by | May 12, 2019 | Conflict Sensitive Reporting, Crossings Radio and Crossings News, Intercultural and Interreligious Conflict, Postcards from Abroad, Press Freedom
The University of Oregon, in collaboration with UNESCO, sent Master’s students to Paris to work on globe spanning projects. Ida Hardin was one of those students and, on her return to Eugene, she discussed her work and time in France.
by | Feb 13, 2019 | Conflict Sensitive Reporting, Crossings Radio and Crossings News, Events, Intercultural and Interreligious Conflict, News, Press Freedom, Programs
University of Oregon doctoral candidate Irene Awino speaks on her experience and research on Kenya’s Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission after the violence surrounding the 2007 election.
by | Jan 25, 2019 | Conflict Sensitive Reporting, Crossings Radio and Crossings News, Events, Food for Thought, Intercultural and Interreligious Conflict, Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue, News, Press Freedom, Programs, Stories
The last UNESCO World Press Freedom Day was held in Accra, Ghana. UNESCO research fellow Alec Cowan attended, reported and experienced the wide swath of stories with journalist from around the globe. Alec sits down with Peter Laufer and Chris Chavez to discuss his...
by | Jan 25, 2019 | Conflict Sensitive Reporting, Crossings Radio and Crossings News, Food for Thought, News, Press Freedom, Programs
Journalist and author Markos Kounalakis’ newest book, “Spin Wars and Spy Games: Global Media and Intelligence Gathering,” dives into the modern world of Russian and Chinese influenced data gathering and news production, in the face of massive layoffs...
by Alec Cowan | Jul 2, 2018 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News, Intercultural and Interreligious Conflict, News, Press Freedom
The largest religious populations in Ghana are represented by the Christian and Muslim faiths. But the fastest growing population in the country is the Hindu population, which is changing from both an increase in immigrants and a wave of newly converted Ghanians....
by Alec Cowan | Jun 24, 2018 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News, Events, Press Freedom
Accra, Ghana — The safety of journalists around the world was a prevalent theme at the 2018 World Press Freedom Day in Accra, Ghana. Posted around the conference hotel were posters featuring the faces of journalists killed in action, drawn in pencil, paint and...