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When Information Is a Lifeline: the Role of Local Media in Humanitarian Crises

Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - USAID Frontlines

(This article in the January/February 2013 edition of USAID Frontlines discusses Internews' program providing humanitarian information to Haitians after the 2010 earthquake.)

When the powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, resulting in more than 230,000 deaths and at least 300,000 injuries in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, communications infrastructure went critical. Read more »
Better Reporters, Less HIV?

Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - USAID Frontlines

(This article in the January/February 2013 edition of USAID Frontlines discusses Internews' program in Kenya, training journalists to report on HIV/AIDS.)

In 2003, a staggering 700 people were dying every day in Kenya as a result of HIV complications. AIDS was a disease of crisis proportions, still characterized at the time by secrecy, fear, rumor, myth and misleading information. Read more »
Kabul Innovation Lab Explores Technology to Enhance Media Quality

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Technologists, media experts and entrepreneurs from across Afghanistan began a four-day forum and workshop today. The 2nd Kabul Innovation Lab, organized by Internews with support from USAID, will create new ways for the media to use digital and emerging technologies to reach new audiences and distribute content. The event aims to develop innovative technology-based systems to improve the media’s reach, professional standards, and quality of content. Read more »
Local Voices, Global Change: What Do You Want to Say?

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Around the world, we hear from individuals and journalists about why information matters − it connects citizens with their governments; it helps families make decisions:

“People need to know if their communities are safe.”
“People need to know what their leaders are doing. And leaders need to know people are watching.”

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Osh Concert Seeks To Heal Ethnic Rift In Kyrgyzstan

Monday, February 11, 2013 - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

(Yntymak, the radio station cited in this article from RFERL, is a joint project of the Kyrgyz government and Internews.)

Ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks got together this weekend for a rare concert in Osh, almost three years after deadly ethnic clashes ravaged this city in southern Kyrgyzstan.

The concert was organized by a local radio station, Yntymak, the Kyrgyz word for concord or harmony. Read more »
Jeanne Bourgault of Internews Interviews at Hub Culture Davos During WEF 2013

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

At the 2013 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Jeanne Bourgault, President and CEO of Internews, spoke with Executive Editor of Hub Culture, Edie Lush at the Hub Culture Davos Pavilion.

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Freedom of the Press in Afghanistan

Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - C-SPAN Washington Journal

(Abdul Mujeeb Khalvatgar, Executive Director of Nai, is interviewed in this C-SPAN video. Nai is an Afghan media development organization supported by Internews.)

Abdul Mujeeb Khalvatgar talked about his work cultivating independent media in Afghanistan, and describe the climate in Afghanistan for journalism and journalists.He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Read more »
Partnership with University of California Helps Build a Strong Foundation for Environmental Journalism

Monday, February 4, 2013

Internews' Earth Journalism Network (EJN) creates a strong foundation for environmental journalism around the world by training local journalists, establishing journalism networks and facilitating partnerships. These goals were boosted recently with a major new partnership between EJN and the University of California at Berkeley to train environmental journalists. With evolving change in Burma, the effects of working with local journalists to report on environmental concerns became evident. Read more »
Multimedia Centers Help Link Afghans to Each Other and to the World

Monday, February 4, 2013

While digital information technology has revolutionized life in many other countries, due to war and poverty, Afghanistan has lagged behind. Starting in 2011, Internews established the network of Anaar Multimedia Centers in Afghanistan to help link Afghans to each other and to the rest of the world. The centers, located in Hirat, Mazar e Sharif, Jalalabad and Kandahar, provide access to computers and the Internet and to new media tools.

Watch a video about the Anaar Centers Read more »
Building and Strengthening Networks of Environmental Journalists

Friday, February 1, 2013

After reviewing well over 100 applications, Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) is funding five projects focused on building and strengthening networks of environmental journalists in Argentina, Central African Republic, India, Philippines, and Tunisia. Read more »