On March 10th, the research group MEKK organized the launch of Kjetil Selvik and Jacob Høiglit’s book Journalism in the Grey Zone. Pluralism and Media Capture in Lebanon and Tunisia.
The book explores the political role of journalism in the hybrid situations of Lebanon and Tunisia where democratic and nondemocratic elements coexist. Through interviews with a large number of journalists in different positions and analyses of key events in recent years, the book explains the tensions that media instrumentalization creates in the news media and how journalists navigate conflicting pressures from powerholders and a marginalized populace.
After a presentation of the book by Kjetil Selvik and Jacob Høiglit, Elisabeth Eide led the discussions with the two authors and took questions from the floor.