Jake Lynch (born 1965) is a journalist, academic and writer, and a scholarly authority within the fields of peace journalism and

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. He is an academic with the

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, although for 2020 he is on secondment as a Leverhulme Visiting Professor at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University, UK. Jake cameraman

Education

Lynch attended

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, where he completed a BA degree in English (First Class Honours) in 1988 and a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism Studies (Distinction) with Cardiff University in 1989. He subsequently attended City University, London, where he completed a PhD degree in 2008.

Professional career

Lynch worked as a journalist for two decades, including work with ''

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'', the

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and with

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. Latterly, he has worked in academia, and currently holds the position of Associate Professor within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at

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. He was formerly Director of the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at Sydney University, and later Chair of the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at the university. Lynch has also previously served as Secretary-General of the International Peace Research Association, and has held visiting fellowships with the universities of Cardiff, Bristol and Johannesburg.

Honours and awards

Lynch has received numerous awards, most recently the Luxembourg Peace Prize for his work in peace journalism.

Activism

Lynch has been active in

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campaigns, in the

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(BDS) campaign, and in campaigns for Palestinian rights. In 2013,

Shurat HaDin Shurat HaDin (aka. Israel Law Center (ILC)) is an Israeli non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in Tel Aviv in 2003. Shurat HaDin has been described by some as a civil rights organization and others as a pro-Israel lawfare-wagi ...

, an Israeli NGO, commenced legal action in the

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against Lynch, alleging a breach of Australia's anti-racism laws over Lynch's active support for the BDS campaign. The case, however, was subsequently dismissed by His Honour Justice Alan Robertson, with costs in favour of Lynch. In March 2015, Lynch was investigated by the University of Sydney after confronting attendees at a pro-Israel talk at the university featuring retired British Colonel and pro-Israel advocate

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. Lynch was criticised for thrusting money in the face of at least one Jewish person. In late April 2015, Lynch was cleared of allegations of anti-Semitism by the University of Sydney, a decision by welcomed by Palestinian advocates but criticised by Jewish groups.

Bibliography

* Lynch, J. (2017). Terrorism, the "Blowback" thesis and the UK media. ''Peace Review'', 29(4), pp. 443–449. * Lynch, J. (2017). News coverage, peacemaking and peacebuilding. In Robinson, Piers; Seib, Philip; Frohlich, Romy (eds.), ''Routledge Handbook of Media, Conflict and Security,'' (pp. 197–209). Abingdon: Routledge. * Lynch, J. (2018) Foreword. ''Peace Journalism Principles and Practices,'' (pp. xv-xvii). New York: Routledge. * Lynch, J. (2018). Where I stand on peace journalism and the academic boycott of Israel. ''Conflict and Communication'', 17(1), pp. 1–4. * Lynch, J. (2018). Peace Journalism. ''Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication: Journalism Studies.'' New York: Oxford University Press. * Lynch, J. (2019). Public Service Broadcasting and Security Issues: The Case of 'Blowback'. In Shaw, Ibrahim Seaga; Selvarajah, Senthan (eds.), ''Reporting Human Rights, Conflicts, and Peacebuilding: Critical and Global Perspectives,'' (pp. 85–101). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. * Hussain, S., Lynch, J. (2019). Identifying peace-oriented media strategies for deadly conflicts in Pakistan. ''Information Development'', 35(5), pp. 703–713. * Lynch, J. (2019). ''Blood on the Stone.'' London, United Kingdom: Unbound. (Historical Novel).

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