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Jake Lynch This article is a
response to criticisms of peace journalism from a journalist (David Loyn)
and a scholar (Thomas Hanitzsch) by one who has recently gone from one
profession to the other. It argues that journalists, like Loyn, often
misrepresent the dividing lines in the debate over peace journalism because
they take an unduly realist view of news and its relationship with the
facts. This is tantamount to ignoring some of the most important insights
of research into journalism and communications. |
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On the author: Jake Lynch is Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney. He is a founder member of the peace journalism commission of the International Peace Research Association and the peace journalism group of the Toda Institute for Peace and Policy Research. He was previously a professional journalist, latterly as a newsreader (anchor) for BBC World television. He also had spells as a Political Correspondent for Sky News and the Sydney Correspondent for the London Independent newspaper. He has published several books, book chapters and scholarly articles, and numerous comment and opinion pieces, on peace journalism. Address:Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Mackie Building K01, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia eMail: jake.lynch@arts.usyd.edu.au, Website: http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/centres/cpacs/ |
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