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Reporting on Humanitarian Crises: A Manual for Trainers and Journalists and an Introduction for Humanitarian Workers. Manual for Trainers
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Jacobo Quintanilla, Jesse Hardman, Matt Abud, Alison Campbell, Deborah Ensor

Internews (2014), 110 pp.

"Presents a combination of standard, professional reporting techniques for journalists covering humanitarian response scenarios, plus a basic education in and understanding of the humanitarian sec ... more

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Guide to … Getting the Best Out of a Consultancy

John Rowley

London: Bond (2014), 15 pp.

"Consultancy costs can be a large budget item for many NGOs and so getting the best out of it is essential. This guide provides tips that will help you learn from good practices and avoid common mistakes. It is for staff involved in commissioning a ... more

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Business Journalism: How to Report on Business and Economics

Keith Hayes

Berkeley, Cal.: Apress (2014), xv, 248 pp.

"Veteran journalist Keith Hayes, who has worked for such organizations as Reuters, PBS, the BBC, CBC, and CNBC, provides a quick reference to journalistic practice that covers everything from how to meet ... more

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Media Survey Findings: Nationwide National Opinion Survey, Wave III, September 2014

Internews (2014), 36 pp.

Key findings include: 35% of people interviewed had family members working outside of Nepal; 86% of households had a working mobile phone (92.5% in urban; 84.3% in rural areas); 49% had a working ... more

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Connecting to Change the World: Harnessing the Power of Networks for Social Impact

Peter Plastrik, Madeleine Taylor, John Cleveland

Washington, DC; Covelo; London: Island Press (2014), 240 pp.

"This book offers eight orienting insights about network building; each one frames a separate chapter, backed by case studies, illustrations, and how-to information. 1. Know the Network Difference. Networks have unique capabilities for achieving so ... more

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Youth at the Heart of Peace Work

Civil Peace Service (CPS);Brot für die Welt (2014), 95 pp.

"This brochure addresses the role of African youth in peace work, the hurdles and sources of potential. The CPS networks in Africa place particular emphasis on working with young people. You may already have read articles about peace work by and wi ... more

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Communication Rights and Social Justice: Historical Accounts of Transnational Mobilizations

Claudia Padovani, Andrew Calabrese (eds.)

Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), xix, 358 pp.

"Communication Rights and Social Justice offers historical perspectives on struggles to use the instruments of state and political participation - power, inter-governmental treaties and declarations, and various forms of political advocacy and protest politics - to articulate the concept of communic ... more

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What Do You See? Design of a Communication Strategy to Promote Positive Change for Unorganized Workers in Karnataka, India

Sabina von Kessel

Bangalore: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2013), 61 pp.

"The specific objectives of this paper are to review and evaluate the print material used by the GIZ [in Karnataka] and examine if it can be read, understood and related to by the participants; to provide ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Pakistan

Huma Yusuf

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2013), 113 pp.

"Pakistan has long suffered from high inflation, led by soaring food prices, which has increased poverty levels. According to the United Nations’ 2011 Human Development Report, half the population suffers deprivations of all types. Only half is literate. Even then there are only 12 million televis ... more

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The Indian Media Business

Vanita Kohli-Khandekar

New Delhi et al.: Sage India, 4th ed. (2013), xxxviii, 442 pp.

"The Indian Media Business, Fourth Edition gives you detailed analysis, perspective and information on eight segments of the media business in India—print, TV, film, radio, music, digital, outdoor, and events. It presents the business history, current dynamics, regulation, economics, technology, v ... more

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Comparative Perspectives on Media Law Making in Somalia

Oxford: University of Oxford, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Progamme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (2013), 45 pp.

"The Report builds upon two main directives: on the one hand, it tries to bring together the best practices at the international and comparative level, in an attempt to offer guidance on which policy and regulatory toolkits have already proved successful in achieving longterm goals of economic effic ... more

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Reading Habits in Armenia: Results of a Survey on Readership Carried Out in December 2012

Ruzan Tonoyan

[no publisher] (2012), 60 pp.

"About 39 percent started to read regularly at elementary school age, and 44 percent at primary and high school age. As compared to the last five years, 37 percent of respondents stopped reading completely, 43 percent ... more

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The Limits of Communication: The Gnat on the Elephant

Wendy Quarry, Ricardo Ramirez

Nordicom Review, volume 33, issue Special Issue (2012), pp. 121-134

"When asked by a Mozambican firm to assist in the development of a communication strategy for the country’s Land Law, we had doubts. We had read ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Russia

Alexei Pankin

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 96 pp.

"The growing prominence of online media as a source of news marks the biggest shift in news consumption. Nearly half of all internet users—or more than 20 million people—regularly read news on ... more

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The Rise of E-Reading

Lee Rainie, Kathryn Zickuhr, Kristen Purcell, Mary Madden, Joanna Brenner

Washington, DC: Pew Research Center, Internet & American Life Project (2012), 68 pp.

"The rise of e-books in American culture is part of a larger story about a shift from printed to digital material. Using a broader definition of ... more

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Resource Kit for Gender-Ethical Journalism and Media-House Policy. Book 1: Conceptual Issues

Sarah Macharia, Pamela Morinière (eds.)

Toronto: World Association for Christian Communication (WACC);International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2012), 59 pp.

"This learning resource kit aims to provide an answer to the current gender gap in news content and lack of existing self-regulatory mechanisms to confront gender bias. It is organised in two books that may be read independently of each other. Book ... more

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Communicating Financial Management with Non-Finance People

John Cammack

Rugby: Practical Action Publishing (2012), xiii, 138 pp.

"Strong financial management skills are essential to promote high standards in international development organizations. Many non-finance people find numbers and financial techniques difficult, however, NGO managers and staff are responsible for sound financial management and without full understandi ... more

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Politics in Cyberspace: New Media in Malaysia

Meredith L. Weiss

Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 56 pp.

"There seems little evidence that the rise and increasing availability and range of new media have given real reason to expect different political outcomes on grounds of new patterns of mobilization, particularly given a persistent “digital divid ... more

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Writing Health Communication: An Evidence-Based Guide
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Charles Abraham, Marieke Kools (eds.)

London; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage (2012), xv, 175 pp.

"[This] is a practical guide to producing effective written materials. The book presents easy-to-understand, evidence-based guidance on providing information, presenting persuasive messages and promoting behaviour change. Topics include: message fr ... more

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Beyond Powerful Radio: A Communicator's Guide to the Internet Age. News, Talk, Information & Personality for Broadcasting, Podcasting, Internet, Radio

Valerie Geller, Turi Ryder

New York; London: Focal Press, 2nd ed. (2011), xvii, 512 pp.

"Beyond Powerful Radio is a complete guide to becoming a powerful broadcast communicator on radio or internet! This how-to cookbook is for broadcasters who want to learn the craft and improve. Thi ... more

Reporting on Humanitarian Crises: A Manual for Trainers and Journalists and an Introduction for Humanitarian Workers. Manual for Trainers Key Guidance

Writing Health Communication: An Evidence-Based Guide Key Guidance

Reporting on Humanitarian Crises: A Manual for Trainers and Journalists and an Introduction for Humanitarian Workers. Manual for Trainers
Key Guidance

Writing Health Communication: An Evidence-Based Guide
Key Guidance