[icernet] API, CPJ provide online resources for war coverage

[Arul Selvan]

In an effort to prepare news professionals for global events, The American Press Institute (API) today launched "Beyond the Battle: Bringing Global Stories Home," a section devoted to war coverage. The month-long project aims to help journalists cover overseas events and issues and turn international stories into local news. Topics on the site range from tips on how to set up newsrooms for coverage of international stories to tips on selecting photographs of tragedy. API has also added to its Journalist's Tool Box lists of Web sites that provide information on military and defense issues, geographic resources and other types of related news and information. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has also created an online resources guide, but this one offers safety guidelines for journalists covering war abroad as well as information for reporters at home. CPJ's "Buildup in the Gulf" provides background information and links specific to the Middle East.

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http://americanpressinstitute.org/news.cfm?id=897