African news media have continued many of the damaging norms of how western media report on the continent. It’s time for a rethink.
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Radio stations with audiences at the grassroots have a key role to play in times of election violence.
The freedom of the press is important, and of course it must be protected. But the freedom of everybody else and of ordinary citizens is also important.
Peace journalism is more than mediating or preventing conflict. It’s also about the dignity and agency of the affected populations.
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Associate Professor, Media and Security, Rongo University and Founding Director, Center for Media, Democracy, Peace & Security, Rongo University, Rongo University
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Professor, University of South Africa
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Senior lecturer in Philosophy and Media Studies, University of Nairobi
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Assistant Professor of Journalism and Media Studies, University of Groningen
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Assistant Professor of Sociology & African Studies, Yale University