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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><b>New report documents how Kenya’s media turned the tide on hate speech and conflict<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>When violence broke out in the final days of 2007 after a bitterly contested election in Kenya, Internews responded within days, working with journalists who were trying and failing to make sense of the unprecedented post-election conflict that swept across their country.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Now, a new report – When Words were Weapons – has been released that details the projects that Internews conducted during the past five and a half years aimed at training the media in conflict sensitive journalism approaches.  These projects include:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mission Possible (2008)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Reporting for Peace (2008-2009)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Land & Conflict Sensitive Journalism (2010-2013)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Free and Fair Media (2011-2013)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Talk Check (2013)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Internews trained some 750 journalists, using its conflict sensitive journalism and follow-up mentoring methodology geared to the Kenyan context. The training resulted in more than 5,500 conflict-sensitive stories on the peace, reconciliation and reform process.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Above all, the report tells the stories of the journalists who were determined to report on the elections and conflict, and the critical role they played as members of Kenya’s media throughout the political transitions over the last five years. The media will continue to be challenged playing a key role as Kenya’s democracy evolves.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Full report: http://www.internews.org/research-publications/when-words-were-weapons<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-IE'>__________________________</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-IE'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-IE'>Angelika Mendes-Lowney</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-IE'>International Fundraising Coordinator</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-IE'>Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS)</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-IE'>Borgo Santo Spirito 4</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-IE'>00193 Rome, Italy</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-IE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE'>Please note new phone number!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-IE'>Phone: +39 06 69868470</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-IE'>Fax: +39 06 69868461</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-IE'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-IE'>Donate to JRS: <a href="http://www.jrs.net/donate"><span style='color:blue'>www.jrs.net/donate</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-IE'>Join us on facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/JesuitRefugeeService"><span style='color:blue'>www.facebook.com/JesuitRefugeeService</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>