By Carol Pauli, February 8, 2012
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While journalism thrives on conflict for better ratings, this note explores journalism as a potential vessel to conduct conflict resolution. A reliable and independent news media has the potential to contribute to conflict resolution by communicating to counteract misperceptions and by framing the conflict to give a better overview of the issues. Pauli concludes with some cautions for journalists hoping to import conflict resolution techniques into news reporting and writing.
