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#jpod – Gender and conflict journalism: How far have we come?

March 16th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted by Rachel McAthy in Podcast

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This week’s podcast was prompted by an event held by the International News Safety Institute, to mark the launch of their new publication ‘No Woman’s Land’, which addresses the issues facing women journalists reporting from the frontline across the world.

After the event Journalism.co.uk spoke to a number of women journalists – those who have experienced life as a local journalist in a conflict zone as well as the women in senior roles on international news desks in the UK – to find out their past experiences and assess where we are today and what still needs to be done.

Interviewees include:

Shahira Amin, Egyptian freelance journalist and former journalist for Nile TV
Liliane Landor, controller of language services for Global News at the BBC
Florentine Kwizera, producer on the Great Lakes service on the BBC World Service
Sarah Whitehead, head of international news at Sky News

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Read Frances Harrison’s feature on life as a mother and foreign correspondent here.

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Tags: conflict, florentine kwizera, Gender, International News Safety Institute, Journalism, Liliane Landor, Podcast, sarah whitehead, Shahira Amin, women

MediaGuardian: Stephen Grey on the MoD’s restriction of war reporting

June 15th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Press freedom and ethics

An interesting read from investigative journalist Stephen Grey on the UK’s Ministry of Defence affecting media coverage of soldier’s deaths in Afghanistan by restricting access to conflict zones in Afghanistan.

“As in so many wars, truth seems to be the first casualty of this conflict. There has been a devastating breakdown of relations between many defence correspondents and officialdom, journalists say,” writes Grey.

“Almost all journalists travelling with British forces are ordered to email their copy to the military’s press officers in Helmand before publication. Many fear that negative coverage could mean trips back to the frontline are cancelled or delayed,” he cites as one issue.

Full story at this link…

Tags: Afghanistan, conflict, investigative journalist, media coverage, Ministry of Defence, Stephen Grey, UK's Ministry of Defence, war reporting