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Interview with David Hoffman of Internews

From Rising Voices, an interview with David Hoffman, founder and president of Internews. In this video David explains how Internews got its start by coordinating a two-way satellite link-up between Soviet youth in Moscow and Americans at the 1982 US Festival sponsored by Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak. He goes on to describe more of the history of the media development field, how funders can both help and hurt, and the role of citizen journalism in media development and civic participation.

Climate Change Media Partnership

Internews, Panos and IIED have joined forces to support developing world journalism and perspectives from the heart of the international climate negotiations. Over 40 journalists from Asia, Asia-Pacific, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America are participating in a climate change media partnership fellowship programme designed to improve media coverage of climate change issues in developing countries, including reporting on the 2009 Copenhagen Summit.

Earth Journalism Awards

Internews launched the Earth Journalism Awards competition on World Environment Day June 5, 2009 with a call to professional and citizen journalists around the world to enter their best reporting on climate change. Watch the video – Communication, Climate Change and the Earth Journalism Awards.

When Information Saves Lives

Learn more about the role of local media to inform and protect survivors of humanitarian crises through this video – When Information Saves Lives.

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North Coast Visionaries

Internews is featured in a documentary, "North Coast Visonaries," (5-minute edited version) produced by KEET TV in Humboldt County, CA, that focuses on three local social entrepreneurs. Internews Network President and founder, David Hoffman, and Senior Vice-President for Communications and External Affairs, Annette Makino, discuss how the work of Internews creates healthier communities through the free flow of locally produced, editorially independent information. Funding for the FRONTLINE/World Social Entrepreneurs Series and educational outreach is provided by the PBS Foundation through a grant from the Skoll Foundation.

A copy of NORTH COAST VISIONARIES on DVD may be purchased for $15 plus $3 shipping and handling. Orders may be placed by phone at 707-445-0813, by mail at P.O. Box 13, Eureka, CA 95502, or by email via KEET TV's contact page.

View the full 20-minute Internews segment on YouTube (Part 1 and Part 2)

We are All Gaza

On January 9, 2009, during the height of the conflict, Internews became the first and only international organization to organize the broadcast of vital information on distribution of food and blankets, safe havens, road closures, medical care, and other humanitarian news to the people of Gaza. Watch a video about the special broadcasts, which currently focus on the fragile ceasefire and reconstruction period and air on three independent radio stations in Hebron and one in Gaza.

Article 19

Article 19, a video produced by Internews for the Every Human Has Rights Media Awards, emphasizes the importance of Article 19 - Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression - of the Declaration of Human Rights for protecting all human rights.

Price of Silence

A music video that brings together 16 of the world’s top musicians—some of whom have fled oppressive regimes—in a rousing musical plea to guarantee human rights for all. The video was produced by Link TV, which Internews co-founded. The video played at the Every Human Has Rights ceremony in Paris honoring human rights reporting.

In South Sudan, Community Radio Provides a Voice for the Voiceless

Since Sudan’s 22-year old civil war ended in 2005, news has been slow in coming to the most remote regions of the country. To provide news and information and give voice to thousands of Sudanese, Internews has built four community radio stations in South Sudan and is training nascent journalists to run them. Watch a four minute multimedia presentation about these solar and wind powered stations.

Internews Radio for Darfur Refugees and Displaced Chadians

In Chad, Internews has established 3 community radio stations to serve refugees from Darfur and displaced Chadians. Internews trains and supports local Chadian and Sudanese journalists to produce news and informational programming for people living in the camps on topics such as humanitarian relief and womens issues. Watch a 6.5 minute video about radio in Chad.

Local Voices:
Journalism for Better Public Health

Since 2002, Internews Network has improved the frequency and quality of media reporting and programming on HIV/AIDS, malaria, avian flu, and other critical health issues around the world through its Local Voices health journalism program. Watch a five- minute video about Local Voices.

Inside Internews

Free flowing, locally produced and editorially independent news and information has the power to transform lives and enrich communities. This belief is at the core of Internews’ programs. Watch a five- minute video about Internews.

2008 Internews Media Leadership Awards

Businessman, philanthropist and film producer Ted Leonsis and award-winning international journalist Mariane Pearl were honored June 5 at the 2008 Internews Media Leadership Awards in Washington, D.C. View videos of the honorees:

Internews: Freedom to Make a Difference

Internewsers from around the world share what Internews means to them in this four-minute video, which was shot at an Internews gathering of 102 local leaders and expatriate staff from 32 countries held in Istanbul, Turkey in December 2007.

Kids' Crossroads

The Kids’ Crossroads pan-Caucasus youth media project is a unique vehicle using journalism to link young people from Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. View a video clip on YouTube from Internews Azerbaijan.

The Voices of Darfur

At an event at the Paley Center for Media (formerly Museum of Television and Radio) in New York in May 2007, George Papagiannis, VP and Director for Internews' Darfuri Refugee Radio and Humanitarian Information Service, presented on Internews' project establishing radio stations and programs for Dafur refugees living in camps in Chad.

Kenya: Blood Safety

Produced by Sylvia Chebet for Citizen TV in Kenya, a news piece about the need and safety of blood donations. Chebet has been trained and mentored by the Local Voices project in Kenya. Local Voices trains journalists how to report on HIV/AIDS.

Sky Reporter

Arthur Kent has produced video stories on the challenges faced by Afghanistan's media that feature journalist Mirwais Social, formerly the production director for Internews Network in Afghanistan and currently head of Watander Radio, a station established by Internews that broadcasts in Kabul and Herat.

