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Earth Journalism Fellowships to the UNFCCC COP16 Climate Summit in Mexico

Internews' Earth Journalism Network (EJN) is proud to announce the launch of a Fellowship program that will send at least five US journalists to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun (COP16) in late 2010. Fellowship applications open September 1, 2010 and close September 19, 2010 at midnight EDT. This year's Fellows will be announced on October 4, 2010. All journalists working for media aimed at US audiences are eligible to apply. (Photo: Govt of Denmark)More

Internews Develops Health Reporting Curriculum for Addis Ababa University

A journalism curriculum with a specific health focus will for the first time be available for students studying media and communication at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia. Internews Ethiopia developed the Reporting HIV/AIDS curriculum for the MA in Journalism and Communication, and the flexible format can be delivered either in the classroom or as a distance/online module. More

Internews Responds to Devastating Floods in Pakistan with Humanitarian Media Response

Internews is responding to the worst floods in Pakistan in decades by providing vital information to the nearly two million people who are affected by this natural disaster. “People are calling and asking for our reporters to come to them, because they know once their stories are heard they will get help,” says Fawad Ali, a local radio journalist. More

In Kenya, Journalists Use Ushahidi to Monitor News about the Constitutional Referendum

Moses Lugusa, manager of the Eldoret based Biblia Husema Broadcasting radio station, is happy. “Thanks to your platform I am back to journalism! I am back to writing articles and editing stories from my reporters. I am even back to the presentation of news bulletins.” As a manager, Lugusa had been focusing on administrative tasks, but the platform has reignited his journalistic passions. Moses participates in Internews’ new media platform that maps and networks journalists trained in the Internews conflict sensitive methodology in Kenya. More

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Pakistani journalist Asma Nawar dies in floods
Internews mourns the death of journalist Asma Hawar who died in the recent Pakistan floods. Hawar worked with Internews as a reporter and producer for radio programs on the issues of tribal women. Talking to her colleagues, she once said: “It is good that we are the voice of the people and even better to be voice of the women.”
Covering Corruption: The Difficulties of Trying to Make a Difference
CIMA has released a new report, Covering Corruption: The Difficulties of Trying to Make a Difference, that examines the impact of reporting about corruption on the incidence of corruption, asking whether and how media has an effect in bringing about reform and better governance.