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I am not a latest news reporter anymore, and I am not in Afghanistan at the moment.

But, like I say in my Ted Talk, the reporting on Afghanistan has left me worried, and that’s why I took on a PhD that studies my own profession, journalism.

My research on Afghanistan is the spine of my work, and I bring this 15 years of experience into academia. My Afghanistan experience provides important insights on the Western bias, and also what the bias created - suppressed knowledge that often relates to peace, or possibilities for de-escalating the conflict.

We the press overlooked essential peace-moments in the Afghan conflict, and I know not any news desks wants this to happen. In my PhD I dive deep into the field of journalism and try to find out how this was possible - and what are the possibly solutions. This biased coverage in Afghanistan backs previous studies done on the American media’s war reporting in the Arab world, but also on China and Russia, in which Western perspectives prevail and Western official sources play a crucial role in creating the dominant narrative.

In the coming years I will be often in New York, talking to the journalists involved, and address these issues. In this newsletter I will keep you up to date. I will also share ongoing research, including work of my students at Sciences Po.

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