Live from Africa: A Handbook for African Radio Journalists Written by Ivor Gaber with Brian Barber and Fiona Ledger, with editing and contributions from Michael Farquhar and John MacLeod Photography by Paul Kavuma and IWPR Contributors IWPR Africa The handbook reviews reporting on general, political and human rights issues. It has sections on location recording and computerbased audio editing. It provides guidance on safety and security and sensitive reporting in conflict areas, as well as libel issues. Developed out of the radio journalism workshops that were run as part of IWPR’s Uganda Radio Network project, it also reviews the particular requirements for reporting for IWPR. Each chapter provides exercises, discussion sections and further references. The handbook can either be used in coordination with an international trainer or can be worked through on its own. View in pdf: Part I (58 pages), Part II (75 pages)

Reporting Justice: A Handbook on Covering War Crimes Courts Written by Stacy Sullivan and Janet Anderson, with editing and contributions from Anthony Borden, Vera Frankl and John MacLeod Photography by Marcus Bleasdale and IWPR Contributors IWPR Africa This handbook is intended for journalists undertaking one of the most challenging, important and potentially rewarding of tasks: reporting on the trials of war crimes suspects or investigating war crimes on the ground. War crimes reporting, like any journalistic specialisation, makes its own demands and has its own rules. The historical background, procedures and law must be understood. There are many reasons you may want to report on justice: you may have witnessed crimes being committed; you may feel your country or community has suffered war crimes; you may believe that your country or community has been engaged in war crimes and can only build a decent future by revealing and addressing past wrongs. Whatever drives you to report on justice, you need to have the tools to do it. That is what this handbook sets out to provide. Reporting Justice: A Handbook for Journalists introduces you to the various kinds of courts in which war crimes are tried; gives an outline of the history of the courts; explains the body of international law under which the courts operate; details how war crimes trials work; and explores the actual process of reporting both in the courts and on the ground. View in PDF: Part I (48 pages): English, French; Part II (18 pages): English, French.

Handbook for the Radio Journalism Course in Political Reporting By Ivor Gaber with Paul Kavuma and Stephen Eriaku Supported by IWPR Africa This Course Handbook has been produced to accompany the Uganda Radio Network Advanced Radio Journalism Course, which is being run throughout Uganda for freelance radio journalists in 2005 and 2006. The Handbook, which follows the day-by-day course programme, contains transcripts of PowerPoint presentations plus additional supporting material. It is important to note that the material presented in text boxes represents the PowerPoint presentations and can only be properly understood in the context of the course itself. View chapters in pdf: Section One: Radio Journalism Section Two: Politics, Elections And The Media Section Three: Radio Production

War and Peace in the Caucasus 100 selected articles from IWPR’s Caucasus Reporting Service This collection summarizes in 100 articles the basic events that have taken place in the Caucasus from 1999-2005 - a period during which not only saw the beginning of a new millennium, but of new developments in the region. Every week during these six years, the Caucasus Reporting Service (CRS) of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting provided readers around the world a view on these events. This unique resource published investigations by local journalists conducted according to international standards, joint cross-border reports, and analysis of developments taking place in the furthest reaches of the region. Our job perhaps looks very simple: merely to lay out the reasons and details of the events in an objective manner. But in fact it proved to be difficult work to be an unbiased journalist in a region where, in the last 10-15 years, four major wars took place - Chechnya, Karabakh, South Ossetia and Abkhazia. In addition, Ossetians and Ingush clashed in the Prigorodny region of North Ossetia, and an "anti-terrorist" operation between Russian federal forces and Chechen rebels continues in Chechnya to this day. English | Russian

Europe and the Recognition of New States in Yugoslavia By Richard Caplan Cambridge University Press, 2005 Europe's recognition of new states in Yugoslavia remains one of the most controversial episodes of the collapse of Yugoslavia. Richard Caplan offers a vivid narrative of events, exploring the highly assertive role that Germany played in the episode, the reputedly catastrophic consequences of recognition (for Bosnia and Herzegovina in particular) and the radical departure from customary state practice represented by the EU's use of political criteria as the basis of recognition. The book examines the strategic logic and consequences of the EU's actions but also explores the wider implications, offering insights into European security policy at the end of the Cold War, the relationship of international law to international relations and the management of ethnic conflict. The significance of this book extends well beyond Yugoslavia as policymakers continue to wrestle with the challenges posed by violent conflict associated with state fragmentation. Order a printed copy

