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Page 1: Can NGOs Do Journalism? Understanding the Information Work of Humanitarian and Human Rights NGOs Matthew Powers Assistant Professor Department of Communication

Can NGOs Do Journalism? Understanding the Information Work of Humanitarian and Human Rights NGOs

Matthew PowersAssistant ProfessorDepartment of CommunicationUniversity of Washington

Page 2: Can NGOs Do Journalism? Understanding the Information Work of Humanitarian and Human Rights NGOs Matthew Powers Assistant Professor Department of Communication
Page 3: Can NGOs Do Journalism? Understanding the Information Work of Humanitarian and Human Rights NGOs Matthew Powers Assistant Professor Department of Communication

DebatesArgument 1 NGOs expand the boundaries of journalism by providing credible reporting from multiple locales

Argument 2 NGOs threaten the autonomy of journalism and turn news media into a platform for advocacy.

Page 4: Can NGOs Do Journalism? Understanding the Information Work of Humanitarian and Human Rights NGOs Matthew Powers Assistant Professor Department of Communication

Methods(1) Interview/Participant Observation

(2) Content Analysis

(3) Historical Analysis

Page 5: Can NGOs Do Journalism? Understanding the Information Work of Humanitarian and Human Rights NGOs Matthew Powers Assistant Professor Department of Communication

reports: 

1987: 0.7 per week 2013: 1.9 per week

press releases: 

1987: 15.2 per week 2013: 30 per week

staff size:

Amnesty, 1970: 14 Amnesty 2013: 125

HRW, 1987: 6  HRW 2013: 150

countries reported

Amnesty 1978: 100 Amnesty 2013: 150

HRW: 1987: 50  HRW, 2013: 100

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Credible Causal Stories(1) Violation

(2) Violator

(3) Remedy

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Takeaways1) NGOs expand the boundaries of journalism by providing credible reporting from multiple locales

2) NGO reporting shaped by need for a specific type of credible, causal story.

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Can NGOs Do Journalism? Understanding the Information Work of Humanitarian and Human Rights NGOs

Matthew PowersAssistant ProfessorDepartment of CommunicationUniversity of Washington


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