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Where We WorkSub-Saharan AfricaImproving HIV/AIDS Reporting in AfricaLaunched in 2003, Internews' Local Voices program operates in Nigeria, Kenya and Ethiopia to improve the quality of journalism on HIV/AIDS. Funded by USAID, Local Voices trains radio journalists, disc jockeys and talk show hosts in how to report on HIV/AIDS accurately and effectively, in a way that reduces stigma and leads to a more supportive environment for prevention and treatment. Through practical training in technical radio production skills, script writing, research, as well as the science of HIV, participants learn how to create and improve reports on HIV/AIDS. Graduates have ongoing access to a media resource center and technical support from an experienced journalism trainer.
Internews also organizes regular workshops for NGOs that focus on women and on HIV/AIDS to equip them with tools and techniques for effective media outreach, and help them acquire skills to form relationships with journalists, write press releases and organize effective media events. |
"Through doing HIV programs, I have learnt not to take any story lightly. I have discovered there is so much people need to know in order to protect themselves and to stop discriminating. My reporting has enlightened me on this epidemic and I have indirectly become an HIV counselor. Knowledge, I have discovered, is power." Sammy Muraya, co-producer of the Kenyan Broadcasting Corporation’s (KBC) weekly HIV program, A Stitch in Time 
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