How a Journalist Can Protect Him/Herself and the Audience from the Information Aggression during the War

13 May 2022. Speakers: Iryna Eihelson, Psychologist, Conflictology Expert, member of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict and Maxym Ieligulashvili, Conflictology Expert, Facilitator.

War affects all people irrespective of whether they are in the area of combat or not, it changes perception of information both at the individual level and in a wider society. Writing a story starts to look like walking on a minefield, as people’s response to journalists’ work is getting sharper and more intense.

These and other topics were discussed on 13 May 2022, at 11:00 at the practical online webinar " How a Journalist Can Protect Him/Herself and the Audience from the Information Aggression during the War”, organized by the Commission on Journalistic Ethics and OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine.

During the event the following issues were discussed:

• how the war affects human consumption of information, provoking conflicts in society;
• how information aggression works, how media professionals can avoid mistakes and make a story better;
• how to protect oneself and its audiences from the consequences of informational aggression.

Moderated by: Andriy Kulikov, Chairman of the Commission on Journalistic Ethics.

The video is part of the series of online events initiated by the Commission on Journalistic Ethics (CJE) together with OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine to strengthen the capacity of journalists to work during a martial law period.