"At Oxfam it is important that the language we use reflects our values and work. Language has the power to reinforce or deconstruct systems of power that maintain poverty, inequality and suffering. Choices in language can empower us to reframe issues, rewrite tired stories, challenge problematic ide
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as and build a radically better future based on a survivor-centred, intersectional, anti-racist and feminist vision of equality." (Page 5)
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"[...] El acercamiento a los familiares de las Personas Privadas de la Libertad (PPL) resulta primordial para obtener una comprensión integral de la realidad en el interior de los centros carcelarios del país. Sin embargo, es importante destacar que el ejercicio de visibilizar sus voces demanda em
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patía y sensibilidad social, sobre todo en un momento en el que se ha generado desconfianza en la prensa. De acuerdo con Bessy Granja, “tienen miedo y decepción porque al final siempre nos enfocamos en que en las cárceles se matan entre todos”.
Hay que recordar siempre que tanto los funcionarios, como los familiares de los PPL y los mismos PPL son fuentes. Es decir, que el vínculo que se establece con ellos debe ser el de periodista y fuente y no más allá de eso. La relación debe mantenerse siempre en el marco de lo profesional y los periodistas debemos ser siempre transparentes sobre nuestras intenciones y objetivos para comunicarnos con ellos. De este modo, estaremos protegiendo nuestra integridad y trabajo.
Es importante que los y las periodistas se replanteen la manera en la que se realiza el acercamiento con los familiares de las PPL, generando espacios seguros en que los testimonios, desde la empatía y la sensibilidad. De acuerdo con Granja, muchos de los familiares no confían en la prensa porque sienten que la forma en la que han sido retratados ellos y sus seres queridos que están dentro de prisión ha sido revictimizante o estigmatizante.
Dar protagonismo a las PPL, de igual forma que se consideran a las fuentes oficiales. Para Noroña, “que ellas y ellos hablen en las historias es fundamental. Que esas voces sean visibilizadas permite humanizar y tener una perspectiva de primera mano, porque permite romper con el imaginario social”.
Cuando se muestran historias de PPL y sus familias, hacerlo desde el respeto. Esto aplica no solo para las historias en texto, sino también para el contenido fotográfico, audiovisual y multimedia que generen los periodistas. En el caso de que una fuente solicite el anonimato, esto debe respetarse, no solamente guardando la identidad de la fuente, sino que en el caso de retratos y video, ocultando el rostro o cualquier rasgo identificable de esa persona. Asimismo, se recomienda que los titulares y la información que se maneje no sea sensacionalista o amarillista, que se respete el dolor de los protagonistas buscando no revictimizarlos y que la información esté libre de estigmas y prejuicios.
Contar historias en positivo, para comenzar a humanizar. Por ejemplo, narrar sobre las personas que están tratando de cambiar las realidades desde adentro de las prisiones." (Conclusiones y recomendaciones generales)
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"This guide seeks to help journalists report on issues impacting people with disabilities in a way that is informed and without prejudice. It includes information on some of the various definitions of disability, important data and resources, and key issues for journalists to investigate. It also di
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scusses how disability can differ between the medical world and the communities themselves and offers tips on how journalists can avoid getting tripped up on language, as well as tips on interview accessibility and finding the right sources." (https://www.comminit.com)
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"Guía de transición ecosocial y principios éticos para nuestros medios” es un manual de redacción y valores que busca inspirar a las personas lectoras a través de principios éticos narrativos relacionados con la práctica del periodismo en los medios audiovisuales y en las prácticas de tran
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smedialidad. Este trabajo recoge narrativas o formas en las que se debería informar sobre asuntos fundamentales en torno a los que gira gran parte de la información de actualidad y que requieren un tratamiento adecuado, crítico y reflexivo. Parte de la idea fundamental de que la comunicación es un eje transversal de transformación y transiciones así como de la importancia de construir a partir de lo local, desde la proximidad. La guía se conforma en torno a cinco grandes temas de debate o bloques: Transición ecosocial; Perspectiva de género; Discursos de odio, Migraciones y grupos minorizados; Menores; y Discapacidades. El manual se completa con una sucinta guía en forma de anexo, un glosario de términos y algunas recomendaciones bibliográficas." (Descripción de la casa editorial)
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"El objetivo es acercar debates, aprendizajes y conceptos alrededor de tres ejes: población afrodescendiente y negra, pueblos indígenas y comunidades LGBTIQ+ en Latinoamérica y el Caribe. Las autoras y autores parten de una mirada situada en sus territorios, aportando historicidad sobre las lucha
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s de comunidades en la ampliación y respeto de los derechos humanos entendiendo estos como universales, inalienables, irrenunciables, imprescriptibles e indivisibles. Por ello, cada sección ofrece consejos, sugerencias y un glosario para quienes incursionan por primera vez en dichas temáticas. La guía busca generar reflexiones, pero también aportar buenas prácticas para ejercer el trabajo periodístico de forma comprometida, atenta y sensible." (Introducción)
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"Using examples of the existing media coverage of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, disability, geography, social and marital status, this handbook offers a set of educational tools that can be used in a classroom to develop sensitivity to diversity, to increase s
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tudents’ analytical skills in relation to news content and to enrich students’ knowledge and understanding of the relationship between social diversity and the media [...] The handbook is aimed to be used as a textbook in journalism schools. It has been written in the context of China, but its content and examples would also serve journalism teachers elsewhere well." (Introduction, page 8)
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"Covering the polarizing and fragmented opinions over Islam and the rights of women, for example, requires context, attachment to core ethical values, and stylish truth-telling. Without professional expertise, a good understanding of the issues in play and a commitment to diversity in their approach
