Voices of Darfur
Internews and the Museum of Televison and Radio invite you to a special presentation of the Voices of Darfur on May 16, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., featuring Mia Farrow, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador; Nick Clooney, Journalist; George Papagiannis, Internews; Gayle Smith, Center for American Progress; and Motasim Adam, President, Darfuri People’s Association of New York. (More)

Fighting Corruption and Promoting Economic Growth via the Internet
A May 10 panel discussion at the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) in Washington, DC featured George Sadowsky, Executive Director for the Global Internet Policy Initiative (GIPI), a project of Internews and CDT; David Sandukhchyan, Country Coordinator for GIPI in Armenia and Director of the Internews Center for Information Law and Policy; Jerker Torngren, Chief of Party for Internews' Macedonia e-Government Project; and James Dempsey, Policy Director for CDT. (More)

Communication Policy and Regulation in the Age of Convergence
On May 3, Ivan Sigal, Internews Network Regional Director of Asia Projects, gave opening remarks at a Bangkok conference organized by the Thai Media Policy & Advocacy Center at Chulalongkorn University and supported by Internews Network and the Center for Global Communication Studies, Annenberg School for Communication.

Media and Conflict Working Group
George Papagiannis, Internews Network Vice President for Policy and Government Affairs, presented Internews' program providing community radio in Chad for refugees from Darfur at a May 4 panel at the first meeting of a working group on media and conflict at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC.

Global Health Conference
Mia Malan, Internews Senior Health Journalism Adviser, will be presenting at a workshop at the International Conference on Global Health in Washington, DC on May 29.

Internet and Human Rights
Kathleen Reen, Internews Vice-President for Asia, Environment and New Media, represented Internews at a meeting of the international Working Group on Internet and Human Rights in London April 23-24.

Internews Russia Suspends Operations Following Raid

After Russian police seized documents and computer servers from the Moscow headquarters of Educated Media Foundation (formerly Internews Russia) on April 18 in connection with a criminal investigation of its president, Manana Aslamazyan, the Russian NGO announced that it is suspending operations.

The Educated Media Foundation, Internews International and Internews Network have released statements and several media outlets have published articles about the situation. Over 2000 Russian journalists have also written an open letter to President Vladimir Putin in support of Aslamazyan and Educated Media Foundation. (More)

Internews Celebrates its 25th Anniversary on World Press Freedom Day

"This day traditionally honors the courageous journalists around the world who often practice their art facing repressive regimes. Tonight Internews would like to expand that theme to celebrate the media professionals who are committed to bringing independent media and quality news and information to nations around the world."

Emcee Jacki Lyden,
Senior Correspondent
National Public Radio

Internews Network celebrated its 25th anniversary and presented the first ever Internews Media Leadership Awards to Peter Jennings (in memoriam) and others at a gala reception in Washington, DC on May 3, World Press Freedom Day. (more)

Photos of the event

Multimedia presentations of the honorees:

Kathy Bushkin Calvin, Executive Vice-President and COO, United Nations Foundation

Manana Aslamazyan, President, Educated Media Foundation (formerly Internews Russia)

Debra Yatim, Chair, Kelompok Kerja Visi Anak Bangsa, Indonesia

Anne Waithera, Features Reporter, Easy FM, Kenya

Key Role of Media in Development Outlined in New Book

The Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) launched its publication, Media Matters, at an event in Washington, DC on May 2. (More)

Media Matters: Perspectives on Advancing Governance & Development from the Global Forum for Media Development, runs to 220 pages and is an authoritative collection of 30 articles, arguments and case-studies from leading political scientists and media support professionals.

Local Voices - Improving Reporting on HIV/AIDS

Internews' Local Voices project, which trains journalists, talk show hosts and deejays how to report on HIV/AIDS effectively, has released Stories of Courage, a CD of radio stories produced by journalists and producers from Kenya, India, Nigeria and Ethiopia on topics ranging from refugee camps and HIV testing to education, adoption and memory books for children orphaned by AIDS.

Indian women with colored powder on her face

On the Indian spring festival of Holi in Chennai, twenty women living with HIV removed masks from their faces and burnt them, symbolically ending their silence about the violence they have suffered because they are HIV-positive. "We are breaking this silence today," declared Padmavathy, one of the women at the event. "We will raise our voices against the violence faced by us and our children in court if need be."

An Internews documentary titled My Dead Husband’s Land had its United States premiere in Austin, Texas at the Austin Woman’s Film, Music and Literary Festival on April 28th. Produced by Internews' Senior Health Journalism Advisor Mia Malan, My Dead Husband’s Land tells the story of a 25-year old HIV-positive Kenyan widow, Betty Tom, and the transformation her community undergoes as a result of her battle for human rights.

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