "media and conflict" on a New Delhi-based website that contains many resources on journalism and the media.

Media Channel. This is a New York-based media issues site which features media criticism, news, and investigative reporting from many organizations around the world. See articles about war and peace journalism.

Alternative News

Alternet.org, an alternative on-line news service emphasizing workable solutions to aggravating problems in the USA and elsewhere. Their editorial policy articulates "a commitment to fairness, equity and global stewardship, and to making connections across generational, ethnic and issue lines. Includes an on-line discussion forum. Weekly digest of headlines available by free e-mail subscription.

Independent Media Center (indymedia.org). Established by activists in 1999 to cover the World Trade Organization (WTO) protests in Seattle from the perspective of protest activists. It now describes itself as "a network of collectively run media outlets for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of the truth... despite corporate media's distortions and unwillingness to cover the efforts to free humanity." Indymedia has centres in London, Canada, Mexico City, Prague, Belgium, France, and Italy.

MotherJones.com. Mother Jones Magazine (online) is an independent nonprofit organization that says its "roots lie in a commitment to social justice implemented through first rate investigative reporting."

Politics Watch. Information on Canadian politics including a daily review of political and national news, voter resources and information on political parties, leaders and other multimedia resources.

Reporters Without Borders. Reporters Without Borders works to defend press freedo including improvement to the safety of journalists world-wide, particularly in war zones.

Z Communications, including ZMag, an independent monthly magazine dedicated to resisting injustice.

Other Information Sources for Researchers and Journalists

Journalist Guides
Legal Information

Journalist Guides, including Sources of In-depth Conflict Analysis of Situations Around the World

A Journalist's Guide to the Internet, University of Maryland, School of Journalism.

Journalism Net (JNet). Julian Sher's research website designed for journalists includes links to news sources throughout the world. See J-Net's search engine for finding newspapers around the world.

International Crisis Group. See ICG's CrisisWatch and other reports.

International Reporter Resource Network. IRN was originally created to assist Norwegian journalists reporting on foreign countries.

Religion News Service®. Founded in 1934, this Washington DC-based secular news service that aims to provide unbiased news about authoritative source of news about religion, ethics, spirituality and moral issues. RNS provides coverage of all religions including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Asian religions and private spirituality. RNS provides commentary from a diverse political and theological points of view.

United States Institute for Peace (USIP) Resources for Journalists. This page of the USIP lists specialists and other resources for journalists. The USIP has many other useful online publications and resources.

Legal Information: International and Domestic including Information on Elections

Bayefsky.com. This extremely valuable and easy-to-use site provides information on the UN system of human rights plus information about virtually every country's treaty signatures, ratifications, reservations, reports and other documents.

Courts of British Columbia: Reasons for Judgments Database. Decisions of Courts in British Columbia, including Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, Provincial Court.

Governments of Canada and other States and INGOs : treaties, legislation, Members of Parliament, reports.

Special Libraries Association News Division Internet Sites for Journalists. Includes links to election resources, e-mail Lists, expert Sources, news archives from around the world, newsgroups and other resources. This site is maintained by the Special Libraries Association (SLA), "a nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners."

Jurist Canada: Legal Education Network. JURIST Canada is hosted by the Bora Laskin Law Library at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. It is the Canadian affiliate of JURIST: The Legal Education Network in Pittsburgh, USA which is an excellent source of information about laws and legal systems of many countries including resources on ADR.

World Legal Information Institute (World LII). Independent, non-profit access to legislation, case law and legal information from around the world. See also CanLii for Canadian legal information, AustLII for Australasian legal information, and the US based LII at Cornell.

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