Community Radio in Somalia provides an Opportunity for Debate and Dialogue-...
In partnership with Star FM, a Nairobi-based Somali language radio station, Internews has established three community radio stations in Mogadishu, Gurieel and Dhusamareb. The radio stations provide...
View ArticleWaves of life: the role of radio in Bhutanese refugee camps in Nepal
Our perceptions of mass media often reduce the medium to a device of communication. The extent of its function is dependent on its capacity to distribute information and its impact is rooted in the...
View ArticleReport Launch - Protecting the Rights of Children: The Role of the Media...
Internews Europe presented its' research project assessing the role played by media in protecting and promoting child rights. This was followed by a lively debate on what role the media can play in...
View ArticleLa radio : Parent pauvre de la formation journalistique ? Les réponses brutes...
En attendant la table ronde que nous enregistrons ce vendredi à Brest, voici un avant goût des réponses que nous avons obtenues au questionnaire mis en ligne la semaine dernière. 156 personnes ont pris...
View ArticleCelebrating Radio as A Tool for Development — IICD
Today marks the World Radio Day, an initiative to encourage both major networks and community radio to promote access to information, freedom of expression and gender equality over the airwaves.Radio...
View ArticleHow to create radio public service announcements in emergencies ? BBC Media...
The BBC Media Action team in India are used to tight deadlines. But last October, we faced a deadline with a difference: after cyclone Phailin hit the eastern state of Odisha, we had 72 hours to...
View ArticleThe Enduring Power of Radio in the Digital Age | Mashable
World Radio Day reminds us not only that digital hasn't "killed the radio star," so to speak, but also that radio can help drive change around the world.Despite the evolution of high-speed Internet and...
View ArticleSierra Leone : la radio remplace les écoles fermées à cause d'Ebola
En Sierra Leone, la radio et la télévision permettent de remplacer, provisoirement, les écoles qui ont été fermées à cause de l’épidémie d’Ebola. Un programme de quatre heures par jour a été lancé le 7...
View ArticleEbola myths: Sierra Leonean DJ tackles rumours and lies over the airwaves
Amara Bangura says his weekly radio show is a crucial tool in helping to change attitudes towards the virus at community levelThe Ebola outbreak was sparked by a bewitched aircraft that crashed in a...
View ArticleEbola communication: What we've learned so far | Devex
This week, a World Health Organization infectious diseases expert reported the death rate due to Ebola in West Africa has now climbed to 70 percent, higher than previous estimates. And by December, new...
View ArticleThe unsung heroes raising Ebola awareness through rap
Rappers might not be the most obvious line of defence against the growing Ebola epidemic, but as I heard at an event in London, United Kingdom, their role as positive agents of behavioural change can...
View Article"Des radios contre Ebola" - Agence française de coopération médias
La nouvelle épidémie du virus Ebola qui sévit actuellement en Afrique de l’Ouest a déjà fait plus de 4 000 morts sur le continent africain. La progression du virus se poursuit et aucun vaccin efficace...
View ArticleSchool on the radio: Using tech to teach kids during Ebola crisis
Schoolchildren in Sierra Leone are turning to remote schooling through mobile, radio and soon TV, as schools in the west African nation remain closed to combat the spread of the Ebola epidemic.The...
View ArticleTackling Ebola, One Broadcast at a Time
Health workers aren’t the only ones fighting Ebola -- so are radio journalists, hip-hop singers, and imams.GUÉCKÉDOU, Guinea — Diallo Fatou Traoré stands at the entrance of a rural radio station, of...
View ArticleCut off from school, children in Ebola-stricken Sierra Leone get lessons by...
Because of the Ebola epidemic, schools are closed in Sierra Leone, a country with about 2 million school-aged children. So as the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history continues to rage, government...
View ArticleEbola-hit Sierra Leone launches school by radio
Because of the Ebola epidemic, schools are closed in Sierra Leone, a country with about 2 million school-aged children. So as the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history continues to rage, government...
View ArticleIn Sierra Leone, Journalists Support Ebola Information during Lockdown |...
When the President of Sierra Leone announced a national three-day lockdown on September 18, the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) and the Independent Radio Network (IRN) sprang into...
View ArticleEbola radio brings hope in West Africa
Radio dominates in many parts of West Africa – and the medium has proved invaluable for communicating about Ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Jane Labous reportsImage by PlanInternational/NSee...
View ArticleCAT Radio Barming - La radio de un vendrellense ayuda a luchar contra el...
El excantante del conocido grupo Lax’n’Busto Pemi Fortuny y su pareja, Yasmina Cánovas, siguen al detalle la crisis humanitaria que se vive en SierraLeona a causa del virus del ébola. Hasta el momento...
View ArticleAfrique - La Sierra Leone fait de la radio une arme contre Ebola
La radio est devenue un outil d’information et de communication essentiel en Sierra Leone, où moins de la moitié de la population sait lire. Pour lutter contre la propagation du virus Ebola, les...
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