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African Media Development Initiative: Zimbabwe. Research Findings and Conclusions
London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 82 pp.
"There are a number of media players in Zimbabwe, in the private and state media, NGOs and training institutions, who have a keen interest in the development of the media in Zimbabwe. The majority of interviewees see the enactment of Zimbabwe’s media laws as the key change that has taken place ove
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African Media Development Initiative: Zambia. Research Findings and Conclusions
London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 77 pp.
"The past five years have seen a mushrooming of media development organisations and media outlets. The period has also seen greater and better-coordinated civic activism in support of media development. There has generally been a diversity of media content, reflecting the plurality of media outlets.
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Democracy Assisstance to Post-Conflict Mozambique: Intentions and Outcomes
Den Haag: Netherlands Institute of International Relations 'Clingendael' (2006), viii, 31 pp.
"The paper presents an overview of three areas of democracy assistance in Mozambique between 1994 and 2005. Support to elections appears as the most prominent sector of democracy assistance in both financial and political terms. External actors have effectively influenced some technical areas and co
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African Media Development Initiative: Senegal. Research Findings and Conclusions
London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 77 pp.
"The changes are mostly of a quantitative nature: proliferation of newspaper publications, an increase in the number of frequencies attributed to radio stations (commercial and community stations). Greater superficiality in the editorial lines of most newspaper publications has also been noted. The
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African Media Development Initiative: South Africa. Research Findings and Conclusions
London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 116 pp.
"Overall, South Africa has a relatively vibrant and developing media environment. The 15 interviewees were involved in 37 media development initiatives between them. These development initiatives comprise the following: 12 training initiatives; nine advocacy initiatives; five research initiatives; t
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Timor-Leste Media Assessment
USAID Timor-Leste (2006), 17 pp.
"After interviewing numerous media experts and reviewing all available information, the media assessment team recommends additional donor support for media as part of an overall approach to promoting democracy and governance. The team recommends a comprehensive media assistance program that focuses
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Why Templates for Media Development Do Not Work in Crisis States: Defining and Understanding Media Development Strategies in Post-War and Crisis States
Deep Insights
London: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2006), 36 pp.
"This document examines how media policy can be adapted to developing countries affected by crises and war. Based on the outcome of discussions at a workshop, areas the document covers include: the role of the media in fragile states; training journalists; media challenging the state. Recommendation
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Building a Community Radio Network in Afghanistan
In: Promoting Democracy in Postconflict Societies
Boulder, Colo.; London: Rienner (2006), pp. 257-272
"The experience of establishing community stations in Afghanistan provides four distinct, but interrelated lessons [...] The project has demonstrated that international organizations can promote community stations in impoverished, war-tron societies that have had no experience of independent or comm
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African Media Development Initiative: Botswana. Research Findings and Conclusions
London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 74 pp.
"There have been significant changes in the Botswanan media in the past five years. Some of the changes noted include the recent proliferation of newspapers and the partial freeing of the airwaves by the Botswanan government, which has led to the setting up of two new commercial radio stations. Ther
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"Creative Associates International (Creative) launched the Haiti Media Assistance and Civic Education Program in October 2001. Known by its Creole acronym, RAMAK, which means “Rassemblan Medya pou Aksyon Kominite” or Media Gathering for Community Action, the goals of the project were to increase
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Support to Media in Sri Lanka: An Overview of Activities and Proposals for the Future
Amsterdam; Chandigarh: International Media Support (IMS) (2006), 34 pp.
Foreign Support for Media Freedom: Advocacy in the Arab Mediterranean: Globalization from Above or Below?
Mediterranean Politics, volume 11, issue 1 (2006), pp. 1-20
"Recent structural changes to the Arab audio-visual media scene have encouraged an increasing number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) involved in media freedom advocacy to launch initiatives aimed at making Arab broadcast media more pluralistic and boosting the independence and professionali
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Retelling the News in Central Europe: Western Journalism as Democratic Discourse
In: Nationalist Myths and Modern Media: Contested Identities in the Age of Globalization
London: Tauris (2006), pp. 39-54
"This paper has shown that media assistance donors to Central Europe misplaced their emphasis on the trainign of journalistic craft skills as a principal means of introducing what they rather uncritically called 'democratic journalism' to post-Communist societies. There are many narrative choices in
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Evaluation Report on Medienhilfe Network Projects in Macedonia and Kosovo
Zürich: medienhilfe (mh) (2006), 17 pp.
"All Successful Democracies Need Freedom of Speech": American Efforts to Create a Vibrant Free Press in Iraq and Afghanistan
[Cambridge, Mass.]: Joan Shorenstein Center, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2005), 35 pp.
"This paper will examine American efforts to create a vibrant free press in Iraq and Afghanistan. A $200 million project in Iraq was the largest attempt ever by the United States, or any country, to help create independent media in another nation. Run by the Pentagon, it was a near total failure in
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Tasting Western Journalism: Media Training in the Middle East
Los Angeles: University of Southern California, Center on Public Diplomacy (2005), 10 pp.
"Newsroom managers throughout the Middle East recognize the need for improved standards among the region’s journalists, and training programs are proliferating. It’s no surprise that reporters in places like Iraq need to learn the most basic skills of the craft. But in the rich oil states of the
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Media Development in Iraq: An Overview of International Support 2003-2005
Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2005), 15 pp.
"This is a brief overview of international assistance to media development in Iraq from the time of the invasion in 2003 to the formation of the Iraqi government and first weeks of the constitutional process in April-May 2005. This paper does not claim to give an exhaustive picture. It is meant as a
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International Aid and the News Sector in Cambodia
"Aid efforts have encountered a number of problems: oversupply of basic courses, overlapping and duplication of courses and a lack of understanding of local conditions on the part of some donors [...] Better planning and coordination could improve the situation, as could efforts to encourage journal
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USAID's Media Assistance: Strengthening Independent Radio in Indonesia
Washington, DC: USAID (2005), vi, 22 pp.
"The democratic transition in Indonesia after the fall of the Suharto regime brought about important liberalization of the media sector. Focusing on radio as an effective medium for increasing citizen engagement with the political process and improving government accountability, USAID selected Inter
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