The workshop included a screening of 'Sea of Pictures' a film about how media use disturbing and controversial images. The film was screened at the Frontline Club in London earlier this year, followed by a debate with the producer Misja Pekel, photojournalist Anastasia Taylor-Lind and Dorothy Byrne, the EJN Chair and head of Channel 4 News.
Earlier this week the EJN / ILO Labour Migration Fellowship began with a two-day training workshop in Beirut. The fellows heard from experts from around the region on the legal, cultural, economic dimensions of the issue. The full agenda can be found here. More on the fellowship and the fellows in next week's newsletter.
Last month the International Organization of Migration launched 'Fatal Journeys', a study on improving data on missing migrants. The EJN's Director Aidan White, co-wrote the third chapter, 'Challenges faced by the media in reporting migrant deaths', with Anne Singleton a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol and Senior Advisor to the International Organisation of Migration’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC). The chapter focuses on the ethical challenges of reporting on the missing and dead, and how can information be presented without de-humanising the victims or breaching their rights to privacy.
