With war raging at multiple flashpoints around the world, the Armenia Project, an educational non-profit organization focused on accurate information about Armenia and the region, hosted a webinar on modern conflict coverage attended by a global audience including students from the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University and the American University of Armenia.
The panel of experts included Bloomberg News columnist Marc Champion, freelance photojournalist Astrig Agopian, former Associated Press Europe, Africa and Middle East chief Dan Perry, and Scripps Prof. Mark Turner. It was moderated by Tablet Magazine Editor-at-Large Liel Leibovitz.
They examined conflict coverage through the prism of the wars currently raging in the Middle East and Ukraine, and the late September exodus of over 100,000 Armenians from the self-governing enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh after it was attacked by Azerbaijan. Panelists also grappled with the question of how to ensure young people are exposed to genuine news at a time many of them receive their information through social media.
The recording of the webinar is available here: