Depolarization Reporting Strategies

News Ambassadors will be bringing Opening Doors interns and sponsoring newsrooms a training on Depolarization Reporting Strategies, focused on the four pillars of Complicating the Narratives (CTN) method.

Designed by High Conflict author/journalist Amanda Ripley and her Good Conflict colleague Hélène Biandudi Hofer, CTN strategies were born from researching conflict mediation psychology studies -- how people actually behave when they're feeling suspicious and threatened by the other side - and distilling lessons journalists can use to improve coverage of contentious issues. These tools have applications for many different types of reporting beyond divisive issues, as well as beyond the journalism field.