Reporting on a war from afar
Second-hand reporting requires extra vigilance and rigorous fact-checking.
Second-hand reporting requires extra vigilance and rigorous fact-checking.
The family of slain photojournalist Anton Hammerlfamily seeks justice with for his 2011 murder in Libya while covering the Libyan Civil War. To date, Hammerl’s body has not been found.
We need to cover Africa ourselves if we want to control the African narrative and how Africa is imagined. This was the consensus in the reframing coverage: How Media reports the Ukraine War Twitter Space conversation recently hosted by fraycollege of Communications.
The Russia-Ukraine conflict is an unfolding story with global consequences and journalists are tasked with following the crisis, putting themselves in danger to report developments. Here are some useful resources for journalists reporting on the conflict.