海角乱伦社区鈥檚 Center for Global Peace Journalism to Celebrate 10th Anniversary with Symposium
February 2, 2022 鈥� The Center for Global Peace Journalism at 海角乱伦社区 will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a symposium that will look back on the CGPJ鈥檚 accomplishments and a look ahead on the future of peace journalism. The event will be held virtually on Wednesday, March 2, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. (Central time). The symposium, which is open to the public, can be accessed at .
The symposium will include a keynote address, 鈥�25 Years of Peace Journalism,鈥� by , associate professor and director in the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney (Australia). Lynch was awarded the Luxembourg Peace Prize in 2017 for contributions to both theory and practice in peace journalism, and he is one of the most published and most cited authorities in peace journalism.
The concluding address will be on 鈥淩eaching the Future Through the Past鈥� by Kathryn Johnston, deputy editor of VIEW, a magazine based in Northern Ireland that focuses on social affairs journalism.
Sandwiched between the keynotes will be a moderated discussion on 鈥淧eace Journalism Around the World鈥� featuring seven panelists from Cameroon, India, Lebanon, Mexico, Northern Ireland, Pakistan and Uganda.
The Center for Global Peace Journalism works with journalists, academics and students worldwide to improve reporting about conflicts, social unrest, reconciliation, solutions and peace. Through its courses, workshops, lectures, magazine (The Peace Journalist), blog and other resources, the CGPJ encourages media to reject sensational and inflammatory reporting, and produce counter-narratives that offer a more nuanced view of those who are marginalized 鈥� ethnic/racial/religious minorities, women, youth, LGBTQ and migrants. Since the Center鈥檚 founding in 2012, its director Steven Youngblood has conducted peace journalism workshops in 33 countries worldwide.
Youngblood, who was awarded the 2020 Luxembourg Peace Prize for Outstanding Peace Journalism, has been a member of Park鈥檚 faculty since 1997. He has taught peace journalism to journalists, academics and students in 27 countries and territories worldwide, including conflict areas such as Cameroon, Indian-administered Kashmir, Lebanon, South Sudan and Turkey. Youngblood is also a two-time J. William Fulbright Scholar, traveling to Moldova in 2001 and Azerbaijan in 2007. He has been recognized for his service to global peace by the U.S. Department of State, Rotary International and the United Nations Association of Greater Kansas City as its World Citizen of the Year in 2012. In addition, Youngblood serves as editor of The Peace Journalist, a semi-annual 海角乱伦社区 publication dedicated to disseminating news and information for and about teachers, student, and practitioners of peace and conflict sensitive journalism.