On 26 March 2024 the United Nations report ‘Anatomy of a Genocide’ was released, signed by Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied by the Israelis since 1967. According to the Special Rapporteur's study, there are reasonable grounds for what is happening in Palestine to be framed as a ‘crime of genocide’, driven, according to the report, by the Israeli colonial settlement project in Palestine. The tale of a tragedy entrusted to a few Palestinian freelance journalists who, from the inside and from below, are trying to restore humanity to a media addicted to the bloody images and pornography of war. What deontological responsibility for journalists to guarantee balanced information?
Erminia Rizzi, expert in immigration and asylum law
Bisan Owda, journalist, reporting from Gaza, Palestine
Jumana Shaheen, journalist, reporting from Cairo, Egypt
Wessal Yousef, journalist
Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Cecilia Dalla Negra, journalist, Orient XXI, head of the Italian section of
Micol Meghnagi, sociologist, University of Bologna
Alessandra Costante, journalist, FNSI General Secretary
Chair: Luigi Cazzato, UniBa Master of Journalism coordinator
Interpreter: Cia Sollecito
Ore 09.30-11.30
The women's movement in Kurdistan is the vanguard of feminism, which wants to reform every aspect of civil life starting from a transformative pedagogy of society. Yet the scope of this revolution, based on the peaceful coexistence of peoples and cultures starting with the abolition of patriarchy, is suppressed and censored by the mainstream media, and the plight of a people oppressed by the apartheid implemented by four nation-states is removed from the collective consciousness. Yet, the Testo Unico dei Dveri del/ella giornalista, provides for a series of obligations in order to avoid the so-called ‘double standard’, i.e. discriminatory and censorious reporting with respect to the specificities of different cultures and ethnicities.
Necibe Qeredaxi, Jineoloji Academy activist, Iraqui Kurdistanê (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Gulistan Ike, journalist, Newaya Jin, Bakurê Kurdistanê (Turkish Kurdistan)
Chair: Marilù Mastrogiovanni
Interpreter: Neyra
12-14
Journalism as a pedagogical tool for the exercise of critical thinking and the formation of a global and digital citizenship can be an opportunity to experiment a real collective teaching and learning device, where everyone has something to learn and everyone can teach. The experience of XQ the news is an example of how to engage GenZ, experimenting with innovative ways to decolonise information in an intersectional key, while the metaverse and holograms can become new ecosystems for more empathetic learning and information. How can we reconcile the need for more emotionally involving journalism with the need not to fall into spectacularisation that is detrimental to people's dignity? The spectacularisation of information must not compromise its quality and the presence of journalists in infotainment must ensure respect for professional ethics.
Monica Carella, engineer, sales manager digital healthcare, Predict Spa
Paula Estalayo, project coordinator, Octaedro, Spain
Alessandra Costante, journalist, secretary general FNSI
Fiona Govan, freelance journalist, Madrid, Spain
Laura Casamitjana, journalist, content editor XQ The News
Valentina Isernia, journalist, Idea Dinamica coop
Chair: Gianpaolo Altamura, journalist, researcher in Contemporary Italian Literature UniBa
Interpreter: Cia Sollecito
15-17