Very excited to be back in Kosovo. Looking forward to making new friends and learning from shared exchanges of personal and professional experiences. #sharedfuture Shared Future News NUJ Belfast & District Branch

Today was a great start for an exciting project for journalists from #NorthernIreland & #Kosovo to meet and begin a journey of shared learning & collaborative working, drawing on their personal & professional experiences in their places of conflict & work towards a better future.

On our way to #Mitrovica, a place fond in my heart, where today I will meet friends and see how this divided city is working for a better future. CBM AGK UK in Kosovo 🇬🇧 Shared Future News Steven Youngblood Valdete Idrizi

Interesting day at Mitrovica #Kosovo today. Went to the bridge, the “border” between Serb, Albanian communities. I’m here with 10 colleagues from Northern Ireland discussing responsibly reporting contested narratives. #peacejournalism Making Peace Visible Allan LEONARD Xhemajl Rexha

Hopefully I did justice to the long history of Ireland to put #TheTroubles in context.

A selection of images from a working trip to #Kosovo. A kind of homecoming for me from my previous assignments there. Looking forward to returning the favour with their visit to #NorthernIreland soon. AGK Shared Future News UK in Kosovo 🇬🇧

On program w/ journalists from #Kosovo, #NorthernIreland. Today, #Belfast history bike tour, talk on NI history w/ Allan LEONARD. We’re studying reporting a troubled past. AGK Shared Future News

How Northern Ireland Assembly has changed! Great to get the perspective of an #MLA on our #belfast trip- with Matthew O'Toole The SDLP & hear about the formation of an #Opposition Shared Future News NUJ AGK Steven Youngblood #peacejournalism

A group of 10 journalists from different ethnic communities in Kosovo, kicked off a 4 day study visit to Northern Ireland. The visit to Belfast started with engaging presentations by Prof. Steven Youngblood, Xhemajl Rexha from AJK, and Allan Leonard from SharedFuture News.

Thanks Shared Future News News for organising such a great programme today for journalists from Kosovo. Great questions from the travelling guests! And a clear understanding of the importance of raising women’s voices.

👋 The second day of Kosovo journalists' visit in Belfast continued with speakers from politics, media, and civil society, bringing new and unique perspectives on peace journalism. 🔗More info: tinyurl.com/232kuutj Steven Youngblood Shared Future News NUJ UK in Kosovo 🇬🇧

We were privileged to have Hugh MULHOLLAND The MAC give us a curated tour of The Shake exhibit. Steven Youngblood Xhemajl Rexha Besian Nora Luta Gent Mehmeti Getoarbe Mulliqi Laura L Rodríguez-Davis Go and bring a friend and you can complete the handshake with the display mould.

I've walked past this fountain in the inner square of Belfast City Hall without realising it was a #memorial of #TheTroubles. Card reads: "In proud and loving memory: Seamus Sullivan; Murdered by UDA/UFF gunman; 3rd September 1991; Springfield Rd Depot; RIP; Co workers B.C.C."

A recent visit to #Kosovo revealed that civic conversations remain vital in peacebuilding processes. And that concentrated listening to others' stories can be very powerful. Here is my summary article about this experience:

Saddened by the passing of Anna Lo, a genuinely good person. Beverley BEATTIE and I remember her support for stroke survivors. Anna was a trailblazer. Coincidentally highlighted in Shared Future News article today: sharedfuture.news/no-one-sees-us…

#nerdalert I followed the development of the application of "outcomes-based accountability" to the #NorthernIreland #ProgrammeForGovernment for about a whole decade. Essentially an effort to ingrain data science for an objective, empirical analysis of high-level public policy.

‘A feasible bite out of a big apple’: outcomes from ARINS/Irish Times North–South surveys 2024 “The ARINS event in Belfast revealed important insights into public opinion on Irish unification, the willingness to plan for its possibility, and the complexities of such a

“Without the institutions of democracy, journalists are reduced to propagandists or entertainers.”  From medium.com/p/e34649174166 via Readwise #journalism #democracy

"We all belong to many in-groups. As a result, our self-identification shifts from situation to situation." #QOTD via Readwise

“There is among [the people of Northern Ireland] a growing desire to change the present image of that area from a place where time never seemed to move, where old animosities are carefully fostered, and where bigotry and intolerance seem to be preserved as a way of life, to one