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Award-Winning Documentary Examines Conflict in Southern Thailand

Friday, May 4, 2012

Thai PBS won the 2012 Sangchai Sunthornwat news documentary award for a film series about conflict in Thailand’s southern provinces. An insurgency, without clearly stated aims, has plagued the region since 2004, claiming more than 5,000 lives. Read more »
Covering the Earth: Apply to Report from Rio+20

Thursday, April 19, 2012

This Earth Day, we're supporting a couple of new efforts to support journalists around the world working to improve public understanding of environmental issues through their reporting.

A new fellowship opportunity is currently available to report from the Rio+20 Earth Summit in June. And this coming week, leaders from 11 countries and the EU will visit Washington DC, to collaborate and strengthen their networks at home. Read more »
Fellowships Opportunity: Cover the Rio Earth Summit this Summer

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) and O Eco have developed a Fellowship program to bring journalists to the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Read more »
Internews Plays Vital Role in Haiti Radio

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - Radio World

This article in Radio World covers Internews' humanitarian radio program in Haiti.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti:On Jan. 12, 2010, a magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake devastated Haiti. It was the worst quake in the country’s 200-year history. Read more »
Bosnian magazine’s investigation helps hold the government accountable to the public and encourage environmental protection

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Public oversight of government spending is not a well-developed tradition in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), and citizens often do not know that they are allowed to request such information, much less how to do so. Rapid deforestation and disappearance of green space are also acute problems, causing environmental degradation and a decrease in air quality. Read more »
Call for Applications for 2012 Media Policy Fellowships

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Ten fully-funded fellowships to participate in the 14th annual Annenberg-Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute are available for qualified applicants from the developing world. Read more »
Media must not ignore land issues

Sunday, March 25, 2012 - Business Daily

The following article from Kenya's Business Daily cites Internews' journalism training on land issues in Kenya.

In an article this year, I lauded media professionals for the sacrifices they go through to keep us informed about matters local and global. Read more »
Website on minority issues in Bosnia & Herzegovina helps twin brothers achieve their goals

Friday, March 9, 2012

Anes and Enis Golubic are 16-year-old twin brothers who live in Hadzici, a suburb of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Enis suffers from cerebral palsy, which impairs his vision and movement. Nevertheless, he loves to dance and play sports, and he attends regular classes at a public high school where his favorite subjects are history and social sciences. Read more »
Women and the News: Speak Up, Speak Out

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Respect for the rights of women and girls worldwide continues to lag behind that for the rights of men. Domestic and sexual violence, exploitation in the workforce, human trafficking and many other human rights abuses disproportionately affect women and girls. Read more »
Combating Corruption Among Traffic Police in Kazakhstan through Online Video

Friday, March 2, 2012

Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Lawyer Ruslan Lazuta had had enough of being stopped on the road by police alleging that he violated traffic laws when he knew he had not. The officers didn’t want to write him a ticket – they counted on drivers, unsure of their rights and eager to be on their way, who would be willing to pay a small “fee” directly to the officer in order to settle the matter on the spot. Read more »