In this episode, we use the lens of the practice of Peace Journalism to explore what needs to change in order to make peace visible in the news media.
On Making Peace Visible, we cover national peace processes like the one unfolding in Colombia. But we also interview journalists who’ve made their careers covering violent conflict. So what’s the connecting thread? This episode gets at that question– looking through the lens of the practice of Peace Journalism.
Guest Steven Youngblood is a professor of communications and peace studies at Park University in Parkville, Missouri, and the founding director of the Center for Global Peace Journalism there. He has organized and taught Peace Journalism seminars, and workshops in over 30 countries and territories. Steven is the editor of The Peace Journalist magazine, and an advisor to the initiative behind this podcast - the War Stories Peace Stories Project.
Learn more:
Side-by-side comparisons of traditional journalism and Peace Journalism
Peace Journalism definitions, characteristics, and guidelines
Making Peace Visible is a project of War Stories Peace Stories. Our mission is to bring journalists and peacebuilders together to re-imagine the way the news media covers peace and conflict, and to facilitate expanded coverage of global peace and reconciliation efforts. Join the conversation on Twitter: @warstoriespeace.
Making Peace Visible is hosted by Jamil Simon, and produced by Andrea Muraskin.