Peace efforts are invisible in the media.
We want to change that.

War Stories Peace Stories is a bridge-building organization igniting powerful conversations all over the world about how the media covers peace and conflict.

Image by Sara Terry from the film Fambul Tok

Bringing journalists and peacebuilders
together

WSPS was founded by Jamil Simon, peace activist, filmmaker, and winner of the Luxemburg Peace Prize, to help challenge the prevailing narrative of conflict in today’s news cycles.

Our Goals


To improve the overall public narrative about peace

To expand global coverage of peace and reconciliation efforts in the media

To inspire a wider range of approaches to conflict reporting

On the Podcast:

Understanding intergenerational trauma in Israel/Palestine

with Lydia Wilson

Journalist and researcher Lydia Wilson helps us understand the Israel/Palestine conflict through a lens of intergenerational trauma.

“Finally! Thanks to War Stories Peace Stories, there is at long last an outlet that covers the world's conflict interrupters — people working in the shadows, with relentless creativity, to prevent violence. This is fascinating, important and rare.” 

Amanda Ripley, journalist and bestselling author of High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out

“I am so impressed with all that WSPS has been accomplishing! The podcast series is truly wonderful, and I really loved the first issue of NUANCE. Both represent such high-caliber storytelling at a time when voices for peace are being drowned out.”

— Melanie Greenberg
Managing Director, Peacebuilding, Humanity United

Our Projects

  • Our Podcast

    Critical conversations with key players on the frontlines of peace efforts and the journalists who report on them.

  • NUANCE

    A seasonal publication focusing on creative solutions for bringing peace stories into greater public awareness.

  • Film Series

    Exceptional documentary films on peace and reconciliation, selected in collaboration with the Global Peace Film Festival.

  • Events

    Online and in-person events serving the informational needs of our key audiences of journalists and peacebuilders.

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