This century has been the deadliest for journalists while the working environment of conflict reporting has expanded to include civil protests, environmental crisis aftermaths, online harassment, and state surveillance, among other arenas. Rapidly-evolving sociopolitical and technological elements further exacerbate journalists’ increased vulnerability. Our study seeks to understand the evolving nature of conflict reporting through the lenses of technological transformation and expanding conflict environments.
By analyzing data from a global survey of conflict journalists, we identify key shifts in conflict reporting and how journalists reckon with such shifts, including: types of conflict environments; elements of risk; safety training accessibility; how social media, surveillance tech, and AI have informed conflict environments; and what emerging forms of equity and ethical practices are applied within the conflict journalism space. The study will ultimately take the form of an industry-facing white paper, an academic journal article and various presentations to journalists and media scholars globally.
Main research areas
- Conflict journalism
- AI
- Drones
- Ethics
- Trauma-informed safety