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Poynter's Al Tompkins calls it "arguably the world’s most complex conflict." ([link removed])
Our senior vice president and media ethics expert Kelly McBride wrote ([link removed]) that newsrooms must "find ways to document the full range of views of the people in their communities" while creating "an environment ... where journalists can openly discuss and explore their personal competing loyalties."
And faculty member Fernanda Camarena spoke to veteran standards editors ([link removed]) to talk through "the tough decisions on what to air and publish during a war."
As the world's attention was drawn to Israel and Gaza, Poynter sought to make sense of media coverage and misinformation for news consumers, while also providing for journalists best practices and reliable conflict background.
Our stories included:
* How to avoid misinformation about the war in Gaza ([link removed])
* When journalists find demonstrators’ views personally offensive ([link removed])
* Amid images and news of actual war, false and misleading claims about Israel-Hamas thrive ([link removed])
* How standards editors are sorting through graphic images from Israel and Gaza ([link removed])
* The basics on Israel, Gaza, Palestine and Hamas for local journalists ([link removed])
* Journalists, nonstop coverage of war and violence affects your mental health ([link removed])

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