Blog TalkBlog Posts About Our Work[The opinions and views expressed in these blogs are not necessarily those of Internews.] December 18, 2008 – BBC World TrustDuring the week of the riots, Athens was hosting the Global Forum for Media Development where, my colleagues Imogen Wall of the BBC World Service Trust and Mark Frohardt of Internews were, coincidently, raising discussion about the crucial role of information for people affected by disasters (pdf). December 11, 2008 – Zambia - The WatchdogVisa obstacles exlude many from UN climate talks “Surely, this will affect our representation. We want to be there ourselves for all the sessions. Although, as head of the delegation, I have been receiving e-mails about what is happening in Poznan from the summit secretariat, this is not enough. We should have been there from the beginning to make our input and meet with colleagues.“ Ben Donnie’s comments were published on the Climate Change Media Partnership ( CCMP ) website in a news article by Harold Williams, a journalist from Sierra Leone , who also had visa problems. The CCMP was set up by Internews, Panos and IIED to help bridge the information divide that arises from so few journalists from developing nations attending UN climate change conferences. December 10, 2008 – Colours of BohemiaEvery Human Has Rights Media Awards On Saturday 6th December, I found myself in the same room as former Irish president Mary Robinson, former American president Jimmy Carter, business entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, French ambassador for human rights François Zimeray, honorary French ambassador Stéphane Hessel - who was a participant at the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 - and a multitude of other Extremely Important People. December 9, 2008 – Toby's BlogHLS Student Wins Internews “Every Human Has Rights Media Award” Clara Long ‘11 has been working on a web-based documentary project called Border Stories. As she and her partners put it, “Border Stories, a web-based documentary exploring the length of the longest boundary between the developed and developing world, is an effort to promote tolerance by showcasing the humanity behind border issues. December 8, 2008 – NewMediaLabMary Waters school learner, Pamela Matinisi sending her sms. What constitutes the journalism in Citizen Journalism? Once again, this perennial question has cropped up – although this time it made me think a little more clearly than previously. The occasion was the 2nd Global Forum for Media Development. The question was in response to my presentation of the Knight-funded project – “Iindaba Ziyafika” (meaning: “The News is Coming”). December 8, 2008 – Media Re:publicAccess and Voice in New Technology - GFMD08 Chan: you can’t expect market forces alone to give us good journalism in any medium. She mentions the work of Global Network Initiative (which both Internews and Berkman both are part of, along with many other fine organizations) to get corporations to agree to ethical principles about user privacy, freedom of expression, etc. December 5, 2008 – BBC World TrustThe face or voice of a foreign correspondent reporting on a natural disaster from a far-flung destination whilst scenes of destruction and human suffering play in the background is an all-too familiar image for many of us on tuning in to the latest news. The 2004 tsunami, 2005 Pakistan earthquake, and this year’s Sichuan earthquake in China and cyclone Nargis that devastated Burma are only the latest humanitarian emergencies that have prompted powerful news reports, and emergency response appeals But this depressingly familiar image also captures what Mark Harvey of Internews describes as “a double information jeopardy." December 2, 2008 – Free Media Sri LankaJournalist beaten by Eravur police - FMM FMM is outraged that police officers of the Eravur police beat journalists Mohamed Hussein with batons just because he happened to be covering the suddenly imposed dawn to dusk curfew in Batticaloa on 29th November. This assault and harassment of journalist Hussein is not only a violation of Freedom of expression rights but also violation of basic human rights . Journalist Hussein is attached to Kalmunei media house run by Internews. December 1, 2008 - MediaShift Idea LabFreedom Fone had its first public debut at the Association of Women's Rights in Development (AWID) 2008 Forum in Cape Town, 14-17 November. The event was a great opportunity to deploy Freedom Fone -- even in its software prototype state. (Freedom Fone is co-funded by Internews Europe.) November 24, 2008 – Talking UnionNike Human Rights Investigation Up for Human Rights Award A TV news report on the exploitation of Bengla Deshi, Burmese, and Vietnamese workers in Malaysia and Nike’s hypocrisy is up for a prestigious “Every Human Has Rights” Award. During the summer 2008, Internews Europe invited mainstream and citizen journalists from around the world to participate in the competition for the Media Awards by submitting world and current affairs reports and stories illustrating one or several articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. November 19, 2008 – Slentrepeneur MagazineSecond Life News: Draxtor Despres Report on”Virtual Gitmo” Wins Award Machinima blogger Draxtor Despres (aka Bernhard Drax) has been awarded the “Every Human Has Rights” media award for his report on the “Virtual Gitmo” build in Second Life. He was invited to Paris by news agency internews to spend a week (December 5th to 11th) taking part in a ceremony with 30 international print, TV and online journalists - including special appearances by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Archbishop Desmond Tutu on December 6th - celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. November 14, 2008 – American University’s Center for Social JusticeWhere Hostile Governments Meet Public Media How can public media develop in regions where governments are hostile to press freedoms? A look at emerging projects in the South Caucasus—a region of independent former Soviet countries linked both geographically and historically—offers some clues. We have created a list of five notable public media projects: Institute for Reporter’s Freedom and Safety, Caucasus Center of Peacemaking Initiatives, Internews, the South Caucasus blogosphere and lastly everyone’s favorite Facebook. June 9, 2008 – TCA in DCListened to Tole Nyatta, a local radio journalist, of Pamoja FM in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya speak on the role of Kenya media during the recent post-election violence that claimed over 1,000 Kenyan lives earlier this year. |
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