Campus Learning

K College students meet reporter to hear about Mideast reporting.

Danielle Riffer-Reinert

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jewish@edu writer

ark Lavie, a reporter who has
worked for NPR, NBC, CBC and

the Middle East and how poorly navigating
them leads to misunderstandings about the

the Associated Press, visited the

region in the West. Lavie spoke about those

campus of Kalamazoo College
Jan. 21 to give a lecture on

issues facing reporters at
Kalamazoo College.

reporting in the Middle East.
His talk, "What's Missing

Experts like Lavie, who can
come to college campuses and

in Middle East Reporting?"
was sponsored by the Jewish

bring insight and a deeper
understanding about the con-

understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
This is where many misunderstandings about

may not have a solid understanding about
this issue or do not know about the report-

Studies Program at Kalamazoo
College and the Hillel Campus

flict in the Middle East, are
important because they can

the Israeli-Palestinian conflict arise, he said.
Reading reports from and/or about the

ing biases and mistakes that arise, and these
lectures provide an arena where students can

Alliance of Michigan.

help explain that this issue

Middle East is tricky for this reason, and

learn and ask questions about the conflict to

For more than 40 years,
Lavie reported from Israel, the

is deeply complex and that
reports about the conflict can

being aware that these media issues exist
regarding the Middle East helps people

educate themselves. These lectures are effec-
tive because students are generally eager

contain biases and other mis-
leading information about this

understand that careful and critical reading
is necessary with material related to this

to learn and try to understand important,
often-complicated issues present in the world

topic talked about so much in
our society.

conflict.
College campuses are an especially

today. @

important place to bring speakers that can

Danielle Riffer-Reinert of South Haven is a

help explain and give information about the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Many students

sophomore at Kalamazoo College.

West Bank and Gaza, Egypt
and surrounding countries for

Mark Lavie

various news outlets. Though he
was based mostly in Israel, he

spent two crucial years in Cairo covering the

Lavie discussed issues in reporting, such

Arab Spring. His latest book, Broken Spring,
explains the challenges facing journalists in

as misleading or missing information in
reports and headlines that affect how people

Kalamazoo College students and faculty listen to Mark Lavie
talk about Middle East reporting.

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