Peace Journalism
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Peace Journalism is a form of journalism that frames stories in a way that encourages conflict analysis and a non-violent response.
Peace journalism aims to shed light on structural and cultural causes of violence, as they bear upon the lives of people in a conflict arena, as part of the explanation for violence. It aims to frame conflicts as consisting of many parties, pursuing many goals, rather than a simple dichotomy. An explicit aim of peace journalism is to promote peace initiatives from whatever quarter, and to allow the reader to distinguish between stated positions and real goals.
Peace journalism is a response to traditional war journalism and reportage; practitioners believe that the traditional approach emphasises the current conflict while ignoring the causes or outcomes.
A similar approach is found in Preventive journalism, which extends the principles to social, economic, environmental or institutional problems.