Reporting for Change: A Handbook for Local Journalists in Crisis Areas By C Bickler, A Borden, Y Chazan, A Davis, S Jukes, J MacLeod, A Stroehlein, S Sullivan, J Vultee, J West 2004 © Institute for War & Peace Reporting Reporters at the frontlines are at risk as never before. But with many countries moving towards democracy, the role of local journalists has never been more important. This book is a practical, hands-on manual to help local journalists contribute to positive change in societies undergoing major crises. View chapters in pdf: 00 Introduction 01 Why Be a Journalist? 02 International Standards 03 Story Structure 04 Sourcing 05 Interview Techniques 06 Use of Detail 07 Quotations 08 News Judgement & Story Types 09 House Styles 10 Introduction to Libel 11 Peace Reporting 12 Human Rights & Journalism 13 Economic Journalism 14 Journalism Safety 15 Reporting for IWPR

International Governance of War-Torn Territories: Rule and Reconstruction By Richard Caplan Oxford University Press, January 2005 This major new work from a leading scholar provides a comprehensive treatment of recent attempts at the international administration of of war-torn territories. Since the mid-1990s the United Nations and other multilateral organizations have been entrusted with exceptional authority for the administration of war-torn and strife-ridden territories. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Eastern Slavonia, Kosovo, and East Timor these organizations have assumed responsibility for governance to a degree unprecedented in recent history. These initiatives represent some of the boldest experiments in the management and settlement of intra-state conflict ever attempted by third parties. Order a printed copy

Speech on Freedom of Speech Three speeches in defence of freedom of speech in Uzbekistan. By Karim Bakhriyev Moscow, R. Elinin Publishing House, 2004 The book is remarkable. What makes this book remarkable is, in the first instance, its author's personality. A famous journalist and person of extraordinary fate, he was among the ideologists of Uzbekistan's sovereignty, a Parliament member and the first chief editor of the first (and so far the only) independent newspaper Khurriyat. Then he, like many, performed a political tumble, and became an ardent critic of the present government criticizing it for its attitude towards mass media, and inconsistency in carrying out democratic and other reforms. It should be pointed out though that he was not driven by his particular wrongs or ambitions, but rather his civil-mindedness, refusal to put up with disillusionment, his heart sore for his nation deprived of nor- mal civilized life, for pedestrian intelligentsia, for his country still in chains of the old totalitarian and dogmatic burdens. Alo Khojayev, Publicist, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

The Siberian Curse How Communist Planners Left Russia Out in the Cold By Fiona Hill and Clifford Gaddy The Brookings Institution Press, 2003 Can Russia ever become a normal, free-market, democratic society? Why have so many reforms failed since the Soviet Union’s collapse? In this highly-original work, Fiona Hill and Clifford Gaddy argue that Russia’s geography, history, and monumental mistakes perpetrated by Soviet planners have locked it into a dead-end path to economic ruin. Shattering a number of myths that have long persisted in the West and in Russia, The Siberian Curse explains why Russia’s greatest assets—its gigantic size and Siberia’s natural resources—are now the source of one of its greatest weaknesses. Order a printed copy

Black Garden Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War By Thomas de Waal 2003 In the beautiful hills of the Caucasus, Armenia and Azerbaijan are still locked in a quarrel that has blighted the entire region between Russia and Iran, the Black and the Caspian Seas. In Black Garden, IWPR Caucasus Editor Thomas de Waal tells the full story of the tragic dispute over Nagorny Karabakh and its aftermath for the first time. He travels the length and breadth of Armenia and Azerbaijan, talking to veterans, refugees and the inhabitants of ruined towns and villages. He recreates the story of the descent into conflict of two former Soviet neighbours, its disastrous consequences and the confused efforts of the "Great Powers"-Russia, France and the United States-to bring peace to the Caucasus. Order a printed copy

