Annabel McGoldrick

Annabel McGoldrick's book, Peace Journalism, is published by Hawthorn Press. She is a Director of Reporting the World, which the Observer newspaper called, 'the nearest thing we have to a journalism think-tank'. She runs and chairs RtW seminars in London with some of the news industry's biggest names. She is an experienced reporter and producer in radio and television, having covered conflicts in Indonesia, Thailand and Burma.

She produced the BBC documentary, Against the War, with Harold Pinter, during the Nato bombing of Yugoslavia.

Publications include:
- Refereed chapters in several books including Democratising Global Media (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005)

- Articles for peer-reviewed journals including the British Journalism Review and Social Alternatives

- The TRANSCEND manual, Peace Journalism - What is it? How to do it?

- Peace Journalism video documentary, News from the Holy Land, focusing on the Israel-Palestinian conflict, published by Hawthorn Press with teaching notes.

- Several magazine and newspaper articles about Peace Journalism and the ethics of reporting.

Universities:
Annabel devised, and teaches, annual MA modules at the universities of Sydney and Queensland, Australia, and runs the twice-yearly on-line course in Peace Journalism offered through the TRANSCEND Peace University.

Training:
Annabel has led professional training workshops in Peace Journalism in many countries including Indonesia, the Philippines, Nepal, the USA, the Middle East and the Caucasus.

Annabel will shortly qualify as a psychotherapist.

Annabel McGoldrick is married to another TFF Associate, Jake Lynch.

Joint biography:
Jake Lynch and Annabel McGoldrick's book, Peace Journalism, is published by Hawthorn Press. Jake is a BBC television news anchor and reporter, a former Political Correspondent for Sky News and Sydney Correspondent for the Independent newspaper. Annabel is an experienced reporter and producer in radio and television, having covered conflicts in Indonesia, Thailand and Burma. She produced the BBC documentary, Against the War, with Harold Pinter, during the Nato bombing of Yugoslavia.

They are joint Directors of Reporting the World, which the Observer newspaper called, 'the nearest thing we have to a journalism think-tank'. Annabel chairs RtW seminars for senior journalists in London.

Their publications include:
- Refereed chapters in several books including Democratising Global Media, (Rowman and Littlefield, 2005)

- Numerous articles for peer-reviewed journals including the British Journalism Review and Social Alternatives

- Think-tank reports The Peace Journalism Option (1998); What Are Journalists For? (1999); Reporting the World - a practical checklist for the ethical reporting of conflicts in the 21st century (2002) and the TRANSCEND manual, Peace Journalism - What is it? How to do it?

- Peace Journalism video documentary, News from the Holy Land, focusing on the Israel-Palestinian conflict, published by Hawthorn Press with teaching notes.

- Over 50 magazine and newspaper articles about Peace Journalism and the ethics of reporting.

Universities:
Jake and Annabel devised, and teach, annual MA modules at the universities of Sydney and Queensland, Australia, and Cardiff, Wales; they run the twice-yearly on-line course in Peace Journalism offered through the TRANSCEND Peace University.

Training:
They have led professional training workshops in Peace Journalism in many countries including Indonesia, the Philippines, Nepal, the Middle East and the Caucasus.

Annabel is currently completing a Master's Degree in psychotherapy at the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education, London - accredited by De Montfort University - and awaiting registration as a therapist. See more about her work in this field at Oxford Therapy.

Their son, Finn, was born in July, 2004. And they became TFF Associates in autumn 2005 and they moved to Australia in autumn 2006.

Annabel became member of TFF's new Board in August 2006.

Articles by Annabel McGoldrick

Jake Lynch & Annabel McGoldrick, April 15, 2010
The missing 'Afghans' (Part 1)

Annabel McGoldrick, December 29, 2006
Can peace work? Can the media help? And what's it got to do with me anyway?
To me, peace is the cutting edge of change, it's exciting, creative, a totally new way of looking at things. Welcome to the dynamic field of conflict transformation - a transformation that takes place from the personal to the political - and begins inside the heart of each of us.

Annabel McGoldrick, November 27, 2006
Philippines Mining
A ten-minute investigation by McGolrick into the activities of Australian and other international mining companies on the southern island of Mindanao, and their influence on the conflict there. It's followed by an interview the programme has filmed with the chief executive of one of the firms involved. It's on Australian TV, Sunday, Channel Nine's flagship current affairs show.

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