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media and journalists can do damage. They can incite hatred. They can perpetuate stereotypes. They can create ignorance and misunderstanding. These guidelines aim to help editors and reporters to avoid these pitfalls, to better understand the issues and to shape their stories in ethical ways. It is not easy in an aggressive and competitive media landscape where journalism can become trapped in a world of sensational headlines and sound bites. News media are often vehicles for Islamophobia, sometimes inadvertently, through the rushed reporting of intemperate political discourse. Often there is a lack of fact-based analysis and a lack of clarity over changes in policy that may impinge upon basic freedoms, such as free speech, religious freedom and equality for women. These guidelines are not instructions to journalists on how to do their work. They provide tips and suggestions on the ways media can avoid reproducing biased discourse that does harm through reporting that will provide the European public, policymakers and civil society groups with truthful information on the threats posed by anti-Muslim racism, particularly as it affects to women." (Introdcution, page 7)
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"These Guidelines offer short tipps on interviewing the survivor(s), depiction and news framing, use of sources, and the embedding in the broader context and a solution-oriented approach." (commbox)
"Como la desigualdad es una decisión política y no una fatalidad, este es el momento para preguntarse ¿qué piensan hacer nuestros próximos gobernantes para que haya menos pobreza y mayor acceso a oportunidades? ¿Cuáles fórmulas o herramientas desarrollarían para contribuir a que la cancha e
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sté menos inclinada a favor de algunos pocos y en contra de muchos? ¿Cómo garantizar que toda la ciudadanía tenga acceso a información sobre su entorno y participe en el debate público? ¿Qué tipo de iniciativas o estímulos plantean para que comunidades y grupos poblacionales tengan capacidad y resonancia a la hora de plantear de manera amplia las problemáticas que las aquejan?" (Página 7)
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"Communicators in the end child marriage movement are responsible for ensuring the storytelling process is a source of power for contributors, and that contributors feel positive about the following portrayal. This means examining biases, story and image choices, and decision making to ensure they r
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eflect contributors’ wishes, as expressed by them. It also means constantly learning and improving approaches to ethical communications based on contributors’ diverse experiences and feedback. These guidelines outline ethical communications principles and good practices for the end child marriage movement, and include the practical considerations and tools needed to deliver on them. They are designed to support those communicating around the issue of child marriage to consider: 1. if their communications materials reflect the wishes and expectations of the girls, adolescents and young women who share their stories; 2. how communications materials are received by external audiences." (Introduction)
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"Duncan McCue's Decolonizing Journalism is the only text in Canada that teaches aspiring journalists how to build respectful, reciprocal relationships with Indigenous communities when researching and sharing their stories. It is a textbook adaptation of an online guide from one of Canada's leading i
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ndigenous journalists. Decolonizing Journalism guides students through building critical consciousness vis-à-vis Indigenous people and communities, teaches them how to apply their journalistic skills and minds to working with communities, and offers 9 exclusive interviews with Canada's leading indigenous journalists and podcasters to provide students insight into the histories, processes, and obstacles central to decolonizing journalism and media from the inside out." (Publisher description)
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"In this manual, we discuss key disability issues, key messages and principles for journalists wanting to support the human rights of Africans with disabilities. The manual also deals with terminology - it is about using words and that puts the person rather than the disability first. Jounalists wil
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l learn how to create disability programs that resonate with their audiences and encourage wider PwDs (Persons with Disability) participation at every level of the society despite the barriers they must deal with [...] This manual has been developed for handling the workshops based on the contents of the guide. It provides guidelines and tools for a three-day workshop on the guide." (Pages 3-4)
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Trauma Reporting provides vital information on developing a healthy, professional and respectful relationship with those who choose to tell their stories during times of trauma, distress or grief. Amid a growing demand and need for guidance, this fascinating book is refreshingly simple, engaging and
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readable, providing a wealth of original insight. As an aspiring or working journalist, how should you work with a grieving parent, a survivor of sexual violence, a witness at the scene of a traumatic event? How should you approach people, interview them and film with them sensitively? Trauma Reporting features guidance from some of the industry's most successful news correspondents and documentary makers, including Louis Theroux, Lucy Williamson, Tulip Mazumdar, Richard Bilton, Jina Moore and many more, all sharing their experience and expertise. It also features people who chose to tell their sensitive stories to journalists, giving readers invaluable insight into what helped and what harmed. The book also includes: what your interviewees may be going through and how best to respond, by trauma expert Professor Stephen Regel; a discussion on ethics, rules and regulations by Dr Sallyanne Duncan of the University of Strathclyde; making sure you look after yourself, by Dr Cait McMahon of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma." (Publisher description)
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"These guidelines are meant to promote responsible, ethical and safe representation and reporting of violence against women and violence against children. These guidelines highlight many basic, sometimes common sense approaches that are all too often ignored. Real-life situations may be even more co
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mplex than the circumstances presented here. Hence, these guidelines should raise awareness about the sensitivity of reporting on and communicating about violence against women and violence against children. The desired result is better informed media and communications practitioners; more empowering messages, visuals and communications content; and a way of working with survivors as subjects who have agency while doing no harm and benefitting all involved." (Summary, page 24)
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