Humanitarian News

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-event…

Shameful stuff. One of the worst refugee photos ever published:

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/suppo…

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

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/app…

“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 dandc.eu/en/article/jou…

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/jq…

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:

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

.@richardbrandt96 speaks with human rights organisation, @YIHR_eng, about their programmes to heal the wounds of war in #Bosnia and #Herzegovina👇 en.ejo.ch/student-perspe… @TU_Dortmund @IJ_Online @cityjournalism @WJS_center @cijournalism @HRJN10 @HNResearchNet @guardianworld

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-we-need-hu…

EVENT at the @frontlineclub on Jan 30th: what crisis get reported, and why? And how can reporting be improved? Sharing a new report from @careintuk and a new book on 'Humanitarian Journalism' by @martinscott2010 @newsprof1 @meljbunce eventbrite.co.uk/e/humanitarian…

See thread for more details, info about the London book launch to follow - twitter.com/martinscott201…

The book explores the work of a small, specialist group of humanitarian journalists do things differently from conventional reporters. They occupy a space between the worlds of journalism and the field of humanitarian action. And this shapes the news they make.

Important new book alert! "Humanitarian Journalists" from @martinscott2010 @newsprof1 & @meljbunce is out. It looks at the journalists who report on international crises, and the factors influencing their work. It is open access and free to download here: taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/…

Wonderful to be in Rome for the Humanitarian Congress @Intersos - I’m speaking later today about what makes the news and the influence of journalism on humanitarian action.

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…

New book on humanitarian journalism coming out later this year! And even better - it’ll be open access!

“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/lindse…