Africa peace journalism: a manual for media practitioners in East Africa
Rongo (KE):
Peace and Security (CMDPS) Democracy Center for Media Rongo University
(2017), xiv, 71 pp.
ISBN 978-9966-825-30-8
Other Editions: also published as "Peace Journalism in East Africa: A Manual for Media Practitioners". Routledge, 2020
"This publication is the outcome of the “East Africa Regional Peace Journalism Training Workshop” for journalists covering conflict and peacebuilding in East Africa. Organized by Rongo University’s Center for Media, Democracy, Peace, and Security (CMDPS) in partnership with the African Peacebuilding Network (APN) of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), the two-day event brought together journalists from five East African countries—Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda—to develop their capacity for reporting on conflict-related issues in an objective manner based on the tenets of the theory and practice of peace journalism." (Introduction)
Contents
1 The Peace Journalism Approach / Steve Youngblood, 1
2 Peace Journalism in the LRA Conflict / Gloria Laker, 12
3 Effective Strategies for Reporting on Terrorism in Kenya’s Fight against Al-Shabaab / Duncan Omanga, 17
4 Hybrid Peace Journalism: Institutional Philosophical Approaches to Peace and Security in Africa / Fredrick Ogenga, 22
5 Re-Situating Local Mass Media: A Tool for Peacebuilding among the Abakuria in Kenya / John Oluoch, 41
6 Media and Peace in Kenya: Do Journalists Need Different Skills? / Victor Bwire, 55
7 Toward a Peace and Human Rights Approach to Journalism: In Search of Social Justice in Post-Conflict Situations in Africa / Jacinta Mwende Maweu, 65
2 Peace Journalism in the LRA Conflict / Gloria Laker, 12
3 Effective Strategies for Reporting on Terrorism in Kenya’s Fight against Al-Shabaab / Duncan Omanga, 17
4 Hybrid Peace Journalism: Institutional Philosophical Approaches to Peace and Security in Africa / Fredrick Ogenga, 22
5 Re-Situating Local Mass Media: A Tool for Peacebuilding among the Abakuria in Kenya / John Oluoch, 41
6 Media and Peace in Kenya: Do Journalists Need Different Skills? / Victor Bwire, 55
7 Toward a Peace and Human Rights Approach to Journalism: In Search of Social Justice in Post-Conflict Situations in Africa / Jacinta Mwende Maweu, 65
