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Information Saves Lives:
Internews Works with Local Media in Haiti
 Since the devastating earthquake in Haiti, Internews has been working on the ground with local Haitian media and humanitarian aid agencies to get critical information to the people who need it most. Local radio stations in Haiti are airing a daily Creole-language humanitarian information program – Nouvelles-Utiles (News You Can Use) – produced by Internews with local reporters and portable radios are being distributed to Haitians so they can get this crucial information.More
Kenya: Who Rules the Airwaves?
 Internews in Kenya organized a roundtable discussion in Nairobi called, New Broadcasting Regulations: Who Rules the airwaves? to analyze the new media laws. Some of the new regulations that were under question by the media industry include cross ownership, renewal of licenses and content regulation. There was concern that the laws left the power to control the media in the hands of the government. More
In Ukraine, Covering The Election, One Tweet At A Time
 Elect UA, a project in which hundreds of citizen journalists were invited to use the Twitter social networking site to keep Ukrainians up-to-date on the latest developments during the voting and the ballot counts that followed, is analyzed in an article by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty . More
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