Tagged with: Media freedom
Posts (26)
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'Thoughts of my Burmese friends haunt me still' - reflecting on Myanmar
Dipak Bhattarai
Series producer, BBC Media Action Myanmar
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Supporting public interest media in Ethiopia
Mihret Aschalew
Project manager, BBC Media Action Ethiopia
Two years on from hosting the Unesco World Press Freedom Summit, Ethiopia’s media landscape is facing many challenges. Our project manager for PRIMED – Protecting Independent Media for Effective Development – looks at how we are supporting public interest media in the country.
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Supporting independent radio in Zambia
Vanessa Mweemba
Co-ordinating mentor, BBC Media Action Zambia
On World Radio Day, our mentor looks at how our Radio Waves project is helping independent radio stations survive economic crisis to reach local audiences with information that matters to them.
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COVID-19 in Iraq: How public interest media can save lives
Abir Awad
Country Director for BBC Media Action, Iraq
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Balancing an unbalanced media scene in Libya
Ali Sharif
Senior Content Producer, El Kul
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World Press Freedom Day 2019: Our youth delegates take Addis Ababa by storm!
Becca Cole
Publicist
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The potential of reforming state broadcasters in divided societies: advancing an unfashionable argument
James Deane
Director, Policy and Learning
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The post-2015 Global Goals: moving from “what” to “how” will rest on more informed societies
James Deane
Director, Policy and Learning
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Question: How is a TV show improving governance in Kenya?
Anna Colom
Research Manager
Research Manager Anna Colom looks at the impact that TV and radio show Sema Kenya has had in fostering a national conversation about key governance issues in Kenya.
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A step backwards: media in today's Iraq
Haider Al-Safi
is head of project, consolidating media freedoms in Iraq, BBC Media Action. Twitter: @Haider888
As Iraq faces a militant Sunni insurgency and the threat of a sectarian split, its media has fractured along similar lines and fallen into old habits of propaganda and hate speech. A commitment to a new code of practice is needed more than ever, says BBC Media Action's Haider Al-Safi.