Covering a Conflict: A Brief History
February 10, 2006
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is one of the most difficult to cover and controversial-when-you-do stories out there. Media watchdog groups are common on both sides of the divide, waiting for news organizations to use a word or image that appears to favor the other side. What about the Israeli and Palestinian journalists, working for the local media, covering a conflict that hits close to home? Brooke talks to local reporters in the West Bank and Israel about how they cover the conflict…and each other.



