| THAILAND The Earth Journalism Network, a project of Internews Network, was founded to foster environmental journalism, particularly in the developing world. Based in Thailand, EJN has trained reporters in Asia and Latin America in how to cover conservation and sustainable development more effectively. |
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RUSSIA Internews Russia continues to train media professionals from Russia’s nearly 1,000 local stations, even while expanding its work into Internet broadcast exchange, facilitating regional news co-productions on the economy, and distributing video materials on important social themes.
SRI LANKA In the wake of the Asian tsunami, Internews has been training and working with Sri Lankan radio journalists to produce a daily news radio program in Tamil and Sinhala, providing essential information to tsunami-affected communities about the reconstruction effort. Here, a Sri Lankan fisherman is interviewed for the program. |
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INTERNEWS NETWORK
MACEDONIA To reduce
corruption and increase transparency and efficiency in the public
sector, Internews works in transitional countries such as the Republic
of Macedonia to promote e-government, allowing citizens to conduct
routine official transactions online, such as applying for civil
service jobs or bidding on government contracts. Above is a signing
ceremony for the winner of one such contract. |
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CENTRAL ASIA Internews helped produce televised presidential debates in Kyrgyzstan in July. Despite hopeful signs there, independent media have come under increasing pressure in much of Central Asia this year. In August, an Uzbek court convicted two of Internews' local employees on politically motivated criminal charges, and in September a court ordered Internews Network out of Uzbekistan. |