Peace Review
Due Date: 07-15-2017
Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice 29(4) will focus on issues within, and new applications of, Peace Journalism (PJ), to illuminate today’s news mediascapes. Contributors may consider the applicability and utility of PJ in contexts including the following:
- The rise of right-wing populism in such political milieux as elections in the United States, Europe, and India
- “Post-truth” or “alternative facts” methods of political communication and journalistic responses to them
- Prospects for socially useful and responsible journalism on issues that are the focus of such methods, such as the global climate change crisis and the Israel-Palestine conflict
- Wars in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen and issues pertaining to international interventions in them, both covert and announced
- Attempts by authorities in countries directly affected by issues of violent social conflict to prevent or distort information reaching the international community, such as the government of Myanmar’s response to the Rohingya people
- Prospects for providing resources to journalists through media development aid to enable the growth and spread of PJ
Contributors will link their observations with prospects for reform, including by activating civil society groups, prompting and enabling critical self-reflection among professional journalists, and through media development with particular reference to the UN Sustainable Development Goal #16, building peaceful and inclusive societies by—among other expedients—ensuring public access to information.
Essays of 2,500 to 3,500 words, along with a one- to two-line biography, should be sent to Peace Review no later than 5:00 p.m. PST on 15 July 2017. Essays should be jargon- and footnote-free, although we will run recommended readings. For more information, please refer to the submission guidelines for authors.
Direct content-based questions to the guest editor, Jake Lynch, at jake.lynch@sydney.edu.au. Send essays to Robert Elias (Editor in Chief) and Shawn Doubiago (Managing Editor) at peacereview@usfca.edu (subject line: Peace Journalism).