| dc.description.abstract | The e-book is the second in a series of special publications offering guidance to media practitioners—editors and journalists—working in conflict- affected and post-conflict East African countries. It offers refreshing perspectives on peace journalism by exploring the core values of truthfulness, social justice, equity, African cultures of peace, and balanced news reporting. Contributors to the volume demonstrate how media practices that are supportive of peace can prevent the escalation of conflict and promote its non-violent resolution. The chapters cumulatively represent a rich repertoire of experiences and cases that skillfully tell the story of the connections between media and peace building in East Africa.
Edited by Professor Fredrick Ogenga of Rongo University, Kenya, a committed media scholar and peace builder and an Alumnus of the Social Science Research Council’s African Peace building Network (APN) program, the book captures the APN’s goal of supporting the production of evidence-based high quality knowledge and the integration of such knowledge into media practice and policies in Africa. It also provides useful information and data for scholars, students, journalists, and members of the public with a keen interest in exploring the ways transformative journalism can help expand the opportunities for sustainable peace in East Africa.
Cyril Obi
Program Director
African Peacebuilding Network (APN)
Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
New York | en_US |
