The Research Journalism Initiative
The Research Journalism Initiative is a new media concept driven by the desire to foster better cultural and contextual understanding of geo-political and ethnic conflict. We strive to employ honesty, transparency and integrity as we explore the impact of conflict as a human experience. We wish to empower people to make more responsible and qualified decisions as educated voters, consumers and participants in the global economy, based in a real, experiential understanding of foreign policy issues.
Who we areAcross the world, non-violent activists are risking everything for the sake of others. They do it without pay, without popular support. They put their lives and livelihoods on the line to take a stand for social justice, international human rights law and civil liberty. They work tirelessly to promote the value of human life. They are extremely devoted, motivated and talented. RJI will seek these people out, join them as activists, employ them as journalists, and support them as friends. What we doFeature audio newsreel packages for radio and internet broadcast; Feature video newsreel packages for television, documentary film and internet broadcast; On location, real-time news reporting and analysis of current events, political discourse and their representations within popular media; Explore cultural representations of conflict within art, religion, literature, prose, photography, television, and music in our effort to investigate and contextualize the mechanisms that perpetuate conflict. For more information, please contact |
To learn more about the conflict in Palestine, we highly recommend these sources:
The Fateful Triangle:
The US, Israel and the Palestinians. Noam Chomsky (1999)
The Truth About Camp David:
The Untold Story about the Collapse of the Middle East Peace Process. Clayton Swisher (2004)
In Search of Fatima:
A Palestinian Story. Ghada Karmi
From Beruit to Jerusalem. Dr. Swee Chai Ang
The Prize:
The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power. Daniel Yergin (1992)
Peace Under Fire:
Israel/Palestine and the International Solidarity Movement. (2004)
Film
The Killing Zone (2003)
Death in Gaza (2004)
Jeremy Hardy vs. The Israeli Army (2003)
ripples cross (2004)
Online
InternationalSolidarityMovement.org
Journals
I was a Human Shield. Billie Moskona Lerman (2003)