Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict
http://www.ccpdc.org
The Commission has sponsored two reports discussing the media's role in conflict prevention: Media Coverage: Help or Hindrance in Conflict Prevention by Nik Gowing of the BBC and Professionalism in War Reporting: A Correspondent's View by Tom Gjelten of NPR.

The Center for War, Peace, and the News Media
http://www.nyu.edu/cwpnm
The Center is headquartered at the New York University's Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, where it was founded in 1985. It is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to supporting journalists and news organizations in their efforts to sustain an informed and engaged citizenry.

Council on Foreign Relations
http://www.foreignrelations.org
The Council's mission: to foster America's understanding of other nations, near and far, their peoples, cultures, histories, hopes, quarrels, and ambitions, and thus to serve America's global interests through study and debate, private and public. They often hold forums and publish articles in their magazine Foreign Affairs relating to the media's coverage of war zones.

The International Centre for Humanitarian Reporting (ICHR), soon to be renamed, Media Action International
http://www.mediaaction.org
A not-for-profit organization working for early, accurate and sustained press coverage of humanitarian crises and conflicts by local and international journalists. They also produce a series of Essential Field Guides (http://www.mediaaction.org/efg/Default.htm) aimed at journalists, relief and development workers, gender specialists, diplomats, policy makers, military, academics and the private sector operating in humanitarian crisis and conflict areas.

London International Research Exchange
http://www.easynet.net/LIRE/about.htm
The London International Research Exchange is an independent media group. It is comprised of media professionals, media lecturers and media students from all over Britain and around the world. Set up in 1994, the objective of the Exchange is to stimulate public discussion on the media by promoting critical journalism and research. Projects include: Journalists At War (http://www.easynet.net/LIRE/jaw.htm) - an investigation of media coverage of post-Cold War conflicts. The Journalists at War project is looking at how well that challenge has been met by reporters in the field and at home.

The Peace Journalism Option
http://www.poiesis.org/
Represents the findings of the Conflict and Peace Journalism summer schools which took place at Taplow Court in Buckinghamshire, UK, in 1997 and 1998. Participants comprised journalists, media academics and students from Europe, Africa, Asia and the U.S. who divided their time between lectures, workshops and debate.

Panos
http://www.oneworld.org/panos/
The Panos London Web site is a source of news, opinions and perspectives from developing countries. Panos works to stimulate debate on global environment and development issues.

The United States Institute of Peace
http://www.usip.org
USIP is an independent, nonpartisan federal institution created and funded by Congress to strengthen the nation's capacity to promote the peaceful resolution of international conflict. It's special projects Bosnia in the Balkans, Religion, Ethics, and Human Rights, The Rule of Law and Virtual Diplomacy.

Professional Journalism Training

Columbia University School of Journalism
http://www.jrn.columbia.edu
Offers a Master degree in journalism. Students may focus on a variety of formats, including broadcast, newspaper, magazine or photojournalism and new media journalism. Classes also focus on international reporting.

The Center for the Study of Ethics in the Profession (CSEP) at the Illinois Institute of Technology
http://www.poiesis.org/
The Center maintains codes of ethics for a variety of disciplines including the media. The Center provides domestic and international journalism codes of conduct.

European Journalism Centre
http://www.ejc.nl/
Is an independent, non-profit institute for further training, a forum for journalists, media executives and journalism educators.

Internews
http://www.internews.org/
Is an international non-profit organization working to enhance tolerance and understanding by supporting independent media in emerging democracies, producing and distributing innovative television programming, and using the media as a tool to reduce conflict within and between countries.

International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
http://www.icfj.org
Established in 1984 to improve the quality of journalism in nations where there is little or no tradition of independent journalism, ICFJ provides professional development programs that promote excellence in news coverage of critical community and global issues.

The Institute for Journalism in Transition (IJT)
http://www.omri.cz/transitions/ijt1.html#4
An independent, not-for-profit media-development organization which aims to strengthen independent media and other democratic voices in societies undergoing major political transition. IJT is planning to offer a wide range of editorial projects aimed at assisting the development of the local media and providing contacts, ideas, and articles for publications.

Journalism in Transition Project sponsored by the Economic Development Institute of the World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/html/edi/news/programs.html
Organizes training sessions and other programs to help journalists better play their role as suppliers of information, as explainers of complex policies and as independent sentinels against corruption.

Department of Journalism, New York University
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/journal/
The NYU Graduate Department of Journalism offers four areas of concentration -- newspaper, magazine, broadcast, and cultural reporting and criticism. In addition, there is a special science and environmental reporting program within the department, and several joint programs with other schools in the university.

The Reuter Foundation
http://www.foundation.reuters.com/journalism.html
The Reuter Foundation promotes high standards in international journalism through short, practical training programmes in London and overseas.

School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sipa/
SIPA offers a Master of International Affairs Degree with a concentration in International Media and Communication. It is designed to acquaint students with the news media and global communications, their methods of operation, and their role in society and international relations. It provides students with the opportunity to develop journalistic skills in reporting, writing, and editing for cyberspace as well as traditional media.

Journalism Standards, Codes of Ethics and Codes of Conduct

Associated Press
http://www.apme.com/html/body_ethics.html
Associated Press Managing Editors Code of Ethics Revised and Adopted 1995.

EthicNet
http://www.uta.fi/ethicnet/index.html
A Databank for European Codes of Journalism Ethics, translated into English.

International Federation of Journalists
http://www.uta.fi/ethicnet/ifj.html
Declaration of Principles on the Conduct of Journalists.

Adopted by the Second World Congress of the International Federation of Journalists at Bordeaux on 25-28 April 1954 and amended by the 18th IFJ World Congress in Helsingör on 2-6 June 1986.

The Poynter Institute
http://www.poynter.org/research/me.htm
The institute, a training school for journalists, future journalists and teachers of journalism maintains "Media Ethics Research/Resource Files."

Society of Professional Journalists
http://spj.org/ethics/
This site includes SPJ's Code of Ethics, ethics news and other links to ethics resources.