MIDDLE EAST MEDIA PROJECT

The state of media coverage and journalism on the larger Middle East and the conflicts it is currently embroiled in is at a significant juncture both professionally and conceptually. More than any other period in contemporary regional history, the presence of international correspondents, proliferation of regional broadcast news, and the advent of citizen and alternative journalism, are all helping augment both the craft and audiences in compelling and significant ways. We want to take stock of these changes and understand them best to address the regions greatest media needs—justice-oriented knowledge production and accurate contextual reporting.

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Workshops
.The Project's inaugural workshop, "Journalism Against the Grain: Covering a Divided Middle East," brought together a core group to help address the preliminary questions and discuss the issues that shape the Media Project. The subsequent "Digital Activism and Civil Society in the Middle East" Workshop" convened civil society activists, active researchers, and media practitioners to reflect, position and discuss the role of digital media activism in promoting civil and political rights in light of renewed challenges to social, economic, and political injustice
Outreach
The Arab Studies Institute’s research arm, FAMA (Forum on Arab and Muslim Affairs) aims to bring together the most enterprising journalists and media practitioners whose reporting from the region exemplifies exceptional nuance with media scholars, academics, and activists to build a critical mass with the intention of examining, exposing, and affecting reporting on and in the region. 
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Audio/Video
The Status Audio Journal curates the publication of panels, events, and interviews which result from the Media Project. Both Journalism Against the Grain and the Digital Activism and Civil Society workshops can be found on Status. 

Highlights