RT Article
T1 Transitional justice and transitional journalism: case-study on Kosovo
JF International journal of transitional justice
VO 14
IS 3
SP 483
OP 503
A1 Sweeney, James A.
A2 Andresen, Kenneth
A2 Hoxha, Abit
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1845303202
AB This article documents the findings of an empirical project combining socio-legal and media studies, which examined journalists’ perceptions of their role in relation to transitional justice in Kosovo. Based upon the qualitative analysis of 30 semi-structured interviews with professional journalists in Kosovo during the summer of 2018, the article shows that key issues in the study of transitional justice appear in respect of what, building on notions of ‘peace journalism’, can be termed ‘transitional journalism’. Issues include the extent to which ‘transitional journalism’ is, or should be, a distinct ‘field’ at all; as well as debates about the relative priority to give to accountability, reconciliation, historical accounting, or victims’ rights within the practice of ‘transitional journalism’ at any given time. Identifying and engaging with these issues will allow greater agency in, and ownership of, decisions taken about ‘transitional journalism’.
K1 Transitional Justice
K1 Peacebuilding
K1 Non-state actors
K1 Journalism
K1 Kosovo
DO 10.1093/ijtj/ijaa017