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The 2012 Inaugural Edition of the International Journal of Media and Information Policy (MIPJ) is a nexus of media, information, international relations, and humanitarian affairs. Edited by K.J. Wetherholt and Gary Knight for VII. CONTENT AND CONTRIBUTORS: Cover Image: Photo from the Horn of Africa by Lynsey Addario / VII Photography: VII: Donald Weber, Franco Pagetti, Alexandra Boulat, Lynsey Addario, Stephanie Sinclair, Maciek Nabrdalik, Ron Haviv, Peter DiCampo / NOOR: Jan Grarup, Kadir van Lohuizen, Alixandra Fazzina / Martin Roemers / Jason P. Howe / Brian Driscoll Features: Does the Humanitarian Industry Have a Future in the Digital Age? / Information, Human Security and the Responsibility to Protect / Human Terrain Systems in Afghanistan / Challenges for Media Development in the Digital Age / A Brutal Business (Immigration and the Mexican Drug Cartels) / Perspectives from the Field: Papua New Guinea / Occupy and the Media Interviews: Photojournalist Jason P. Howe / Janet Ritz - Environment and Human Security / Professor Richard Norton - Feral Cities / Claudia Hinterseer - NOOR and the role of Media and Photojournalism in Crisis, Conflict, and Disaster Film Reviews: Coriolanus / Surviving Progress / In the Land of Blood and Honey MIPJ Partners: VII, MediaStorm, PBS MediaShift, FotoEvidence, Newsmotion, PROOF: Media for Social Justice, SocialDocumentary.net MIPJ Advisory Board Members: Michael Ware (formerly Chief International Correspondent for CNN, currently President of Penance Films), Marcus Bleasdale (VII), Brian Storm (MediaStorm), Christopher Mikkelsen and David Mikkelsen Troensegaard (Refugees United), Dr. Erica Pasini, and Professor Alan Hatcher. Further information on the MIPJ and links to Contributors / Partners / Advisory Board may be found at the MIPJ website: http: //www.mipj.org. Twitter: @MIPJournal