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Continental Shift: New Trends in Private U.S. Funding for Media Development

Anne Nelson

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2011), 26 pp.

"This work is an update of the October 2009 CIMA report, Experimentation and Evolution in Private U.S. Funding of Media Development by the same author. The field of private sector funding of independent media abroad has continued to undergo a massive upheaval over the past two years. Both the 2008 r ... more

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Rethinking Media Development

Mark Nelson, Tara Susman-Peña

Arcata, Calif.; Washington, DC: Internews;World Bank Institute (2011), 26 pp.

"The international development community needs to spend less time training journalists and more time on efforts to build country level leadership for a strong and independent media as a key institution of development. This means longer-term programs, facilitating carefully planned and rigorous appro ... more

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Pacific Media Assistance Scheme (PACMAS): Pacific Media Benchmarks (2005)

Andrew Skuse

Melbourne; Adelaide: Australian Aid (AusAID);Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC);University of Adelaide (2011), 87 pp.

"This study draws together two bodies of work concerned with media pluralism, effectiveness, development and strengthening in the developing world. One is drawn from UNESCO’s global work on media assessment and impact indicators, the other from AusAID’s Pacific Media and Communications Facility ... more

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Draft Summary Record of the Seminar on Trends in Support of Accountability: Media Assistance Today

In: Draft Summary Record of the 15th Govnet Meeting

DAC Network on Governance

Paris: OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) (2011), pp. 19-25

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Final Program Report: International Media Partnerships Program (IMPP)

Washington, DC: IREX (2011), 53 pp.

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Media, Transparency and Accountability in Albania: Evaluation Report

Sue Nelson, Silvana Rusi

United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF);Transtec (2011), 21 pp.

"The Media, Transparency and Accountability in Albania project sought to strengthen the role of the Albanian media to promote transparency and government accountability by 1) investigating and informing citizens on issues of civic concern and corruption, and 2) developing, implementing and enforcing ... its own ethical and professional standards. The project was implemented by IREX Europe through the Hapur Foundation (a centre for investigative journalism), and the Union of Albanian Journalists (a professional association). IREX intended to support the Hapur Foundation in its efforts to increase Albanian media reporting on corruption through the development of magazine-style investigative TV programs produced by journalists from a country-wide network of stations. IREX also intended to support the Union s organizational capacity to advocate for journalists, monitor threats to media freedom, and build consensus on professional standards. IREX provided some training to both institutions at the start of the project and provided two experts in investigative reporting for some of the training. The $300,000 project ran from October 2008 through September 2010. The evaluation field work took place in February 2011, well after the project was completed. As a result, the evaluators relied on 1) project and other documents; 2) interviews; and 3) project products to conduct the evaluation. Findings: The project built on portions of an earlier media development project funded by USAID and implemented by IREX U.S. As a result, most of the project framework was already in place, making implementation of the UNDEF-funded activities by IREX Europe relatively straightforward. The project objectives and activities were relevant given the high levels of corruption, the lack of objective investigatory reporting and the difficult environment for journalists and outlets attempting to cover these types of issues in Albania. Hapur s reporting appeared to have been timely, investigating issues such as the preferential privatization of state assets and the functioning of unlicensed clinics. The Union s work to protect journalists and develop standards for independent journalism also served an important function in Albania s difficult media climate. Investigatory reporting is sensitive and most journalists work informally and have no protection other than the solidarity of other journalists coordinated through the Union [...]" (Executive summary) more

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Matching the Market and the Model: The Business of Independent News Media

Michelle J. Foster

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2011), 34 pp.

"According to this paper, many media businesses lack management skills and experience in developing effective business models. "Compounding this is a lack of media development assistance targeted to media managers, the expansion of economic constraints on media businesses, and a lack of access to in ... more

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Mid-Term Review BBC World Service Trust Project ‘A National Conversation’

Mary Myers

DFID Governance and Transparency Fund (2011), 57 pp.

