Media, War & Conflict is an international, peer-reviewed journal that maps the shifting arena of war, conflict and terrorism in an intensively mediated age.https://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnf7teyogs2nOur final panel today brings together journalists working in South Africa to talk about the various forms of violence they report on, and the challenges they face. Nic Bothma, Vincent Cruywagen, Thomas Holder and Karen Allen03 Jun 2026 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnf7teyogs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnf3nynt5c2nThe final paper in this panel is Oleksandr Chubko talking about his ethnographic research with Ukrainian and international photojournalists noting how quickly the war is changing, and its unique intensity in terms of the sheer amount of soldiers and weaponry03 Jun 2026 12:17 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnf3nynt5c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnf2ove4pk2nDzvinka Hanna Pinchuk presents on Ukraine as a 'laboratory for contemporary conflict reporting' due to its accessibility for foreign reporters. Through a survey with local producers, her research shows how central they are in story and editorial development, not just logistics03 Jun 2026 11:59 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnf2ove4pk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnezwaqvek2nHala Gupta, Maha Bashri and Carolyn Wallcot present their paper on three challenges Sudanese female journalists face in reporting the conflict. There is a tension between personal experiences and professional objectivity. How to make Sudan relatable for audiences who don't know Sudan?03 Jun 2026 11:45 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnezwaqvek2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnez4i7akc2nIn our afternoon panel our first paper from Lesego Phale looks at the persecution of female journalists in South Africa - how do they continue working despite ongoing threats? Are the public aware of this harassment? Lesego uses a podcast to explore these questions03 Jun 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnez4i7akc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnet3llskc2r(Typos courtesy of @richardstupart.com)03 Jun 2026 09:43 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnet3llskc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnet245mjc2rThe current system, he argues, is mastering the form of the news, while cannibalising/ubdermining its public service purpose.03 Jun 2026 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnet245mjc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnespzcooc2rOmar al-Ghazzi talks next about the politics of war reporting in the Arab Media System.03 Jun 2026 09:37 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnespzcooc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnesm34b6k2rHow, she asks, do we think about (and visualise) war and peace? How does this affect our imagination? What else might be possible?03 Jun 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnesm34b6k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnes5j5wd22rIsabel Prinzing is presenting next, with a discussion of "Witnessing the in-between"03 Jun 2026 09:26 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnes5j5wd22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnerg5k3t22rThe archive on TikTok, she argues, is a byproduct of women's work of mediating their daily lives.03 Jun 2026 09:13 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnerg5k3t22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnercbdr4c2rMaha Bashri starts off with an exploration of witnessing and archive building on TikTok.03 Jun 2026 09:11 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnercbdr4c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mner7mmhfc2rOur next panel is on practices of witnessing, memory and archive building.03 Jun 2026 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mner7mmhfc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mneocc3akc2rGAI, he argues, is both used to make true suffering sanitary enough to pass through platform censorship, yet at the same time distrusted for its perceived synthetic falseness.03 Jun 2026 08:17 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mneocc3akc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnenucyrvs2rExamples include the use of AI to get around semantic filters, take advantage of lag in censorship response times and rework material to get around filters.03 Jun 2026 08:10 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnenucyrvs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnenkhrqqs2rHe asks how GAI is both a tool for activism and creates its own problems for trust and authenticity.03 Jun 2026 08:04 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnenkhrqqs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mneniei5pk2rTom Divon presenting "Synthetic realism, Palestinian activism, and the politics of 'Pallywood'"03 Jun 2026 08:03 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mneniei5pk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnenddkvds2rFor Al Jazeera, the politics and rules of platform censorship become an object of focus in the coverage itself.03 Jun 2026 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnenddkvds2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnemyckpsk2rFindings include shared framing through different approaches and journalism as an object of reporting itself.03 Jun 2026 07:54 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnemyckpsk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnemrja3xc2rHow does platform editorialisation and structure affect the forms that journalistic evidence takes in the same organisation?03 Jun 2026 07:50 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnemrja3xc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnemfoxwx22rNext up are Reema Altamimi and Lise Dabrowski exploring the reporting of Gaza on Instagram.03 Jun 2026 07:44 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnemfoxwx22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnem7vlh422rCan Ertuna presenting next with "Embedded journalism in a sealed war zone: a comparative analysis of Gaza coverage"03 Jun 2026 07:40 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnem7vlh422rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnem5iobc22rNoha Mellor is presenting first, with "Sumud as a Palestinian journalistic practice" and the connections between grief, trauma and resistance as core parts of journalism in Gaza. A paper on the topic will be coming out soon in Journalism.03 Jun 2026 07:39 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnem5iobc22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnelz43r5c2rThe preconference theme is largely focused on how contemporary conflict reporting is changing. Our first panel has scholars looking at the effect of Gaza on news reporting practices.03 Jun 2026 07:36 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnelz43r5c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnelvcgi6k2rKicking off our 2026 ICA preconference this morning. We'll be posting live skeets throughout the day!03 Jun 2026 07:34 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnelvcgi6k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mwcjournal.bsky.social/post/3mmbbnjnmas2sFor those headed to the 2026 ICA conference in Cape Town in June, there are still a handful of spaces for our preconference on the challenges to contemporary conflict reporting. We'd love very much to see you there! https://www.icahdq.org/mpage/ICA26-prepostconferences20 May 2026 06:28 +0000at://did:plc:q4hxjgbebz237bimp64enlud/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbbnjnmas2s