Extra! Journalists continue to be murdered for their work in Mexico while their killers enjoy impunity from punishment. Extra! Increasing numbers of journalists covering wars in Ukraine and Gaza are being killed in action. Extra! Russian journalists are self-exiling to stay alive.

The University of Oregon-UNESCO Crossings Institute and the Global Justice Program present “Extra! Extra! Don’t Kill the Messenger—Migrating to Stay Alive,” April 4–7, 2024 in the EMU Ballroom. This is a public program designed to improve understanding of the impact of news reporting on conflict and the impact of conflict on news reporting. The Crossings Institute will bring refugee journalists, writers in exile, and scholars of journalism to the UO campus for talks and workshops with the university and wider Oregon community.

The symposium will feature examples of successful reporting despite extreme dangers, graphic documentation of attacks on journalists, and interludes of music and poetry to stimulate contemplation, reflection, and discussion. Participants include: Kate Musgrave, UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication; Javier Borelli, host of a news show on an Argentinean TV Channel; and María de Jesús Peters, Mexican Journalist, among many others.

Themes include: “Impunity” on Thursday, April 4, 1–7:30 p.m.; “From Kabul to Harare” on Friday, April 5, 8:30 a.m.–7:30 p.m.; “South of the Border/Elotoro Lado” on Saturday, April 6, 8:30 a.m.–6 p.m.; and “Our Own Backyard” on Sunday, April 7, 9 a.m.–2 p.m.

This event is cosponsored by the OHC’s Endowment for Public Outreach in the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities. For more information go to globaljustice.uoregon.edu/recent-projects