In the News

In the News captures articles, publications, and blog posts by sources outside of Internews.

Rio+20 side events become the main event

Friday, June 22, 2012 - Columbia Journalism Review

James Fahn, Executive Director of Internews' Earth Journalism Network, wrote this column for the Columbia Journalism Review.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — Tragedy and farce. Those are the two general impressions conveyed by much of the world’s media regarding the global negotiations taking place here this week, which harken back to the historical treaty talks held 20 years ago in the same city. Read more »
Protecting Journalists in the Field and Online

Thursday, June 14, 2012 - Scripps Howard Foundation Wire

This article from Scripps Howard Foundation Wire discusses a panel on journalists' security, hosted by Internews and the Committee to Protect Journalists.

“Honestly, it feels a bit like pretending to be a spy,” said Danny O’Brien, the San Francisco-based Internet advocacy coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Read more »
Internews Maps the Media Landscape in Afghanistan

Thursday, May 31, 2012 - Mediashift Idea Lab

In a country where only 9 percent of the population has access to the Internet and more than half never uses a television, it's critical for journalists and organizations supporting the media to understand how people get news and other information. As part of its efforts to support independent journalism in Afghanistan, Internews mapped the results of a recent media research survey to tell the story of where people tune in for news. Read more »
From SOS to SMS

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - Columbia Journalism Review

James Fahn, Executive Director of Internews' Earth Journalism Network, wrote this column for the Columbia Journalism Review.

WEST KALIMANTAN PROVINCE, INDONESIA—Alim, the chief of news for Ruai TV, remembers when the area didn’t have a privately operated station to serve as a voice for the province’s indigenous people; it didn’t have the infrastructure to support one. Read more »
World Press Freedom Day

Monday, May 21, 2012 - USAID - Afghanistan

A video from USAID discusses the rapid growth of media in Afghanistan in the last ten years and how a free press can transform society.
AID POLICY: Supporting humanitarian innovations

Monday, May 21, 2012 - IRIN

An article in IRIN News covers Internews' radio project in the Central African Republic.

A sturdy wheelchair specially designed for emergency situations; a network of local radio stations providing real-time mapping of developing crises; a compendium of ideas for getting better accountability in remotely managed programmes - they are all original ideas and all have been funded from a special pot of money created to foster new thinking in humanitarian practice. Read more »
Covering the Green Beat in Asia

Thursday, May 10, 2012 - Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars

On April 26, the Woodrow Wilson Center’s China Environment Forum, Environmental Change and Security Program, and Asia Program hosted a panel on environmental journalism in Asia, in collaboration with Internews’ Earth Journalism Network.

Watch a video or listen to audio of the panel discussion: Read more »
The Promise of Social Media for Humanitarian Action?

Thursday, May 10, 2012 - Harvard University - Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research

The Internews-sponsored project infoasaid is covered in this post by Jason Cone, Communications Director at Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), on the blog of the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) at Harvard University. Read more »
Radio Zereda: A Voice for LRA Affected Communities in Obo

Thursday, May 10, 2012 - Humanitarian Innovation Fund

(This blog post from the Humanitarian Innovation Fund web site covers Internews' project in the Central African Republic.)

On a dry afternoon in 2008 Arthur Zoungagde aka The Genius, a native of the small town of Obo in the Southeastern tip of Central African Republic (CAR), found a microphone on the ground. He picked it up, brushed off the dust and instinctively spoke into it. To his surprise, he heard his own voice a few meters away coming out of an abandoned radio receiver. Read more »
Afghanistan: Is There an IT Fix for Kabul?

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - Eurasianet

This article from Eurasianet cites a report released by Internews on the state of telecommunications and the Internet in Afghanistan.

Reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan have had a fair share of well-publicized difficulties. But amid the dark patches, there is a bright spot: Afghans are getting connected again. Read more »