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Windows of opportunity: the transformation of state media to public service media in Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Moldova and Serbia
Global media journal - German edition, volume 4, issue 2 (2014), 30 pp.
CC BY-NC
"The transformation of state media to public service media (PSM) is one of the most ambitious endeavors in the field of media development. Not many efforts to free the national media from government control have succeeded in the past decades. In this paper the comparatively promising cases of Kyrgyz...
Development efforts to promote investigative reporting: a preliminary assessment of centers in Azerbaijan, Jordan, Bangladesh, and Bosnia
Paper presented at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Rio de Janeiro; Investigative Journalism Education Consortium (IJEC)
(2014)
"This paper compares and contrasts four centers: The Center for Investigative Reporting in Bosnia-Herzegovina (CIN), The Journalism Training and Research Initiative in Bangladesh (JATRI), the Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism in Jordan (ARIJ), and The Caucasus Media Investigations Center (...
The failure of a success story: reforming Georgia’s public service broadcaster
Global media journal - German edition, volume 4, issue 2 (2014), 22 pp.
CC BY-NC
"The Georgian public service broadcaster has been unable to develop into an autonomous and independent media organisation in spite of all the legal and institutional safeguards. It has been a victim of intense political manipulation and interference throughout its existence, and most domestic and ex...
Content analysis: measuring the success of journalism capacity building
Key Guidance
Bonn:
Deutsche Welle DW Akademie
(2014), 8 pp.
"In this paper we describe how quality in reporting could be measured through content analysis. We show that this approach, although somewhat technical, is feasible. It can help projects to become better and more successful. As a suggestion for practitioners in media development we present three opt...
In the service of the public: functions and transformation of media in developing countries
Bonn:
Deutsche Welle DW Akademie
(2014), 300 pp.
3d Conference on Media Development in Myanmar, 18-19 September 2014: summary of presentations and conclusions
Myanmar Media Development Thematic Working Group; International Media Support (IMS)
(2014), 50 pp.
ISBN 978-87-92209-66-5
CC BY
"For the third consecutive year in a row, the Myanmar Media Development Conference, a unique multi-partner, multi-stakeholder enterprise, gathered government officials, journalists, media owners, editors, reporters, NGOs, local, regional and international organisations for discussions on the status ...
Communicating with communities: a case study and guide from Pakistan and elsewhere
Geneva:
International Organization for Migration (IOM); Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP)
(2014), xix, 109 pp., 23 figures, illustr., bibliogr. p.107-109
"The purpose of this handbook is to highlight achievements, as well as ongoing efforts and future plans, in improving information delivery to and communication with affected communities. This guide highlights the lack of critical information in emergency response and what needs to be done to ensure ...
Media and conflict: an assessment of the evidence
Progress in development studies, volume 14, issue 2 (2014), pp. 181-195
"This article assesses the evidence used to in arguments for the role of the media in conflict and post-conflict situations. It focuses on two broad areas within the literature. First, it examines literature on the contribution of media in war to peace transitions, including assessment of evidence u...
Post-2015 MDGs: freedom of expression and the media
Bonn:
Deutsche Welle DW Akademie
(2013), 6 pp.
"Access to information, freedom of expression and an independent media are important for a sustainable future. They should be explicitly included in a future framework describing UN development goals for the years beyond 2015. We discuss two options: firstly, integration of “information access and...
Media reforms through intervention: international media assistance in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo:
Analitika – Center for Social Research
(2013), 71 pp., bibliogr. p.60-69
"The case of BiH demonstrates that media reform is a slow, time-consuming process, which is closely related to the consolidation of democratic institutions that foster free media. The four case studies presented here amply demonstrate a deep tension between externally-driven reform initiatives and t...
Transformations in Egyptian journalism
London; Oxford:
Tauris; Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
(2013), xviii, 109 pp., chronol. p.xi-xiii, bibliogr. p.106-108
ISBN 978-1-78076-589-1
"Egypt’s revolutionary uprising in 2011 raised important questions about the kind of journalism that would be viable in the country’s changing political dynamics. Suddenly the output of bloggers, online radio and social media news operations, which had all formed part of the groundswell of actio...
