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Media training in transition countries: perspectives of a media trainer
London; New York:
Routledge
(2022), xiv, 142 pp., index
ISBN 978-1-00-055442-7 (pdf); 978-0-367-72501-3 (hbk); 978-0-367-72567-9 (pbk)
"Drawing on the author’s and other media trainers’ experiences over a 25-year period, this book provides important insights into tailoring training programs to specific regions and countries. Case studies describe training in radio and television management, broadcasting, and media sustainabilit...
UNESCO's Multi-donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) action in Tunisia: 2018-2021 quadrennial report, country summaries
Paris:
UNESCO
(2022), 8 pp.
"Past UNESCO support resulted in the establishment of a Monitoring Unit on the Safety of Journalists in partnership with the Union of Tunisian Journalists (Syndicat National des Journalistes Tunisiens (SNJT) and OHCHR, which has been piloted since 2018. Throughout the reporting period, the MDP has p...
UNESCO's Multi-donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) action in Sudan: 2018-2021 quadrennial report, country summaries
Paris:
UNESCO
(2022), 6 pp.
"Sudan’s transitional authorities expressed a strong political commitment to reform laws and policies relative to freedom of expression, media freedom and access to information. This was notably demonstrated by the suspension of old laws limiting freedom of expression, as well as by the signing of...
UNESCO's Multi-donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) action in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): 2018-2021 quadrennial report, country summaries
Paris:
UNESCO
(2022), 3 pp.
"UNESCO’s support to the DRC in 2020 and 2021, through its Kinshasa Office, has mainly focused on the construction and consolidation of a strategic dialogue between the government, state agencies, the media, social society, academia and international organizations. This way, UNESCO helped pave the...
UNESCO's Multi-donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) regional action in Latin America and the Caribbean: 2018-2021 quadrennial report, country summaries
Paris:
UNESCO
(2022), 10 pp.
"The MDP has since 2018 supported various capacity-building activities for Latin American and Caribbean judicial actors, such as the 5th and 6th edition of the MOOC “International Legal Framework on Freedom of Expression, Access to Public Information and the Safety of Journalists”, additional MO...
What is next for media development?
Journal of applied journalism & media studies, volume 11, issue 2 (2022), pp. 135-140
"What comes next for media development? Though the contributors to this volume [i.e., the special issue focusing on international media development] provide answers from diverse perspectives, they each touch upon questions of agency and localization. The contributors investigate major issues with a ...
UNESCO's Multi-donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) action in Ethiopia: 2018-2021 quadrennial report, country summaries
Paris:
UNESCO
(2022), 5 pp.
"Various media freedom NGOs have noted that progress achieved in 2019 in terms of freedom of expression and of the media was disrupted by a series of internet shutdowns as well as by an anti-hate speech law adopted in 2020, whose vague provisions have drawn criticism from specialized observers. Furt...
Medas 21: lessons learnt from a media development research program
Dortmund:
MEDAS21
(2022), 13 pp.
"1. It is of utmost importance to provide wider access to data sources on the sector, many of which are still confidential. This is particularly the case for baseline studies and ex-post evaluations of projects. The sector's learning process is hampered by limited access to data and contact persons ...
Media viability: learning brief
Protecting Independent Media for Effective Development (PRIMED)
(2022), 8 pp.
"... there was no single approach to measuring media viability. Deutsche Welle Akademie's (DWA) Media Viability Indicators are designed to assess viability on three levels, considering the overall economic environment (macro); the structure of the media market and potential sources of revenue (meso)...
UNESCO's Multi-donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) action in Iraq: 2018-2021 quadrennial report, country summaries
Paris:
UNESCO
(2022), 5 pp.
"Iraq was added as a target country under the MDP in 2020, building on the first phase of the “Breaking the Silence: Enhancing Public Accountability on Freedom of Expression and the Safety of Journalists in Iraq” project, which was implemented by UNESCO between 2019 and 2021 with funding from th...
UNESCO's Multi-donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) action in Jordan: 2018-2021 quadrennial report, country summaries
Paris:
UNESCO
(2022), 3 pp.
