Event Description
Join the University of Denver’s Center for Middle East Studies and WorldDenver for a two-part series on journalism and media during wartime.
On February 12, Avi Mayer, former Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post, will explore the challenges of wartime reporting, press freedom, media bias, and the broader impact of war on journalists and society. The discussion will be moderated by Professors Micheline Ishay and Ahmed Abdrabou of the Josef Korbel School.
Then, on April 9, Mohamed Moawad, Managing Editor at Al Jazeera, will continue the conversation, offering additional insights into journalism in conflict zones.
Attend in person or virtually—this event is free and open to all.
About the Speakers
About Avi Mayer
Avi Mayer is the former Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post, one of the most-read English-language newspapers in Israel and a leading news outlet in the Jewish world. With more than a quarter-million followers on X (formerly Twitter) and a monthly audience in the tens of millions, Avi is considered one of the most prominent millennial voices in Israel and the Jewish world. He often appears as a commentator on CNN.
About Mohamed Moawad
Moawad is an Arab American award-winning journalist. He is the 2012 U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) journalist of the year, also he was awarded three times at New York Journalism Festivals and short listed for London AIB (Association for International Broadcasting) Broadcaster of the year award. Moawad has been dealing with Middle East conflicts first hand. While the past years were overwhelmed by violent and non-violent social conflicts which have shaped the present and the future of several societies in North Africa and the Middle East.
As a broadcast journalist at Middle East broadcasting networks (MBN) of BBG, Moawad was working in the midst of the turmoil reporting the voices and the aspirations of those who triggered it as well as the reactions of politicians and military leaders who tried to sustain the status quo. His reporting trips took him to Juba to report the breakaway of South Sudan from Sudan, and Libya at height of armed confrontations between the rebels and Qaddafi forces. Moawad almost camped in Tahrir square, Cairo during the decisive eighteen-day Egyptian Revolution in January and February 2011. Moawad witnessed real conflicts unravel. Moawad is currently a scholar at George Mason University, School for conflict analysis and resolution. He is conducting his researches on peace-building journalism, how the media act in times of conflict. Currently Moawad is the managing editor of Aljazeera news channel based in Doha, Qatar.
Join the University of Denver’s Center for Middle East Studies and WorldDenver for a two-part series on journalism and media during wartime.
On February 12, Avi Mayer, former Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post, will explore the challenges of wartime reporting, press freedom, media bias, and the broader impact of war on journalists and society. The discussion will be moderated by Professors Micheline Ishay and Ahmed Abdrabou of the Josef Korbel School.
Then, on April 9, Mohamed Moawad, Managing Editor at Al Jazeera, will continue the conversation, offering additional insights into journalism in conflict zones.
Attend in person or virtually—this event is free and open to all.
About the Speakers
About Avi Mayer
Avi Mayer is the former Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post, one of the most-read English-language newspapers in Israel and a leading news outlet in the Jewish world. With more than a quarter-million followers on X (formerly Twitter) and a monthly audience in the tens of millions, Avi is considered one of the most prominent millennial voices in Israel and the Jewish world. He often appears as a commentator on CNN.
About Mohamed Moawad
Moawad is an Arab American award-winning journalist. He is the 2012 U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) journalist of the year, also he was awarded three times at New York Journalism Festivals and short listed for London AIB (Association for International Broadcasting) Broadcaster of the year award. Moawad has been dealing with Middle East conflicts first hand. While the past years were overwhelmed by violent and non-violent social conflicts which have shaped the present and the future of several societies in North Africa and the Middle East.
As a broadcast journalist at Middle East broadcasting networks (MBN) of BBG, Moawad was working in the midst of the turmoil reporting the voices and the aspirations of those who triggered it as well as the reactions of politicians and military leaders who tried to sustain the status quo. His reporting trips took him to Juba to report the breakaway of South Sudan from Sudan, and Libya at height of armed confrontations between the rebels and Qaddafi forces. Moawad almost camped in Tahrir square, Cairo during the decisive eighteen-day Egyptian Revolution in January and February 2011. Moawad witnessed real conflicts unravel. Moawad is currently a scholar at George Mason University, School for conflict analysis and resolution. He is conducting his researches on peace-building journalism, how the media act in times of conflict. Currently Moawad is the managing editor of Aljazeera news channel based in Doha, Qatar.