Description
Every two seconds a person is displaced, caught in one of the more than 40 active conflicts around the world that show no sign of ending. Since 1994, there has been ongoing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has uprooted millions of people and resulted in the deaths of millions more. In the West, we have entered a political era where our border policies are underpinned by unending wars. At this critical juncture, how can journalists, especially those engaged in foreign correspondence, tell these stories? How can they make connections across time and space, and across politics, economics, environments, and crucially, people? Given its colonial history, are these connections possible for the profession of foreign correspondence? In Borderland, Chrisanthi Giotis argues that decolonization is possible and necessary for the development of a truly global, public sphere. New global narratives need to meaningfully include the voices, and knowledge, of those with the least power who are caught in resource-fuelled wars. Drawing on insights from postcolonial studies, international relations, development studies, and philosophy, which are brought to life through auto-ethnographic descriptions and analysis of "behind-the-scenes" events, Giotis introduces new reporting techniques for foreign correspondents. Borderland argues that decolonized reporting techniques will help journalists--and their audiences--move beyond the sociohistorical and political myopia that prevents us from communicating and understanding the reality of a complex world.
About the Author
Chrisanthi Giotis is a lecturer in journalism at the University of South Australia and a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Media Transition at the University of Technology Sydney. Her decolonial research focuses on connecting marginalized communities with working journalists and has been used by reporters in Australian newsrooms, including the ABC and the Australian Financial Review. A former journalist and deputy editor in Australia and the UK, she focused on government, Indigenous affairs, and social enterprise reporting, and led her own entrepreneurial journalism project that reported from 10 African countries.
Reviews
It shouldn't but might come as a surprise to most western foreign correspondents that their journalism is rooted in journalism practices and stereotypes of the colonial era. They might also be surprised to know that every 2 seconds, a human being is displaced by one of the 40 conflicts currently raging: make that 41, with Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. With so many fronts of conflict and people fleeing them, is media fulfilling its role if it fails to ignite the sociological imagination, as Giotis frames it, needed to foster a global public sphere? Making sense of war means reconciling lived realities, to understand that human resilience has many forms, that commonly used representations can be lazy and inaccurate, that place does not always define circumstance. This is a book which will make you think and reconsider the power of words and journalism to effect change. * Monica Attard, Professor of Journalism, University of Technology Sydney *
This is a beautiful and powerfully written book that makes a crucial contribution to the literature on foreign correspondence. A must-read for anyone seeking to learn more about international journalism. * Lindsay Palmer, author of The Fixers: Local News Workers and the Underground Labor of International Reporting *
Borderland is a thoughtful, self-aware interrogation of the colonialism persistent in the foreign correspondent's work. In narrating and assessing her personal experience as a reporter, Giotis unravels some of the structural colonialism of her position, while questioning what changes might be needed in order to decolonize international news. * Anjan Sundaram, author of Stringer: A Reporter's Journey in the Congo and Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship *
A real-world solution is the frame reflection interview technique. Adapted from qualitative research in the social sciences, this technique led the author to conduct background interviews, which prompted valuable revisions to her reporting framework. Engaging anecdotes and lessons for better journalistic practices enliven this book's dense prose and theoretical jargon. * Choice *
Book Information
ISBN 9780197565803
Author Chrisanthi Giotis
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 431g
Dimensions(mm) 156mm * 237mm * 17mm
About the Author
Chrisanthi Giotis is a lecturer in journalism at the University of South Australia and a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Media Transition at the University of Technology Sydney. Her decolonial research focuses on connecting marginalized communities with working journalists and has been used by reporters in Australian newsrooms, including the ABC and the Australian Financial Review. A former journalist and deputy editor in Australia and the UK, she focused on government, Indigenous affairs, and social enterprise reporting, and led her own entrepreneurial journalism project that reported from 10 African countries.
Reviews
It shouldn't but might come as a surprise to most western foreign correspondents that their journalism is rooted in journalism practices and stereotypes of the colonial era. They might also be surprised to know that every 2 seconds, a human being is displaced by one of the 40 conflicts currently raging: make that 41, with Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. With so many fronts of conflict and people fleeing them, is media fulfilling its role if it fails to ignite the sociological imagination, as Giotis frames it, needed to foster a global public sphere? Making sense of war means reconciling lived realities, to understand that human resilience has many forms, that commonly used representations can be lazy and inaccurate, that place does not always define circumstance. This is a book which will make you think and reconsider the power of words and journalism to effect change. * Monica Attard, Professor of Journalism, University of Technology Sydney *
This is a beautiful and powerfully written book that makes a crucial contribution to the literature on foreign correspondence. A must-read for anyone seeking to learn more about international journalism. * Lindsay Palmer, author of The Fixers: Local News Workers and the Underground Labor of International Reporting *
Borderland is a thoughtful, self-aware interrogation of the colonialism persistent in the foreign correspondent's work. In narrating and assessing her personal experience as a reporter, Giotis unravels some of the structural colonialism of her position, while questioning what changes might be needed in order to decolonize international news. * Anjan Sundaram, author of Stringer: A Reporter's Journey in the Congo and Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship *
A real-world solution is the frame reflection interview technique. Adapted from qualitative research in the social sciences, this technique led the author to conduct background interviews, which prompted valuable revisions to her reporting framework. Engaging anecdotes and lessons for better journalistic practices enliven this book's dense prose and theoretical jargon. * Choice *
Book Information
ISBN 9780197565803
Author Chrisanthi Giotis
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 431g
Dimensions(mm) 156mm * 237mm * 17mm
