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Women at the University of Oregon create safe and equal space for prayer

Women at the University of Oregon create safe and equal space for prayer

by Alec Cowan | Jun 25, 2018 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News, Intercultural and Interreligious Conflict, News

The Islamic call to prayer is rarely recited by a woman; in fact, it almost never is. While many Islamic schools of thought discourage women from leading prayer, women at the University of Oregon are disrupting that norm. The women’s prayer space is the new...
Lessons from Afghanistan — Keeping journalists safe and promoting the youth in media

Lessons from Afghanistan — Keeping journalists safe and promoting the youth in media

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...
Women at the University of Oregon create safe and equal space for prayer

World Press Freedom Day plenary recap: What are the New Challenges to Press Freedom 27 Years after the Windhoek Declaration?

by Alec Cowan | Jun 23, 2018 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News, News, Press Freedom

Accra, Ghana — The first plenary session at the World Press Freedom Day tackled the state of journalism 27 years after the Windhoek Declaration was signed. Listen to the panel of distinguished panelists from media giants around the world as they discuss the...
Voices from World Press Freedom Day

Voices from World Press Freedom Day

by Franziska Monahan | Jun 8, 2017 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News

Story aired originally on KLCC 89.7 FM. Voices from World Press Freedom Day In early May three University of Oregon journalism professors and six students, including KLCC’s Franziska Monahan, traveled to the other side of the world. They covered UNESCO’s annual...
María Blanco: Fighting for undocumented students

María Blanco: Fighting for undocumented students

by ccraft@uoregon.edu | Feb 18, 2017 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News, Intercultural and Interreligious Conflict

The core of Donald Trump’s campaign platform was to build a wall on the Mexican-American border to stop immigrants crossing without documentation. On January 26, Trump issued two executive orders: one mandating the construction of the wall and another ordering the...
Informatíon: the Danish newspaper that gave refugee journalists a chance

Informatíon: the Danish newspaper that gave refugee journalists a chance

by emersonm@uoregon.edu | Nov 4, 2016 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News, Press Freedom

In October 2015, Informatíon, a newspaper based in Copenhagen, Denmark, experimented by allowing refugee journalists to guest-edit an entire issue. In this episode of Crossings Radio, research fellow Emerson Malone speaks with Informatíon’s senior foreign...
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