Pellot presented on traditional and social media engagement strategies at the Global Religions Convening in Nairobi, Kenya, June 17-19, 2017.
Category: Press
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Taboom hosts ‘Covering Religion & Sexual and Gender Minorities in Sub-Saharan Africa’ journalism workshop
The four-day workshop on covering religion and SSOGIE (sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression) issues brought together 24 journalists from 15 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Taboom Director Brian Pellot hosts RNA Panel ‘Around the World in 45 Minutes’
What are some of the top international religion stories we’re missing and how can we bring those stories home in ways that serve our editors’ and audiences’ needs? Leading journalists share practical ideas.
Reporting Guide on Covering and Avoiding Religious Hate Speech
Reporters have a responsibility to cover the facts, but we also have a responsibility to avoid unnecessarily stoking hatred and violence, especially when religious or political tensions are running high.
Countering violent extremism and hate speech online
Taboom Founding Director Brian Pellot’s opening remarks to the International Interfaith Conference in Pristina, Kosovo, May 28-30, 2015.
VIDEO: Religious Freedom & Foreign Policy Panel
On April 16, 2015, we joined the British Council, Religion News Foundation, the Missouri School of Journalism’s Center on Religion and the Professions, Lancaster University (UK), and the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute for a panel on the role of religious freedom in foreign policy at the Newseum in Washington, DC.
Resources on Covering Religious Freedom and Conflict in Myanmar
The primary list of documents used in our intensive training workshop on religious freedom and conflict reporting held in Yangon, Myanmar, November 11-15, 2014.
Myanmar journalists draft Reporting Resolution on Covering Religious Freedom and Conflict
In November 2014, we assembled 15 journalists, editors and media professionals from across Myanmar for an intensive training course on how best to cover religious freedom and conflict. Here’s the resolution they bring back to their newsrooms.
VIDEO: Journalists & Religious Leaders Reflect on Faith in Myanmar Media
YANGON, Myanmar — On Nov. 13, 2014, we gathered a panel of journalists and faith leaders representing Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and Hinduism to discuss how they see local media portrayals of faith in Myanmar.
International journalists discuss reporting on religious freedom at panel event in D.C.
Journalists and media experts discussed the red lines they face covering religion and religious freedom in China, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Denmark and further afield during Journalism Between Red Lines: Covering Religion and Religious Freedom in a World of Conflict, organized by Taboom Founding Director Brian Pellot.
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