Bearing witness: practices of journalistic witnessing in South Sudan
Journal: London School of Economics and Political Science Theses Online (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Year: 2023

This thesis explores the practices and normative tensions of journalists reporting on conflict in South Sudan, based on a combination of semi-structured interviews with journalists based in Nairobi, Kampala and Juba, as well as ethnographic observation of an investigative reporting trip to the Malakal protection of civilians site in Upper Nile state. This thesis addresses two research questions, asking howjournalists’ practices are enabled and constrained in the context of South Sudan, and what