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Episode 16

Landscapes of Journalistic Practice in the Middle East

This week we are joined by Aida Al-Kaisy to speak about Landscapes of Journalistic Practice in the Middle East.

Aida is a Media Reform Advisor and has worked extensively on media development projects across the MENA region including in Iraq, Palestine and Jordan. She is currently working on a number of projects, focusing on issues related to youth engagement in media, media in conflict, social cohesion and the media and the development of independent media platforms in MENA amongst other things. She is completing a PhD at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, where she also teaches on a part-time basis, on media in conflict, using Iraq as a case study. Aida is also the programme consultant for the Ethical Journalism Network and a keen promoter of ethical values in journalistic practice and media governance.

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Resources:

Read Aida’s report for the LSE Middle East Centre, A Fragmented Landscape: Barriers to Independent Media in Iraq.

Aida was invited to the LSE for the launch of her report A Fragmented Landscape: Barriers to Independent Media in Iraq, listen to the discussion on the LSE Middle East Centre podcast.

Read Aida’s report for Internews, A Gender Analysis of the Media Landscape in Iraq.

Discover videos from the LSE Middle East Centre on their YouTube channel.

Read Aida Al-Kaisy’s paper Normalization of War and Conflict in Iraq’s Iraqiya Television published in the Middle East Journal of Culture & Communication.

Read Aida Al-Kaisy’s review of the book Arab National Media and Political Change: Recording the Transition by Fatima El-Issawi for the LSE.

Watch the video Aida Al-Kaisy Non Key Expert of MedMedia presenting the impact of the project on the reform of public service broadcasters in the region on the MedMedia Network YouTube channel.

Read the report by by Dima Dabbous for MedMedia, Assessment of Public Service Broadcasting in the Southern Mediterranean Region.

Read the report by Aida Al-Kaisy for MedMedia, What Do Young People in the Arab World Want From Their National Broadcasters?

Read Mapping of Media Information Literacy in Jordan, the report on UNESCO’s work to promote Media Information Literacy in Jordan.

Learn more about Internews work to promote gender representation in the Iraqi media, in the report, A Gender Analysis of the Media Landscape in Iraq.

Discover the following independent media organisations in the MENA:

7iber (Jordan)

Inkyfada (Tunisia)

Le Desk (Morocco)

Mada Masr (Egypt)