Should journalists change the way they cover conflict? Author Amanda Ripley says it’s time for a rethink.
After over two decades as a journalist, including ten years covering terrorism and disasters for TIME Magazine, Amanda Ripley thought she understood conflict. But when momentum started to build around the candidacy of Donald Trump, she questioned what she thought she knew. Ripley interviewed psychologists, mediators, and people who had made it out of seemingly intractable conflicts for her book, High Conflict: Why We Get Stuck and How We Get Out. In this conversation with host Jamil Simon, she shares insights about how journalists can change the way they cover conflict, in service of the public good.
Order Amanda Ripley’s book, High Conflict: Why We Get Stuck and How We Get Out. Listen to her podcast How To! from Slate. Watch Amanada’s talk on High Conflict for The Alliance for Peacebuilding.
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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. Music in this episode from Blue Dot Sessions and Pianobook.