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After the Arab Uprisings: The Prospects for a Media That Serves the Public

Alexandra Buccianti, Sarah El-Richani

London: BBC Media Action (2015), 37 pp.

"This briefing suggests that national broadcasters may have the potential to help to bridge social divides, if they can be reformed to serve the interests of the public rather than the state. In addition to their extensive infrastructure and reach, these institutions also have a cultural standing th ... more

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The Media and Development

D+C: Development and Cooperation, volume 42, issue 1 (2015), pp. 10-29

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Literature Review: Research Findings About Organisations Engaging in Media Assistance in the Fields of Journalism Training, Civil Society Support, and Good Governance

Ines Drefs, Barbara Thomass

Media, Conflict and Democratisation (MeCoDEM) (2015), 31 pp.

"The literature emphasizes the importance of accounting for specific needs when it comes to media assistance in conflict-ridden contexts. The reviewed recommendations boil down to establishing communication between different actors (such as oppositional players or media and public professionals) and ... more

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Aiding Journalism: Australian Journalism Educators and Their Work in Post-Conflict States

Alexandra Wake

Deakin University, Doctoral Thesis (2015), xii, 341 pp.

"Using Bourdieu’s field theory, this thesis describes journalism education from the perspective of Australians who specialise in teaching outside Australia. It uses three data sources: a content analysis of media in Solomon Islands; a survey and in-depth interviews with Australian journalism educa ... more

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Project Evaluation: Summary Report. Bolivia: Dual Vocational Training for Journalists – ProPeriodismo

Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (2015), 6 pp.

"Through its strategic approach of producing better-trained journalists, the project is contributing to a positive long-term impact on the quality of media reporting in Bolivia and the level of information of its citizens. However, since no training cycle had been completed at the time of the evalua ... more

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Monitoring and Evaluation Report on Community Media

Ashish Sen

New Delhi: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) (2015), 120 pp.

"Community media is an integral component of CEMCA’s TYP 2012-15 and mission, “to assist governments and institutions to expand the scale, efficiency and quality of learning … in open, distance and technology enabled learning.” In September 2013, CEMCA contracted Ashish Sen to evaluate its C ... more

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The New Syrian Press: Appraisal, Challenges and Outlook

Soazig Dollet

Paris: CFI (2015), 19 pp.

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Publishing for Peanuts: Innovation and the Journalism Start-Up

J. J. Robinson, Kristen Grennan, Anya Schiffrin

Columbia University, School of International and Political Affairs;Open Society Foundation (2015), 200 pp.

"Our remit was to look for innovative media outlets that are producing high-quality news, that are technologically innovative and that might actually survive financially. Accordingly, we spent three months interviewing media innovators around the world and reading what others have written on the sub ... ject. This report is divided into seven sections: 1) this introduction, 2) our main findings, 3) two sets of recommendations, one for the media development community and another set for people starting a media outlet, 4) an “Innovation Index” listing practices that we found around the world, 5) a description of our methodology, 6) a review of practitioner reports we read, 7) write-ups describing 35 media outlets, based on interviews we conducted [...] We were inspired and encouraged by what we saw. All over the world, independent media outlets are innovating and overcoming obstacles. Globally, start-ups are demonstrating the drive to take risks for the sake of a good idea. The challenges facing these outlets—and the innovations employed to tackle them—broadly fall into four categories: editorial, business, distribution and security. Operating with agility, media start-ups are finding creative ways to gather and disseminate information. In India, Gram Vaani uses a mobile phone social network to connect the rural poor and circumvent legislative prohibitions on radio broadcasting. In Zimbabwe, The Source survives in the repressive media climate by focusing on business journalism. Oxpeckers in South Africa uses geomapping to report on rhino poaching. Crikey in Australia has built a successful business model based on soliciting tips and scandal from the same audience it reports on and Kenya’s African SkyCAM deploys drones to avoid negotiating with police for access to disaster zones [...] Instead of finding a clear model for what works, we found confirmation of many things we knew or suspected. Independent media outlets vary in size, ambition and model. Few have fully succeeded, while many do one thing well, which typically reflects the founder’s particular strength—usually in journalism or technology [...] Most media outlets we found are small, run by a few full-time staff supplemented by volunteers and freelancers, and supported by a combination of grants, donations and haphazard business endeavors. The leaders at most organizations we interviewed were motivated by a desire to produce high-quality journalism rather than meet particular financial or audience goals." (Executive summary, page 5-7) more

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Development Agenda: Considering the Dark Side of the Media

Jan Lublinski, Sacha Meuter, Mark Nelson

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2015), 8 pp.

"Instead of serving the public and speaking truth to power, many media may act as mouthpieces of the powerful, repeat rumors without verification, discriminate against minorities, and feed the polarization of societies. Such media actions have a harmful influence that reaches far beyond the media se ... more

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Can We Measure Media Impact? Surveying the Field

Anya Schiffrin, Ethan Zuckerman

Stanford Social Innovation Review, issue fall (2015), pp. 47-55

"More and more news outlets rely on philanthropic funding. With such funding come new questions about the effect that media content has on citizens and policymakers. Traditional metrics, most observers agree, are insufficient. But the value of alternative metrics is an open issue. Two scholars analy ... more

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Global Journalism Education: A Missed Opportunity for Media Development?