"A National Conversation' is a 5-year project funded by DFID's Governance and Transparency Fund (GTF) delivered by the BBC World Service Trust (BBC WST). Its purpose is to 'enhance media's capacity to cover governance issues by increasing transparency, accountability and citizen participation in med ... more

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Climate-Change Journalism in China: Opportunities for International Cooperation

Sam Geall

Copenhagen; Beijing: International Media Support (IMS);Caixin Media (2011), 137 pp.

"How do Chinese journalists cover climate-Change stories – and what opportunities for international cooperation in the field of climate change reporting exist for funders, NGOs and governments? These are the two related questions that this report attempts to address. The report – produced jointl ... more

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Das heimliche Kellerkind: Eine Analyse des aktuellen Stands und der Notwendigkeit von Medienentwicklungszusammenarbeit in Brasilien

Mariella Trilling

Dortmund: Technische Universität Dortmund, Institut für Journalistik, Bachelor-Arbeit (2011), iii, 84 pp.

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Towards a Critical Understanding of Media Assistance for 'new Media' Development

Jude Mathurine

Grahamstown: Rhodes University, Master Thesis (2011), vii, 177 pp.

"This study contextualises the assumptions of media development historically and critically, with particular focus on new media’s roles and relationships with the media environment, and its objectives democratisation and development. Through the application of literature, theory and various resear ... more

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Radio in Zones of Conflict: Abnormal Measures for Abnormal Circumstances

David Smith

In: Radio in Africa: Publics, Cultures, Communities

Liz Gunner; Dina Ligaga; Dumisani Moyo (eds.)

Johannesburg: Wits University Press (2011), pp. 256-269

"A radio station for Somalis, by Somalis and about Somalis went on air on 1 March 2010. Radio Bar-Kulan ('meeting place' in Somali) uses FM, short wave, satellite and the internet to ensure that access is available to all who want it. The history of the station has its roots in peacekeeping. The suc ... more

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Media Matters: GFMD 2009-2011

Bettina Peters

Brussels: Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) (2011), 64 pp.

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MAPs Without Direction: Media Assistance Projects in Post-War Sierra Leone

Rosemary Quipp

Montreal: McGill University, Master Thesis (2011), vi, 86 pp.

"Sierra Leone‘s brutal civil war devastated the country‘s population and left its infrastructure in disarray. Over the last decade, international organizations have provided financial and technical assistance to many areas of society, including journalists and the media. Media assistance program ... more

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A Draft Discussion Paper: International Support to Media Development. Context, Evidence, Challenges and Possible Strategic Principles

Paris: OECD (2011), 12 pp.

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Medien im Fokus: Jahresbericht 2010 DW-Akademie

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2011), 36 pp.

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Estar bién informado - actuar responsablemente: El programa internacional de medios de la Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

Sankt Augustin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2011), 42 pp.

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Communication in Crisis: Assessing the Impact of Mayardit FM Following the May 2011 Abyei Emergency

Nina McMurry

Turalei, Warrap State (SS): Internews (2011), 21 pp.

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Monitoring and Measuring Press Freedom on a Global Scale: Strengths and Weaknesses of the Freedom House Index

Karin Deutsch Karlekar

In: On Media Monitoring: The Media and Their Contribution to Democracy

Josef Trappel; Werner A. Meier (eds.)

New York; Bern et al.: Peter Lang (2011), pp. 25-36

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Reformen und Öffnung begleiten: Die internationale Arbeit der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in der Volksrepublik China

Bernd Reddies

In: Die Arbeit der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in der UdSSR/Russland und in der Volksrepublik China

Hans-Joachim Spanger; Bernd Reddies (eds.)

Bonn: J. H. W. Dietz Nachf. (2011), pp. 157-301

"Im Rahmen seiner Darstellung der Aktivitäten der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in China beschreibt der Autor in einem Unterkapitel (Seite 180-193) die Medienzusammenarbeit der FES in China zwischen 1980 und 1990." (commbox)