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Pakistan’s Journalists Face Digital Threats

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Many Pakistani journalists who have spent years looking over their shoulders for shadowy figures are only now beginning to worry about covering their digital tracks. Despite a global shift away from outright attacks on press freedom such as threats, assaults, kidnapping and murder towards more covert forms of censorship, including internet surveillance and data theft, awareness lags behind. Read more »
Afghan social media war steps up with new campaign

Sunday, July 22, 2012 - NBC News

(This article from Reuters on the NBC News web site covers Nai, a partner of Internews in Afghanistan.)

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's war by social media has stepped up a notch, with free-speech activists launching a campaign using Twitter and Facebook to fight wide confusion over competing NATO and Taliban claims, as well as looming government media curbs. Read more »
Expanding Access to Local Television

Sunday, July 22, 2012 - USAID

(This article from USAID covers Internews' work in Afghanistan.)
The increasing popularity of television is providing a critical source of news and entertainment for citizens across Afghanistan. Through the Afghanistan Media Development & Empowerment Project (AMDEP), USAID has supported the construction and upgrade of provincial TV stations in an effort to provide high-quality media broadcasts and expand TV access to underserved and remote communities in Afghanistan. Read more »
Study Examines Potential of Digital Society in Indonesia

Thursday, July 19, 2012

With more than 43 million Facebook accounts and 19 million active Twitter users, Indonesia boasts the second highest number of social media users in Asia. Despite the wave of new technology, these figures mask a stronger undercurrent of digital and social inequality. Indonesia: New Digital Nation?, a new report from the Internews Center for Innovation & Learning, explores the potential and limitations of social media and new ICTs to support local community development and advocacy in Indonesia. Read more »
Afghanistan's draft media law slowed, but not stopped

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - Committee to Protect Journalists

(This blog post from the Committee to Protect Journalists covers the involvement in media law reform by Nai, an Internews partner organization in Afghanistan.) Read more »
Citizen Journalists from Afghanistan, Pakistan and India Connect on “Bridges of Youth”

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Growing out of a Kabul-based master class on peace and citizen journalism, Pul-e-Jawan (Bridges of Youth) has become a platform and ongoing exchange of ideas for young people involved in media in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.

“Pul-e-Jawan is the only platform that I know where nationals of the three nations discuss and share their thoughts on regional issues,” said Hameed Tasal, a web developer and blogger from Kabul. “It provided me with an opportunity to share my own experiences and thoughts with this special group.” 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 »
News Reports Highlight Issues in Mongolian Elections

Friday, June 29, 2012

To educate voters and encourage turnout in Mongolia’s parliamentary elections, Mongolian National Broadcasting (MNB), Mongolia’s largest nationwide television network, worked with Internews to produce a 12-episode series on issues critical to the election. Read more »
New Website Launches Vital Debate on Saving Asia’s Rivers

Monday, June 25, 2012

thethirdpole.net, a project of chinadialogue.net, today launches a new, standalone platform that will showcase its unique blend of reportage, discussion and analysis of climate impacts and environmental change in the river systems and watersheds of the Himalayas. 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 »