Barriers to media coverage of Myanmar since the military coup began
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[EMBARGOED UNTIL 7/1/2023] Myanmar's political reforms from 2011 to 2015 marked the country's new beginning after almost five decades of military dictatorship and provided a ray of hope for Myanmar citizens and refugees in the U.S. However, this hope was crushed by a coup d'etat led by Myanmar's military junta in February 2021. Many international news organizations have kept a close eye on the situation in the country since then and have detailed reports of what's happening. This project aims to examine the barriers to covering the situation in Myanmar that journalists have faced since the coup started, under the lens of Peace Journalism, a framework for reporting that explores the root causes of conflict formation without sensationalizing war. Through a series of semi-structured interviews with eight journalists who have covered Myanmar since the coup started, this project has found that the barriers to reporting in Myanmar can be identified by five categories: governmental barriers, physical barriers, technological barriers, financial barriers and newsroom barriers. The project also concluded that despite these barriers, journalists covering Myanmar do aspire to practice different elements of Peace Journalism.
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