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=====Ukraine war: Is impartiality always key to quality journalism?===== | =====Ukraine war: Is impartiality always key to quality journalism?===== | ||
[https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/3/9/is-absolute-impartiality-always-a-necessity-in-journalism by Zahera Harb 9/3/22 | [https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/3/9/is-absolute-impartiality-always-a-necessity-in-journalism by Zahera Harb 9/3/22 ALJAZEERA] | ||
Since the very first Russian troops made their way into Ukraine in the early hours of February 24, the Anglo-American coverage of Europe’s latest war has been full of emotion and patriotic sentiment. Western correspondents on the ground in Ukraine and in newsrooms across Europe and America not only demonstrated high levels of empathy for Ukrainian civilians suffering from Russia’s unprovoked aggression, but also significant sympathy for those taking up arms to protect their country against the invader. | Since the very first Russian troops made their way into Ukraine in the early hours of February 24, the Anglo-American coverage of Europe’s latest war has been full of emotion and patriotic sentiment. Western correspondents on the ground in Ukraine and in newsrooms across Europe and America not only demonstrated high levels of empathy for Ukrainian civilians suffering from Russia’s unprovoked aggression, but also significant sympathy for those taking up arms to protect their country against the invader. | ||
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[https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/24/483412772/michael-herr-whose-vietnam-war-reporting-became-iconic-dies-at-76 by Rose Friedman 24/6/16 npr] | [https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/24/483412772/michael-herr-whose-vietnam-war-reporting-became-iconic-dies-at-76 by Rose Friedman 24/6/16 npr] | ||
When Herr left to cover the Vietnam War for Esquire, he didn't bring a great amount of journalistic experience. At 27, he'd been an amateur film critic, written some travel pieces and had worked on Syracuse University's literary magazine. But by the time his book Dispatches came out 10 years later, none of that mattered. | When Herr left to cover the Vietnam War for Esquire, he didn't bring a great amount of journalistic experience. At 27, he'd been an amateur film critic, written some travel pieces and had worked on Syracuse University's literary magazine. But by the time his book Dispatches came out 10 years later, none of that mattered. | ||
=====How the siege of Sarajevo changed war reporting===== | |||
[https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/4/19/how-the-siege-of-sarajevo-changed-journalism by Kenneth Morrison 19/4/21 ALJAZEERA] | |||
The siege lasted 1,425 days, making it the longest siege in modern history, and killed more than 11,000 people. Many of the city’s most important cultural institutions, historical monuments, sporting venues and the wider social and economic infrastructure were destroyed or seriously damaged. Ordinary citizens, already suffering the privations caused by the cutting-off of gas, electricity and water supplies, were not only caught in the crossfire but deliberately targeted by shell and sniper fire. | |||
