Conflict Reporting Strategies and the Identities of Ethnic and Religious Communities in Jos, Nigeria

Dr Godfrey Naanlang Danaan is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Jos, Nigeria. He studied Mass Communication at the University of Jos and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and received professional training in Journalism at the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University, USA. He obtained his PhD in Media and Cultural Studies from the University of Salford, UK, having worked as a Visiting Lecturer at the Plateau State University, Nigeria, Bingham University, Nigeria, and the National Open University of Nigeria. He is the editor of the Jos Journal of Media and Communication Studies (JJMCS) and has 16 years’ experience of teaching at the University of Jos. He has published several journal articles and book chapters on a range of topics, including media research, mediatisation, and conflict journalism, and he is a member of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. He is a freelance writer for the Catholic Herald, and the co-editor of Understanding the Newspaper Business in Nigeria: A Resource Book (2016).