About MPV

Our Mission

Making Peace Visible (MPV) connects peacebuilders with journalists, digital content creators, and technology experts to amplify peace efforts—making them more visible, better understood, and more supported.

At a time of deep division and global instability, MPV is fostering a practical, cross-sector coalition that recognizes journalists and digital storytellers as vital connectors—shaping narratives, building power, and reframing peace as a viable solution to conflict. By making peace visible, tangible and relevant to people's everyday lives, MPV promotes a civic culture that prioritizes dialogue over division and recognizes peace as fundamental to democracy.

A U.S.-based nonprofit, MPV examines how storytelling shapes perceptions of peace and conflict, and how media can either advance or obstruct peace efforts. MPV promotes this by:

  • Analyzing how narratives about peace and conflict are framed and disseminated

  • Exploring how media can educate the public on the practicalities and viability of peacebuilding;

  • Equipping and mobilizing storytellers with tools to counter divisive narratives and to spotlight effective, collaborative solutions to conflict.

Our Vision

Building Bridges: Journalism and Peacebuilding

We envision a world where peacebuilding is understood, valued, and resourced by the public.

Media is critical in shaping how societies perceive conflict and peace. Yet, peacebuilding efforts often remain invisible while war and division dominate headlines. Until peace is seen as a viable alternative, it will remain underappreciated and therefore underfunded.

We are forging deep connections between peacebuilders, journalists, digital content creators, and technologists to collaborate in transforming the public narrative on peace. Our goal is to shift global media trends away from sensationalism and polarization, and toward stories that spotlight effective, collaborative solutions to conflict. To achieve this, we elevate nuanced storytelling, foster cross-sector dialogue, and equip journalists with the tools to adopt more solutions-based approaches to conflict reporting.

Through podcasts, publications, public forums, and educational initiatives, MPV is building a global network of media changemakers committed to transforming how the world sees and understands peace. Our goals are:

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

  • To inspire a broader range of approaches to conflict reporting

  • To reshape the public conversation on peace and conflict, making peacebuilding the norm, not the exception

Our Goals

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To improve the overall public narrative about peace

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

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To inspire a broader range of approaches to conflict reporting

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"I can say out loud, and I'm proud: I am a journalist who is biased towards peace. I want to do stories that help achieve peace in my very small and often insignificant way. There are nuances that the American citizen needs to understand... before agreeing to spend more money to bomb another country or intervene militarily."

— Former CNN reporter Reza Sayah on The Making Peace Visible Podcast