Charles C. Self

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2015), 6 pp.

"The recent growth of journalism education around the globe offers new ways for media development organizations to work with budding journalists in places where the media sector is struggling. Improved communications technology and emerging international standards for quality journalism mean top uni ... more

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Funder Perspectives: Assessing Media Investments

Media Impact Funders (2015), 22 pp.

"Media funders are still looking at questions of media assessment through many different lenses. The survey results indicated that the two biggest challenges facing this field are lack of consensus about what constitutes “impact” (33%) and lack of clarity about methods/measures within the media ... more

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Media Development: An Evaluation of Five Capacity-Strengthening Projects

Rosie Parkyn, Sonia Whitehead

London: BBC Media Action (2015), 60 pp.

"BBC Media Action has been involved in media development since it was founded in 1999. Over the years, we have designed and deployed a broad range of evaluation approaches and methodologies to assess the impact of and learn from our work. This has generated much internal discussion: Are we measuring ... more

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TMF 2015-2018 Strategy: Strengthening Media for Accountability

Tanzania Media Fund (TMF) (2015), 51 pp.

"By October 2015, the TMF project will have transitioned from being a donor initiative to a new legal entity. Since 2008, the TMF project has been using grants as a way to increase quality content in as well as to strengthen the Tanzanian media landscape. This new strategic plan, which outlines the ... more

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Baseline Study: Fojo Media Institute Project Capacity Building of the School of Journalism and Communication, University of Rwanda

Anki Wood

Kalmar: Fojo Media Institute (2015), 62 pp.

"This baseline study has been conducted within the inception phase of the project Capacity Building of the School of Journalism and Communication, to support the School of Journalism and Communication (SJC) under the University of Rwanda. The findings rest mainly on eight brief background papers ana ... more

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Final Evaluation: Democracy and Development in Action Through Media and Empowerment (DAME), 2012-2014

Welmoed E. Koekebakker

Search for Common Ground (2015), vii, 57 pp.

"1. The DAME project has contributed to its overall objective of ‘strengthening the democratization process in Timor-Leste’ and to its specific objective of ‘enhanced engagement between NSAs, State authorities and their constituencies’ in the development process. 2. Most effective were the a ... more

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CFI’s Programmes: Media & Human Resources

Paris: CFI (2015), 9 pp.

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Impact Evaluation of Peace Through Development II (P-DEV II): Radio Programming in Chad and Niger

Steven E. Finkel, Reynaldo T. Rojo-Mendoza, Cassilde L. Schwartz, Chris A. Belasco, Anne Kreft

Washington, DC: USAID (2015), 48 pp.

"This document is a report on the radio component of Peace through Development II (P-DEV II), a multi-year development program funded by the United States Agency for International Development/West Africa (USAID/WA), whose main goal is to counter violent extremism in Chad, Niger, and Burkina Faso. P- ... DEV II has four strategic objectives: 1) empower youth; 2) increase moderate voices; 3) increase the capacity of civil society; and 4) strengthen local government [...] Part of P-DEV II efforts are concentrated on building the capacity of local radio stations to produce and broadcast content by providing them with equipment, technical assistance, and training of their staff. In Chad, training and equipment upgrades to partner radio stations led to the production and broadcasting of the series Dabalaye (The Meeting Place), a governance radio program, and Chabab Al Haye (Youth Alive), a program targeting youth. In Niger, local radio station capacity building led to the production and broadcasting of the series Sada Zumunci (Solidarity), a governance radio program, and Gwadaben Matasa (Youth Boulevard), a youth program. This report presents an assessment of P-DEV II radio programming in relation to its strategic objectives and stated goals by evaluating the impact of radio broadcasts among youth (ages 15-30) in selected radio-only zones (non-core) in Chad and Niger [...] P-DEV II radio programming had positive effects on interaction with people from other ethnicities in Chad, but no impact in Niger. The impact of radio listenership on interpersonal and institutional trust is mixed. In Chad, positive effects on trust in local government, central government and in religious leaders were found, but radio listenership had a negative effect on interpersonal trust. In Niger, listenership had positive effects on trust in local government and in religious leaders, but a negative effect on trust in the police. There are relatively strong positive effects of P-DEV II radio programming on the perception that other ethnic groups and youth participate in decision-making in Chad. In Niger, by contrast, negative effects were found on the perception that women and the respondent’s own ethnic group are involved in decision-making." (Executive summary, page 2-3) more

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Du pluralisme au Darwinisme: Réflexions sur vingt années d'appui aux radios africaines

Johan Deflander

In: Médias d'Afrique: Vingt-cinq années de pluralisme de l'information (1990-2015)

Marie-Soleil Frère (ed.)

Paris: Karthala (2015), pp. 41-59

"Johan Deflander revient sur 25 années d'évolution du secteur radiophonique. Il montre comment les multiples nouveaux opérateurs, nombre d'entre eux se présentant comme la voix des sans voix, ont libéré la parole, mais rencontrent aujourd'hui des problèmes de pérennisation, en raison de leur ... more

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Influencing the Information Domain: The United Nations’ Information Intervention in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob

In: Racism, Ethnicity and the Media in Africa: Mediating Conflict in the Twenty-First Century

Winston Mano (ed.)

London: Tauris (2015), pp. 178-198