Media Matters: Perspectives on Advancing Governance & Development
from the Global Forum for Media Development
Media Matters is an independent publication
of Internews Europe on behalf of the Global Forum for Media Development.
Following a year-long collaboration among media development practitioners
and leading social, political and communications scientists, Media
Matters presents core messages to policy makers on the central role
of independent media in effective international development.
Information Equality: the Third Revolution, David Hoffman,
President, Internews Network, Chair, Global Forum on
Media Development.
Integrating Approaches to Good Governance, Press Freedom
and
Intercultural Tolerance, Sashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary
General for
Communication and Public Information, United Nations
Media Development and Speech in the Public Sphere,
Thomas Jacobson, Temple University
Why the Media Matters: the Relevance of the Media to Tackling
Poverty, James Deane, Communication for Social Change Consortium
Gender Inequality, Media and Development, Margaret Gallagher,
International Media Consultant
Access to the Electromagnetic Spectrum is a Foundation for
Development,
Christian Sandvig, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Media, Governance and Development: An Empirical Perspective
that
Challenges Convention, Daniel Kaufmann, World Bank Institute
Section II: How Media Matters: Measuring its Impact
Moving Media: The Case for the Role of Communications in
Meeting
the MDGs, Warren Feek, The Communication Initiative
The Role of the Free Press in Promoting Democratization,
Good
Governance and Human Development, Pippa Norris, Harvard
University and Democratic Governance Group, UNDP
Measuring Change in Media Systems: The Media Sustainability
Index, Mark Whitehouse, IREX
A Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit for Media Development:
What do
available indicators and integrative approaches have to offer?,
Antonio Lambino II, Alexandra Tebay and Sarah Buzby,
Annenberg School for Communication
A Road Map for Monitoring and Evaluation in the
Media Development Sector, Alan Davis, Institute of War
and Peace Reporting
Section III: Challenges in Media Matters: Practitioner Experiences
The Enabling Environment for Free and Independent Media,
Monroe
Price, Annenberg School, University of Pennsylvania, and
Peter Krug,
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Strategies for Media Development, Ann Hudock, The Asia Foundation
Affordable Capital: Turning Press Freedom Heroes into Entrepreneurs,
Sasa Vucinic, Media Development Loan Fund
Ideological, Legal, Economic and Professional Obstacles to
Media
Development in Africa, Jeanette Minnie, Consultant, Zambezi
Fox
A Rich Complex Landscape: Challenges and Advances in Media
Development in Latin America, Jaime Abello Banfi, Fundación
Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano
Arab Media Lagging Behind: Freedom of Expression, Lost Credibility
and the Rise of Independent Media, Ibrahim Nawar, Arab Press
Freedom Watch
Media Assistance in the Former Soviet Union: A Job Well done?,
Manana Aslamazyan, Internews Russia
Staying Alive: Media Independence in South East Asia, Kavi
Chongkittavorn, The Nation, and the Southeast Asian Press
Alliance
Media Development in Challenging Environments: Uzbekistan
after
Andijan, Andrew Stroehlein, the International Crisis Group
Crisis and Opportunity in the Public Sphere: Lessons from
Pakistan’s
Earthquake Zones, Adnan Rehmat, Intermedia
Media, Development and Governance: Facilitating Local Analysis
of
Global Issues, Teresa Hanley, Jon Barnes and Murali Shanmugavelan,
Panos Institute, London
Community Radio: Perspectives on Media Reach and Audience
Access, Marcelo Solervicens, World Association of Community
Radio
Broadcasters (AMARC)
Global Health – Local News: The Need to Build Independent
Journalism
into the Public Health Agenda, Ron MacInnis, Internews Network
The Nexus between Independent Journalists’ Unions, Press
Freedom and
Poverty Eradication, Christopher Warren, International Federation
of Journalists (IFJ)
Section IV: Mapping the Sector: Literature, Surveys & Resources
Participatory Diffusion or Semantic Confusion?, Adam Rogers,
United Nations Capital Development Fund
Media Development: The Case for Research, Susan Abbott,
Annenberg School for Communication
Mapping the Media Asssistance Sector: Mapping the Sector,
Ellen Hume, University of Massachusetts
Selected Resources, Laura Stein, Katy Pearce
and Myriam Horngren
List of Organisations that attended the Inaugural Global
Forum
on Media Development, Amman, Jordan, October 2005
GFMD Steering Committee, Regional Fora and Coordination
(2006 – 2008)
GFMD is made
possible through the generous support of: The John S. and James
L. Knight Foundation • The Lodestar Foundation • The Government
of Jordan • The Department for International Development (DfID
UK) • The Ford Foundation • The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) •
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) • The United Nations
Foundation • Open Society Foundation – Network Media Program • The Swiss
Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) • UNESCO Paris
