An Operational Framework for Media and Peacebuilding - Montreal ...
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Key Considerations • 1710. <strong>Media</strong> Action International’s(www.mediaction.org) Journalists inConflict Program sensitizes <strong>and</strong> trainsjournalists working in conflict areas tohumanitarian values <strong>and</strong> peacebuilding<strong>and</strong> conflict resolution perspectives.11. Conflict <strong>and</strong> Peace Journalism Forum(www.conflict<strong>and</strong>peace.org) focuses on therole of the news media, both in conflict<strong>and</strong> in the active construction of peace,with an emphasis on sensitizing journaliststo a more accurate way of framing stories.12. The Centre <strong>for</strong> Conflict Resolution(www.cecore.org) in Ug<strong>and</strong>a holdsworkshops <strong>for</strong> media outlets <strong>and</strong> membersto examine their roles in peacebuilding <strong>and</strong>to develop conflict resolution skills,including sensitizing reporters to Africantraditional mechanisms of dealing withpeace <strong>and</strong> reconciliation. A media <strong>and</strong>peacebuilding skills training manual isunder development.13. Studio Ijambo (www.sfcg.org) wascreated by Search <strong>for</strong> Common Ground tospecifically counter a recurrence in Burundiof genocidal hate radio’s impact in Rw<strong>and</strong>a.The production studio uses teams of Hutu<strong>and</strong> Tutsi journalists to produce multiplelanguage programs fostering conciliationthrough public affairs <strong>and</strong> entertainmentprogramming <strong>for</strong> local stations’ use.14. South Asian Editors’ Forum(www.peaceinitiatives.org) has since 1998strengthened communication <strong>and</strong> raisedconfidence among <strong>for</strong>merly hostile seniormedia managers of the highly influentialindigenous local-language press in India,Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, <strong>and</strong> SriLanka, though meetings, journalistexchanges, <strong>and</strong> joint publications toreshape public opinion towards compatiblerelations.15. The Alliance <strong>for</strong> Peace Communications(cfmr@surfshop.net.ph) was created by adiversity of Philippine interests in 1998-1999, including <strong>for</strong>mer insurgents, allconcerned with media preoccupation withpeace breakdowns despite an emergingclimate of peace. Regional seminars <strong>and</strong>exchanges involving journalists identifiedtheir in<strong>for</strong>mation gaps, the excessiveconflict coverage, <strong>and</strong> the need <strong>for</strong> context<strong>and</strong> reconciliation coverage.16. The Peace Journalism Training projectin Indonesia (nick.mawdsley@britcoun.or.id)helped local journalists address mediaresponsibility in the 1999-2001 postmedia-suppression <strong>and</strong> democratic transitionperiod, using techniques pioneered byConflict <strong>and</strong> Peace Journalism Forumssuch as dealing frankly with the sources oftension, correcting misconcep-tions <strong>and</strong>sensitizing reporters to conflict resolutionpractices.17. Radio Blue Sky was established <strong>for</strong> theUnited Nations in Kosovo by FondationHirondelle (www.hirondelle.org) in 1999as an emergency source of in<strong>for</strong>mationprograms to specifically open dialogue <strong>and</strong>democratic debate in Albanian, Serb, <strong>and</strong>Turkish communities. In July 2000, itachieved localized sustainability as thesecond network of public servicebroadcaster RTK.18. Reporting <strong>for</strong> Peace is operated byInternews (www.internews.org) in conflictstressedregions of Indonesia to train localradio-print journalists to recognize theirability to encourage the peace process byincluding a focus on tolerance, defused conflict<strong>and</strong> reconciliation in balanced reporting.19. Nashe Maalo, by Search <strong>for</strong> CommonGround, (www.cpgonline.org) is a groundbreakingchildren’s television series aimed
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