NEW YORK, June 19, 2012 — The International Information Policy Foundation (IIPF) announced the release of the first print / digital edition of the International Journal of Media and Information Policy (MIPJ), distributed internationally by Ingram.
The print / digital edition focuses on the relationship among media, information, and international and humanitarian affairs, particularly during international crisis, conflict, and disaster.
Acting as Co-Editor and Photo Editor for VII is Gary Knight, VII Co-Founder/Photographer, 2010 Nieman Fellow and Founder/Director of the Program for Narrative and Documentary Practice at Tufts University.
CONTENT AND CONTRIBUTORS:
Cover Image: Photo from the Horn of Africa by Lynsey Addario / VII
Photography: VII: Donald Weber, Franco Pagetti, Alexandra Boulat, Lynsey Addario, Stephanie Sinclair, Maciek Nabrdalik, Ron Haviv, Peter DiCampo / NOOR: Jan Grarup, Kadir van Lohuizen, Alixandra Fazzina / Martin Roemers / Jason P. Howe / Brian Driscoll.
Features: Does the Humanitarian Industry Have a Future in the Digital Age? By Patrick Meier / Information, Human Security and the Responsibility to Protect by K.J. Wetherholt / Human Terrain Systems in Afghanistan by Mark Southard / Challenges for Media Development in the Digital Age by Anne Nelson / A Brutal Business by Monica Campbell / Perspectives from the Field: Papua New Guinea by Teohna Williams / Occupy and the Media by Melissa Ulto.
Interviews: Photojournalist Jason P. Howe by Svetlana Bachevanova (FotoEvidence) / Janet Ritz – Environment and Human Security / Professor Richard Norton – Feral Cities / Claudia Hinterseer – NOOR and the role of Media and Photojournalism by MIPJ Online Radio host and MIPJ contributor, by Leigh Barrett.
Film Reviews: Coriolanus / Surviving Progress / In the Land of Blood and Honey.
MIPJ Partners: VII, MediaStorm, PBS MediaShift, FotoEvidence, Newsmotion, PROOF: Media for Social Justice, SocialDocumentary.net.
MIPJ Advisory Board Members: Michael Ware (formerly of CNN, currently President of Penance Films), Marcus Bleasdale (VII), Brian Storm (MediaStorm), Christopher Mikkelsen and David Mikkelsen Troensegaard (Refugees United), Dr. Erica Pasini (Pax Ludens – The Netherlands), and Professor Alan Hatcher.
Further information on the MIPJ and links to Contributors / Partners / Advisory Board may be found at the MIPJ website: http://www.mipj.org.
Digital Press Kit Available.
Contact:
K.J. Wetherholt
Co-Founder/Principal
International Information Policy Foundation
Executive Editor, MIPJ
Email
888.856.2829 Voice
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