"Jordan was included as a beneficiary country under the MDP in 2021, responding to a request by the country’s Judicial Training Institute to strengthen the capacities of judicial operators on international standards and issues related to freedom of expression and access to information. This collab...
UNESCO's Multi-donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) action in Mexico: 2018-2021 quadrennial report, country summaries
Paris:
UNESCO
(2022), 4 pp.
"On the occasion of the main conference commemorating the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists in 2019, which was held in Mexico City, the Spokesperson of the Mexican Presidency announced the Mexican government’s commitment to improve the protection of journalists, incl...
UNESCO's Multi-donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) action in Lebanon: 2018-2021 quadrennial report, country summaries
Paris:
UNESCO
(2022), 6 pp.
"The MDP’s response to these urgent needs was twofold: assisting Lebanese media in overcoming the viability crisis caused by the Beirut blasts, and countering the deterioration of freedom of expression and of the safety of journalists, while also maintaining previous efforts to raise awareness on ...
UNESCO's Multi-donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) action in Zambia: 2018-2021 quadrennial report, country summaries
Paris:
UNESCO
(2022), 4 pp.
"In an effort to support the smooth running of the 2021 General Elections, Zambia was integrated as a target country under the MDP. In partnership with MISA Zambia, UNESCO supported local journalists and editors to enhance their capacities on mis/disinformation, electoral reporting and safety measur...
Let free media thrive: stories of impact of the multi-donor programme on freedom of expression and safety of journalists
Paris:
UNESCO
(2021), 18 pp.
"The collection of stories presented here aims to highlight the impact of the MDP's (Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists) MDP’s actions over the course of this challenging year. Through testimonies from beneficiaries and partners who aspire to improve freedom o...
Mozilla Fellowships and Awards Program: evaluation and impact narrative. An evaluation of Mozilla’s Fellowships & Awards program strategy and impact from the beginning of 2016 through mid-2020
Mozilla Foundation
(2021), 128 pp.
"This evaluation is an analysis of the Mozilla Foundation’s grantmaking and fellowship work led by the F&A team from the beginning of 2016 through mid-2020. It seeks to understand: 1) the impacts of the programs on individual funding recipients and organizational partners, on the issues the progra...
Community radio for peacebuilding in the Colombian post-conflict: transformations, tensions and challenges for content production and local participation
Social identities: journal for the study of race, nation and culture, volume 27, issue 4 (2021), pp. 461-478
"The text presents the results of the external evaluation of the project: ‘Community Radio for Peace and Coexistence’ (CRPC), implemented between 2015 and 2017 by the community media network RESANDER, with the support of the Colombian Government and the European Union. Considering that community...
Manufacturing the liberal media model through developmentality in Malawi
In: Media, development and democracy
Heloisa Pait; Juliana Laet (eds.)
Bingley:
Emerald Publishing
(2021), pp. 23-44
"When questioning the relationship between media, development, and democracy, especially in the ill-defined “Global South,” it’s important to go beyond the commonly held meta-narratives that frame these concepts as common sense. In a quest to investigate alternative characterizations of these ...
Media for democracy assessment tool: learning, evaluation, and research (LER) activity
Key Guidance
Washington, DC; Landover, MD:
USAID; Cloudburst Group
(2021), 93 pp.
"The purpose of the Media for Democracy Assessment Tool (MAT) is to assist United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in producing media assessments to inform strategy on media and democracy programming, help inform potential media development programming goals, and help provide an i...
Philanthropy-funded journalism: implications for media independence and editorial credibility in South Africa
In: Re-imagining communication in Africa and the Caribbean: Global South issues in media, culture and technology
Hopeton S. Dunn; Dumisani Moyo; William O. Lesitaokana; Shanade Bianca Barnabas (eds.)
Cham:
Palgrave Macmillan
(2021), pp. 193-216
ISBN 978-3-030-54169-9 (ebook); 978-3-030-54168-2 (hbk); 978-3-030-54170-5 (pbk)
"Over the past decade, philanthropic organisations have poured millions of dollars into different specialised forms of journalism in Africa. While these new specialised forms of journalism are aimed at addressing existing gaps in news reporting on the continent, there has been growing concern over t...