Element

Element is a new series of programs which aims to bring "big picture" issues – climate change, poverty, discrimination – to MTV viewers across Central & Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East. It was launched by The Element Partnership, in co-operation with leading media partners Television Trust for the Environment (TVE), Internews Europe and the One World Broadcasting Trust.

My Dead Husband's Land

An Internews Network documentary premiered Tuesday, November 28, 2006 on the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s most prestigious documentary television program, Special Assignment.  My Dead Husband’s Land tells the story of an HIV-positive widow, Betty Tom, and the transformation of her community on the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya. (Short clip from My Dead Husband's Land)

The Russians are Coming to Your TV!

Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV), Internews Russia and Internews Network teamed up to create a reporting exchange called The Russians Are Coming. Five of Russia’s most promising young TV news reporters traveled in August 2006 in the DCTV Cybercar bus — a 40-foot long high-tech mobile production unit featuring a Times Square-style video wall on its side. Inside is a state of the art television studio and master control room. Atop, is a powerful KU-band satellite dish that can digitally transmit around the world. In order to learn about the US and in order for Americans to learn about today’s Russia, the Cybercar and its inquisitive cargo traveled to seven towns and cities. The reporters created a 2-minute video summarizing their trip.

Assignment Earth Video

Former CNN correspondent Gary Strieker has struck out on his own and formed the non-profit Environment News Trust. Strieker draws upon his decades of experience to script, shoot, edit and produce a series, called Assignment Earth, of 2-4 minute video stories on environmental issues that can be viewed on the Yahoo News video site. Internews' Earth Journalism Network has a strategic partnership with Environment News Trust.

Mosaic: World News from the Middle East

Produced by Link TV, Mosaic features selections from daily TV news programs produced by national broadcasters throughout the Middle East. The news reports are presented unedited and translated, when necessary, into English. See also, Mosaic Intelligence Report on Google Video. Internews Network co-founded Link TV in 1999.

Internews in Aceh

A 10-minute film on Internews' work in Aceh assisting the media devasted by the 2004 tsunami. Produced by Horea Salajan, Director of the TV journalism program, Pelatihan Jurnalistik (PJTV).

In the Tall Grass

In the Tall Grass tells the story of Rwanda’s search for redemption after genocide as the country sits down to reckon with the horror in a network of informal, community courts called gacaca. Internews Network provided consulting and financial administration for the award-winning film.

Children's Rights in the Congo

In 2003, Internews produced two videos to raise awareness of the plight of Congolese children accused of witchcraft. One was a documentary, "Enfant Dit Sorcier" ("Child Accused of Being a Witch") that was presented at a Kinshasa workshop for 150 local media professionals, to encourage them to address the problem objectively.

The second was a music video, featuring the musicians of L'Orchestre Lachytoura. The videos were part of a project funded by the United States Agency for International Development and was filmed, directed and produced by Angela Nicoara, former Internews Rwanda Country Director, and Mike Ormsby, former Internews DRC Project Director. The music video was co-funded by Search for Common Ground.

Audio

Chad: Humanitarian Information Service

Starting in 2005, Internews has built three community radio stations along the Chad-Sudan border and trained local journalists to run them The stations allow Darfur refugees and displaced Chadians to hear and produce news that directly affects their survival, including information on security, food rations, and water distribution; news on their home areas; and special programming on women’s issues. Internews is making these radio programs available to the Sudanese diaspora and any other organizations that would like to re-broadcast them.

Kenya's Fragile Press

Ida Jooste, Internews Resident Advisor for Kenya, was interviewed by NPR's On the Media on February 8, 2008 about restrictions on the press in the midst of violence following the disputed presidential election.

Voices of Reconciliation - Sri Lanka

Lifeline provides essential humanitarian information to communities affected by the conflict or by natural disasters.With a strong emphasis on including the voices of displaced communities, Lifeline also focuses on health, education, gender issues, child protection, and other areas impacting on people's lives. Lifeline is broadcast in Tamil and produced by Internews Network, under the umbrella of the Confidence-Building and Stabilisation Measures framework signed between the Government of Sri Lanka and the UNHCR.

Refugees from Darfur

Internews VP for Government Relations George Papagiannis discussed Internews' humanitarian information project in eastern Chad, which provides radio programming produced by and for refugees from Darfur as well as the local population, on KPFA San Francisco's Sunday Morning with Peter Laufer on June 17.

Voices of Tsunami Survivors

Audio from the Internews-supported radio programs produced for survivors of the SE Asian tsunami – people in Aceh share their experiences on life after the tsunami, from the destruction they saw, to how they are dealing with the many changes in their lives, and the difficult decisions they now face. The audio is available on the web site of the UN Office of the Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery.

MEDIAIDS India

From Internews Europe, a sample of one of a dozen jingles in Tamil and English that were produced by trainees from the MediaAIDS India project. The jingles focused on living positively with HIV anti-retroviral therapy, on Voluntary Confidential Counselling and HIV testing (VCTT), safer sex and positive attitudes about people/children living with HIV.

Audio Samples from Internews Projects

Flash Movies

The Asian Tsunami – One Year Later

A multimedia presentation about Internews' work rebuilding the media in Aceh Province in Indonesia during the year after the December 2004 tsunami devastated parts of Southeast Asia.

Rwanda: Justice After Genocide

A multimedia presentation about the screenings of the Internews-produced newsreels documenting the process of justice after the Rwandan genocide, including gacaca, the community justice system.

Photo Essays/Slideshows

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