Sharing the latest research on humanitarian communication & journalism. Connecting journos, researchers & NGOs. Based @cityjournalism Director @meljbunce
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Come along to my inaugural professor talk at @CityUniLondon on Sept 7! (A tradition in the UK when you make full professor) I see it as a great excuse to celebrate with friends & family & say thank you to those who helped along the way. Everyone is welcome city.ac.uk/news-and-events/e…
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Just two days left to apply for this amazing early career academic job @CityUniLondon - 3 years to work on your research projects, followed by a permanent lecturer job (aka tenure!) at a top university. Please share! @Journalism_ICA #ICA2023 city.ac.uk/research/support/…
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Excellent panel to start the day @Journalism_ICA on the representation of distant suffering & how reporting / audience response can be improved with more constructive and solution journalism @StijnJoye @E_Maduneme @KarinWahlJ Eline Huiberts & Ekwutosi Nwakpu #ICA2023
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We are hiring! Please share widely & help us find an amazing researcher to join @cityjournalism as a "Presidential Fellow". This is an incredibly rare post that gives you 3 years to do cutting edge research, followed by a permanent lectureship. Short 🧵city.ac.uk/about/jobs/apply/…
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“The media focus on crisis and suffering has virtually erased the perception that people in African countries are capable of taking action themselves," says @meljbunce.
@mensbirte #journalism
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PubAlert! Introducing new @Journal_of_Comm publication: “Whose media freedom is being defended? Norm contestation in international media freedom campaigns”, by @martinscott2010 , @meljbunce, @MyersMary , and Maria Carmen Fernandez. Read here: doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqac045
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Humanitarian policy narratives shape beliefs and attitudes relating to humanitarian crises and aid.
In this paper, @PatrickSaez2 & @J0hn_Bryant reflect on how these narratives influence the policies of governments and aid organisations.
Scroll 👉 for 5⃣ key findings:
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Great to talk to @zeitonline about humanitarian journalism and how we can improve reporting on disasters. Thanks so much for the thought provoking conversation (& translation!) Andrea Böhm
Der Krieg in der Ukraine oder das Erdbeben im türkischen-syrischen Grenzgebiet seien Beispiele für sehr gute Berichterstattung, sagt die Medienwissenschaftlerin Melanie Bunce. Doch überlagerten sie gleichzeitig auch andere Krisen in der Welt. zeit.de/kultur/2023-02/melan…
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.@richardbrandt96 speaks with human rights organisation, @YIHR_eng, about their programmes to heal the wounds of war in #Bosnia and #Herzegovina👇
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@TU_Dortmund @IJ_Online @cityjournalism @WJS_center @cijournalism @HRJN10 @HNResearchNet @guardianworld
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Our latest insight report is a snapshot from a new book by @martinscott2010 @meljbunce & @newsprof1, which argues for a more humanitarian journalism, caring less about how 'newsworthy' a crisis is and more about the scale of suffering.
publicmediaalliance.org/why-…
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So excited to see the details up for our new book, ‘Humanitarian Journalists’ -coming out 11th Jan 2023. It's a deep dive into the journalists who report on international crises and how we can best understand and support them @martinscott2010 @newsprof1 routledge.com/Humanitarian-J…
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“Where is the line between being a journalist and a humanitarian?
After nearly 40 years as a foreign correspondent, I still struggle with that question”.
@LindseyHilsum
Take the time to read. #journalism rts.org.uk/article/lindsey-h…
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Come join the @TRF team. This is an incredible opportunity for any social media expert willing to experiment with powerful social-first story telling across our award-winning @Openly platforms!
🏳️🌈 We're looking for a Social Media Manager for @Openly!
If you want to help create social-first content and campaigns dedicated to telling #LGBTQ+ stories, we want to hear from you.
Apply by 4 September. ➡️ tmsnrt.rs/3QuDvS5
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Superb piece by @honigsbaum
"Our failure to commemorate pandemics puts us all at risk".
Free to read...
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How to expose #warcrimes? @gijn published an interesting piece on #investigativemethods: “These investigative methods range from traditional text searches of military journals to the use of databases on attacks and procurement.” gijn.org/2022/06/20/global-l…
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New article by our PhD student @SanamMahoozi for Thomson Reuters Foundation @TRF on the costly damage caused by drought and changing weather patterns in the Middle East.
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I was in #Gayan today photographing an aid agency’s mobile health team, when a male agency photographer walked past me, and straight into a tent full of women, immediately starting to photograph without asking consent.
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.@ZainaErhaim says that many of her experiences in Syria have been too traumatic to report on. Self censorship can be a natural coping mechanism for those witnessing extreme violence #CityEFJ