Democracy, governance and randomised media assistance
London:
BBC Media Action
(2013), 26 pp., bibliogr. p.24-26
"This paper focuses attention on randomised field experiments in the developing world that explicitly address the use of media to achieve democracy and governance (DG) outcomes ... The first section describes the growth of DG assistance and the increasing interest in DG field experiments. The second...
Évaluation de l’appui aux médias en période électorale en Afrique subsaharienne. Synthèse du rapport
Inspiring practice
teswt, volume 0 (2013)
"L’appui à la couverture médiatique du scrutin vise trois objectifs : offrir une information suffisante au citoyen pour que son choix électoral soit posé en connaissance de cause ; garantir le pluralisme à travers la visibilité octroyée aux différentes forces en présence ; crédibiliser l...
Towards a diagnostic approach to media in fragile states: examples from the Somali territories
Media, war & conflict, volume 6, issue 3 (2013), pp. 279-293
"Media interventions by international organizations and NGOs in conflict and post-conflict situations seek to develop and shape a media system to contribute to specific political and social ends. The analyses and assessments that inform these interventions are often based on an overview of the forma...
Overview of corruption in the media in developing countries
U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre; Transparency International; Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI)
(2013), 10 pp.
"In developing countries, the media is often confronted by a combination of factors that create fertile grounds for corruption, such as lack of training and technical skills, low professional standards, limited financial resources, opaque or government controlled ownership structures, inadequate and...
The Media Map project: Mali. Case study on donor support to independent media, 1990-2010
Washington, DC:
Internews; World Bank Institute
(2012), 46 pp., illustr., abbrev. p.4-5, bibliogr. p.34-35
"Mali’s media remain significantly underdeveloped in terms of business management, audience research and long-term sustainability. Many media organizations remain dependent on donor funding and have done little to develop business models to attract other sources of revenue. There are more than 50 ...
The Media Map project: Peru. Case study on donor support to independent media, 1990-2010
Washington, DC:
Internews; World Bank Institute
(2012), 53 pp., illustr., abbrev. p.4, bibliogr. p.42-45
"Peru’s media development landscape is uniquely characterized by prolonged funding of community radios by the Catholic Church, beginning in the 1960s and continuing until today. This activity appears to redress to some degree the lack of balanced development between Lima and the provinces. The 199...
The Media Map project: the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Case study on donor support to independent media, 1990-2010
Washington, DC:
Internews; World Bank Institute
(2012), 98 pp., illustr., abbrev. p.4-5, bibliogr. p.41-44
"Today, the DRC tops the African charts in the number of registered media outlets, be they print media, radio or television. In 2008, 638 publications were registered country-wide; there were 341 radio stations and 82 television stations, although TV is still an essentially urban phenomenon, given t...
Spanish cooperation in culture and communication: an overview of a decade of exchanges with Ibero-America
Global media and communication, volume 8, issue 1 (2012), pp. 65-80
Other Editions: Spanish ed.: Cultura y communicación: la cooperación española e Iberoamérica. In: C. del Valle, F. J. Moreno, F. Sierra Caballero (eds.): Políticas de comunicación y ciudadanía cultural iberoamericana. Barcelona: Gedisa, 345-360
"The article presents the main results of the investigation, ‘Current Situation and Prospects of Spanish Cooperation in Culture and Communication with the Rest of Ibero-America, 1997–2007’. The text offers an overview of the initiatives which took place during the period studied, by country, c...
The Media Map project: Kenya. Case study snapshot of donor support to ICTs and media, 2011
Washington, DC:
Internews; World Bank Institute
(2012), 39 pp., illustr., bibliogr. p.30-33
"For the media in Kenya to improve further, the following recommendations emerge from the study: Provide clear regulation that liberates the media at all levels, including in the editorial process; invest in practical training of media professionals to cope with the dynamic media sector and the new...
