JCCCvideo's video: Partisan Media Narrative: Impeding Social Justice

Steven Youngblood, Professor, Park University and Director of the Center for Global Peace Journalism at Park University Youngblood will look at how the media present partisan narratives about social justice issues like the recent protest movements. He'll discuss how media can unite, instead of divide. Steven Youngblood is the founding director of the Center for Global Peace Journalism at Park University in Parkville, Missouri, where he is a communications and peace studies professor. He was the faculty coordinator for internationalization at Park for six years. He has organized and taught peace journalism seminars and workshops in 27 countries/territories. Youngblood is a two-time J. William Fulbright Scholar (Moldova 2001, Azerbaijan 2007). He also served as a U.S. State Department Senior Subject Specialist in Ethiopia in 2018. Youngblood is the author of “Peace Journalism: Principles and Practices” and “Professor Komagum.” He edits “The Peace Journalist” magazine, and writes and produces the “Peace Journalism Insights” blog. He has been recognized for his contributions to world peace by the U.S. Department of State, Rotary International and the World Forum for Peace, which named him a Luxembourg Peace Prize laureate for 2020. For more information on this series, visit https://www.jccc.edu/conferences/peacebuilding/