Divided by History: India-Pakistan, Israel-Palestine, Korea-Japan
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 | 5:00 - 6:30pm, Hawaii
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Long-running security and trade conflicts across tense, often hostile borders endanger lives and cause economic hardships for countless millions in #Asia, the #MiddleEast and Africa. When these conflicts erupt and dominate headlines, #journalists on both sides of volatile borders face challenges in reporting balanced, objective and fully covered stories. For #journalists covering #crossborder #conflicts and #disputes, presenting balanced coverage with diverse perspectives is not only professionally challenging, this can sometimes threaten their personal safety and security, especially with the rise of misinformation and conspiracy theories. For the last 20 years the #EastWestCenter has engaged journalists in a series of #programs that focus on reporting cross-border issues of mutual, often sensitive and volatile concern to countries in the region. These cross-border #mediaprograms include #reporting trips, #dialogues and #workshops to provide first-hand information, build sustained information networks, and encourage media collaboration. Hear from prominent #reporters about how they navigate the challenges of accurately reporting on the politically and socially fraught foreign relationships and enduring conflicts between #India and #Pakistan, #Israel and #Palestine, and #Japan and #SouthKorea.

Speakers: (listed in speaking order)
- Aditi PHADNIS, Consulting Political Editor, Business Standard, New Delhi, India
- Kamal SIDDIQI, Director, Center for Excellence in Journalism at IBA, Karachi, Pakistan
- Shira RUBIN, Israel/Palestinian Territories Correspondent, The Washington Post, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Khaldoun BARGHOUTI, Israeli Affairs Editor, Al-Hayat al-Jadida, Ramallah, Palestine
- Taketsugu SATO, Senior Foreign Affairs and National Security Correspondent, The Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo, Japan
- Son Taek WANG, Research Associate, Yeosijae (Future Consensus Institute), Seoul, South Korea

Moderator: Owen ULLMANN, Executive Editor, The International Economy magazine, Washington, DC, USA

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