Water conflicts and cooperation : a media handbook / edited by Rasha Dewedar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dewedar, Rasha

Contributor:

Dewedar, Rasha, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Africa--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Mass media.

Nile River Watershed--Water rights.

Nile River Watershed.

Nile River Watershed--Press coverage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s).

Place of Publication:

UK CABI 2020

Boston, MA : CAB International, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This handbook is for journalists, researchers and policy makers that are interested in working on science communication for water peace and cooperation and that are searching for ideas and inspiration. It features descriptions and reflections of the activities (action research, training modules, joint workshops, reporting grants, podcast, online photo campaign...) implemented by Open Water Diplomacy project in the Nile basin, and in the new international basins identified under the top-up activities on capacity development, as well as activities in the field of media and water diplomacy implemented by other actors. It will be an online open access repository of case studies and best practices in the field of journalism and science communication for water peace and cooperation.

Contents:

1. Introduction: Water reporting, let your story flow

2. Beyond Politics, Knowledge Bridge in Indus Basin

3. Reporting on Water Diplomacy: Does Gender Matter?

4. The Minister, the Prophet and God’s Eye: Scientists’ voices in Nile media reporting

5. Covering Water in Times of Conflict

6. Water Reporting: Beyond dry pieces, nurture your coverage

7. Reporting Shared Narratives: Establishing transboundary cooperation through media

8. Media and Water, is the Glass Half Full?

9. Satisfy People’s Thirst for Information: SIWI experience in training water journalists

10. Science Communication Skills for Water Coverage: Case study: IHE-SciDev Training

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International CC BY-NC 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode

Description based on e-publication, viewed on May 17, 2022.

ISBN:

1-78924-795-0

1-78924-797-7

OCLC:

1233005653

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access