The Atlas of War and Peace By Dan Smith Fourth edition, 2003 At rare moments it seems a new era is starting before our eyes and history is about to change very fast. September 11, 2001 was such a moment. The latest edition of this classic reference takes us beyond the headlines. It provides a global overview of the causes and consequences of war today and the dynamics of peacemaking. Order a printed copy

Ohrid and Beyond

A cross-ethnic investigation into the Macedonian crisis. 2002 © Institute for War & Peace Reporting

In the end, the tinderbox did not blow. Throughout the tortured decade of the wars of Yugoslav secession, the logic of ethnically driven conflict - once launched and fuelled by the major capitals - tore its way through country by country, and village by village. The long fuse was always projected to lead inexorably to Macedonia, and a potential regional conflict that could surpass all others in violence. Taken from introduction by Anthony Borden.

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Reporting the Future

A handbook for Afghan journalists 2002 © Institute for War & Peace Reporting

IWPR's new book is designed to help Afghan journalists in three ways. First, it serves as an explanation in their own language to many of the ideas and concepts behind international journalism. Second, it provides practical guidance, including twelve separate exercises, on many of the basic techniques of journalism. Third, the glossary at the back is intended to serve as a reference to explain and introduce many concepts which may be new to Afghan journalists. A wider range of reporting on economic and humanitarian issues is essential to strong public debate - and good government and international community strategies - if Afghanistan's bid for peace and development is to succeed.

The Handbook is published in print in English, Dari and Pashto.

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Public Record of Afghanistan's Loya Jirga

Full Transcript, 2002, 337 pages © Institute for War & Peace Reporting

With support from the International Organisation of Migration, IOM, IWPR reported on every stage of the Loya Jirga. From this recording, a transcript has been created in local languages (Dari & Pashto). This transcript is in the process of being edited and translated in a book and CD-ROM. In the meantime, IWPR in conjunction with IOM is happy to make available in PDF format a full and un-edited transcript of all 70 hours of the Loya Jirga proceedings.

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Special Report on Middle East

IWPR presents special comment and analysis from those involved in the Middle East conflict. Israelis and Palestinians share their fears and frustrations over the shattered peace process - as well as their underlying faith that common ground could still be found.

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Regional Media in Conflict

Case studies in local war reporting

In an attempt to encourage greater professional awareness among local journalists who may find themselves reporting conflict in the course of their work, IWPR produced comparative study of recent media coverage in four conflict areas - Georgia, Cambodia, Bosnia and South Africa. Using journalists/researchers from each country, we sought to examine local perception of media behaviour.

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Polls Apart

Media Coverage of Parliamentary Elections, Belarus, October 2000

Local media coverage of the October 2000 parliamentary elections in Belarus was overwhelmingly driven by political and not professional concerns. With the mass media in the country divided into pro- and anti-government camps, the voters were the ultimate losers. Neither side presented members of the public with sufficient objective information for them to make an informed choice.

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Out of Time: Draskovic, Djindjic and Serbian Opposition Against Milosevic

A publication by Beta News Agency and the Institute for War & Peace Reporting. Edited by Dejan Anastasijevic and Anthony Borden, and published in the run-up to the September 2000 federal election in Yugoslavia, Out of Time provides a unique, in-depth view of the then leading opposition figures, and analyses their struggle to bring about political change in Serbia.

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The Lesson of Orahovac: International Administration in Kosovo Complicit in Violence Against Serbs

A special report by Natasha Kandic, director of the Belgrade-based Humanitarian Law Centre. This latest investigation by the Humanitarian Law Centre details atrocities against Albanians during the NATO bombing. It also documents the subsequent violent backlash against the Serbs conducted, the report claims, with the complicity of the international administration in Kosovo.

 

Reporting Macedonia: The New Accommodation

A unique collaboration among leading Macedonian and Albanian journalists. A collection of incisive reports on political and social issues in the fragile Republic of Macedonia. Reports are co-authored by a reporter from each community - providing a rare shared view of an oft-divided society. Articles analyse the autumn 1998 elections, regional politics, the media, women's issues and economic transition. There is also an overview of international policy towards the country.

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