Panel recording from First Annual ACW Palestine Conference on how can we assess western media coverage of Palestine and the war on Gaza. The panel covers the unique challenges do journalists face when trying to cover these issues, how coverage of Palestine differs from coverage of other issues, the strongest and weakest moments in western media coverage during the war on Gaza, and structural biases in newsrooms. Featuring Akbar Shahid Ahmed, Senior Diplomatic Correspondent for The Huffington Post; Laila Al-Arian, Executive Producer of “Fault Lines” on Al Jazeera; Mona Chalabi, British data journalist, illustrator, and writer, Data Editor for The Guardian US. Moderated by Will Youmans, Associate Professor at The George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs. This source is valuable for research on US media bias, mainstream media, press freedom, Shireen Abu Akleh, public opinion, and social media.
