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MediaWise/PressWise projects and articles

The Oslo Challenge and beyond: A view from the inside
By Mike Jempson, prepared for a conference marking 10 years since the Oslo Challenge, April 2009.

Talking to journalists: A MediaWise guide for young people
By Mike Jempson, produced for the Child Rights Information Network, September 2006.

First newspage by and for children launched in Iran
Publication followed MediaWise workshop organised by UNICEF in Tehran, August 2006.

Tipsheet: How to report on children in crises
By Mike Jempson, produced for Reuters AlertNet, July 2006.

Slander, sentimentality or silence?
By Mike Jempson, published in childRIGHT, issue 221, November 2005.

Children’s rights versus press freedom - who wins?, 2005
Conference organised by Quarriers, with input from MediaWise.

Young People Now Positive Images Awards
Mike Jempson (MediaWise) was part of the judging panel for the inaugural awards celebrating the best media coverage of young people, Young People Now, April 2005.

The Media and Children's Rights, 2005
Revised and updated second edition of the handbook devised by MediaWise for UNICEF.

Children and Media - A Global Concern, 2003 
Resource paper for IFJ projects in Africa and Asia.

Reporting on Children, 2002
Comments by Mike Jempson at the NUJ Ethics Council Reporting the Vulnerable conference.

Shocking Images - Taking Pictures of Children, 2002
Commentary on the use of imagery.

Children and the Sex Tourism Trade: Awareness Training for Journalists, 2002 
PressWise contribution to an IFJ publication about children's rights and the media.

Media Activities and Good Ideas by, with and for Children (MAGIC), 2001-2
Website promoting children's participation in the media.

Children, Violence and the Media in an Expanding Europe, 2000-1
Improving media coverage of children affected by violence.

Representing Lost Childhood, 1999-2001
Training and advocacy about children affected by abuse and conflict.

Developing Child Friendly Media, 1999 
Observations about media attitudes towards children. 

The Oslo Challenge, 1999
Encouraging a positive relationship between young people and the media.

The Media and Children's Rights, 1999
PressWise/UNICEF handbook for media professionals.

Children and Publicity, 1997 
Commentary on the risks associated with children appearing in TV documentaries.

Information and Child Rights: The Challenge of Media Engagement, 1997 
A PressWise study for the IFJ which led to the creation of international guidelines.

Children in the Picture: Media Ethics and the Reporting of Child Labour, 1997 
Prepared for the 1997 Oslo International Conference on Child Labour.

Child Exploitation and the Media Forum, 1997
An investigation of the problems caused when the abuse of children hits the headlines.

Writing about Wrongs, 1989
Commentary on press coverage in the wake of the crisis about sexually abused children in Cleveland.