GIMUNews

“When a reporter sits down at the typewriter, he’s nobody’s friend.” by Theodore H. White

Information means power. Looking at the way corporate media carelessly use this power, it is no surprise to see how defiant many people have become towards journalism. Ethics and responsibility are not only part of the job. They are the job. Why? Because this “literature in a hurry” becomes “the first rough draft of history”.

Being a journalist at GIMUNews will provide you with an insight into the life of an international correspondent. Following debates, press conferences, behind-the-scene negotiations will all be part of your task. However, you will also have to go up to delegates and chairpersons to ask disturbing questions. Back to the office, you will be expected to summarize, discuss and evaluate the information you have gathered. Be it your first experience or not, you will also have to attend our daily briefing where ideas and critics can be exchanged. Therefore, team working abilities are a key to the success of the journal.

The GIMUN is composed of six committees. Each of them will be followed by a neutral and a non-neutral (or biased) journalist. The first one is expected to write objective, though critical articles. The latter has to report from a national, regional, political or cultural perspective. This might even get more complicated as some of these newspapers are opposing their respective governements.

Besides the pieces written by the GIMUNews staff, the newspaper includes a letter to the editor section where delegates can voice their concerns regarding previously published articles or issues related to the simulation. It also offers readers insider information on other MUN happenings around the globe. And last but not least, it is meant to keep participants up to date on the social events accompanying the conference and to make them familiar with Geneva's UN Offices and the city itself.