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Youth-Focused Projects Lead the Field at Social Innovation Camp Central Asia 2012

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

The second annual Central Asia-wide Social Innovation Camp took place from May 31-June 2 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Fifty young web designers, programmers, bloggers and activists were selected to take part of the event out of 138 applicants from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Read more »
Covering the Environment: Rio in Focus

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

A partnership between Internews and O Eco sent 30 journalists to the Rio+20 Summit in Brazil and launched an interactive mapping platform, InfoAmazonia. James Fahn, Director of Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN), reports back from the conference in the Columbia Journalism Review. EJN also has new opportunities for upcoming fellowships for journalists from China, India, the EC and the US – those interested should apply today. Read more »
Fellowships Available to Support Media Coverage of Safety

Monday, July 9, 2012

Are you a health reporter? Are you interested in road safety and injury prevention as a public health issue? Did you know that around the world road traffic injury is the number one leading cause of death for people between the ages of 15-29, and that about 5.8 million people die each year as a result of injuries? Are you a journalist working for an established media house in the developing world? If so, then this Internews short-term fellowship may be the right fit for you. Read more »
Covering Libya's first post-Gaddafi elections

Saturday, July 7, 2012 - Aljazeera

(Jamal Dajani, Internews Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa, was interviewed for this Al Jazeera story on Libyan media.) Read more »
Innovative Communication Network Proves Invaluable in Post-quake Haiti

Friday, July 6, 2012

Life-saving, well-coordinated communication is critical to humanitarian response efforts in the aftermath of major disasters, finds a new report from the Communicating with Disaster Affected Communities (CDAC) Network about humanitarian communication in post-quake Haiti. Read more »
Innovation Lab in Sarajevo

Thursday, July 5, 2012 - net 2

(This blog post from NET2 covers an Internews-supported social innovation event in Sarajevo.) Read more »
How To: Put accountability into practice

Wednesday, July 4, 2012 - IRIN News

(This article from IRIN News emphasizes the importance of humanitarian communication, an area of focus for Internews.) Read more »
Internews 30th Anniversary cocktail

Wednesday, July 4, 2012 - the Star

(This article from the Star covers a celebration in Kenya for the 30th anniversary of Internews.)

It was a joyous evening as Internews Kenya celebrated 30 years of fostering the development of local media in more than 70 countries.The event was held at their offices at I & M building last week on Monday evening. Read more »
2012 Summer university course on online free expression and communication policy advocacy comes to an end

Tuesday, July 3, 2012 - Center for Media and Communication Studies

(This article from Center for Media and Communication Studies covers a summer workshop, co-organized by Internews, on online free expression.) Read more »
Young Afghan Women Find Self-Expression with Digital Storytelling

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Personal and often difficult stories, of family loss, struggle for education, and arranged marriages have shaped the experiences of many young women in Afghanistan. Read more »