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Conflicting Coverage: Insights Into the Media’s Coverage of Conflicts in Myanmar
International Media Support (IMS) (2018), 19 pp.
"From the analysis of one week of conflict coverage in May 2018, this study found that the media relies on a limited number of sources to cover conflicts. Stories are often reported with a single or no sources and elite sources are preferred over people who have experienced the conflict and its cons
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Freedom of Expression in the Maghreb: Tension Between Laws and the Judiciary Practice
International Media Support (IMS); Vigilance (2018), 55 pp.
"The four countries concerned in this publication – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya - each have a complex set of challenges - and opportunities - in relation to the advancement of free and independent media. Yet, they share several trends and certainly the tensions between laws pertaining to f
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"The study found that overall, journalism in Somalia falls far short of the fifth UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. The study demonstrates that if the current conditions for women in Somalia’s media remain unaddressed, the country wi
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Renforcer les relations entre police et médias pour la sécurité des journalistes et des élections pacifiques, libres et justes en Afrique de l’Ouest
Accra; Copenhagen: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA); International Media Support (IMS) (2018), 45 pp.
"La relation entre les médias et les agences de sécurité, y compris les services de police et de renseignement, a toujours été délicate. Dans le contexte de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, cette relation est souvent caractérisée par des affrontements fréquents, résultant d'une incapacité quelque pe
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Myanmar Audience Study 2018: Myanmar’s Media from an Audience Perspective
International Media Support (IMS); Fojo Media Institute (2018), 23 pp.
"The study found that there is a widespread preference towards local media as people feel that these media outlets provide them with information relevant to their local communities and daily lives. Television is a preferred medium for consuming news but social media, and Facebook in particular, is c
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Baseline Study on Election Reporting in Zimbabwe’s Mainstream Media
International Media Support (IMS); Media Monitors (2018), 62 pp.
"The study concluded that the media in Zimbabwe falls short of standards of fair and balanced coverage of political actors in the country. ZANU PF and MDC T dominated the media’s coverage and combined for 94% of the space and time dedicated to political parties whilst the remaining 15 parties acco
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Reporting on Zimbabwe’s 2018 Elections: A Post-Election Analysis
Media Monitors; International Media Support (IMS) (2018), 40 pp.
"During the 2018 electoral period in Zimbabwe, Media Monitors monitored mainstream media to assess the nature of election coverage with a focus on three issues: Fair and balanced coverage of political players, the media’s role in informing the public on electoral processes, and professional and et
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Audience Responses to Migration Stories: Research Component of 'Voices of African Migrants'
Leicester; Copenhagen: University of Leicester; International Media Support (IMS) (2018), 46 pp.
"This report was commissioned to examine the nature and quality of media stories produced by journalists supported by the Voices of African Migrants pilot programme (see http://migrantvoices.org), managed by International Media Support (IMS), in four migration ‘Hubs’ in Africa, and explored how
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Citizen Journalism Guidelines on Electoral Reporting in Zimbabwe
International Media Support (IMS) (2018), 54 pp.
"The purpose of this manual is to familiarise citizen journalists with the core issues of election reporting including ethics, safety and security, fake news, hate speech and the broader issues around the electoral system in Zimbabwe. It also focuses on gender and the media, photography, live-stream
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How the Propaganda Machine Stole the Russian Election. Monitoring of Media: Russian Presidential Election 2018
International Media Support (IMS); Memo98 (2018), 74 pp.
"The Russian state media failed to provide sufficient information about political alternatives to incumbent Vladimir Putin ahead of the 18 March presidential election. Coverage on nationwide private channels was similarly limited. For the 2018 presidential election, a strong and independent media pr
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Defending Journalism: How National Mechanisms Can Protect Journalists and Address the Issue of Impunity. A Comparative Analysis of Practices in Seven Countries
Deep Insights
International Media Support (IMS) (2017), 250 pp.
"The research documents how, despite immense ongoing challenges, in Afghanistan, Iraq, Nepal and Pakistan, some important advances have been made to develop joint structures and innovative approaches to defend the practice of journalism. It examines the long road Colombia has followed in the establi
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Guidebook: Conflict Sensitive Journalism for Yemeni Journalists
Taiz, Republic of Yemen: Studies & Economic Media Center (SEMC); International Media Support (IMS) (2017), 140 pp.
"This book, the first of its kind ever in Yemen, serves as a guide for Yemeni media professionals as well as a highly significant document that will go a long way in boosting their reporting skills in such a way that meets the standards of conflict sensitive journalism. It is also a compendium on a
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A Guide to Freedom of Expression in Libya
London: Lawyers for Justice in Libya; International Media Support (IMS) (2017), 13 pp.
"The prospect of a new Libyan constitution offers an opportunity for consolidated, clear and robust legal protections for freedom of expression. However, the current Constitutional Draft contains significant legal loopholes and establishes institutions of uncertain power. The failure of the Constitu
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A Changing Asian Media: Assessing Challenges and Opportunities for Evolving Media in South and Southeast Asia
International Media Support (IMS); Fojo Media Institute (2017), 51 pp.
"Countries in the regions despite extreme diversity share many of the same challenges with their media environments – particularly when it comes to quality content production and distribution, journalist safety and impunity, the enabling legal environment, gender and social inequality as well as m
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Gender in Myanmar News: News Content Analysis from a Gender Perspective
Yangon: Myanmar Women Journalists Society; International Media Support (IMS); Fojo Media Institute (2017), 58 pp.
"The study shows that very little time and space is given to women as news sources and subjects in Myanmar media. The overall figure of 16% representation across all mediums, can be interpreted as an established practice of media to defer in most cases to the male source. Female and male sources are
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Roads to Influence: A Practical Toolkit to Increase Safety for Journalists Through Advocacy in Somalia/Somaliland
International Media Support (IMS); Fojo Media Institute (2017), 20 pp.
"The overall approach to advocacy in this toolkit is generic, but the toolkit focuses on increasing safety for journalists in Somalia/Somaliland. The order of the different steps follows a logical sequence. However, do keep in mind that advocacy is not necessarily a linear process. Advocacy rarely f
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A Handbook on Reporting Terrorism
International Media Support (IMS); Media Council of Kenya (2016), 24 pp.
"This guidebook is a tool for Kenyan media professionals who are reporting on issues of terrorism and whilst doing so seek to counter violent extremism [...] It is designed to help journalists to effectively cover stories without putting innocent civilians (or security forces) in harm’s way, witho
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Rebuilding Public Trust: An Assessment of the Media Industry and Profession in Sri Lanka
Colombo: Secretariat for Media Reforms; International Media Support (IMS) (2016), xvii, 262 pp.
"This report, produced by a participatory research process that took over a year, provides a comprehensive assessment of the environment for media sector’s development in Sri Lanka. It is based on UNESCO’s Media Development Indicator (MDI) framework, which looks at the diferent factors which sho
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Assessment of Media Development in Myanmar: Based on UNESCO’s Media Development Indicators
Bangkok; Copenhagen: UNESCO; International Media Support (IMS) (2016), xxvii, 132 pp.
"Myanmar should sign and ratify international treaties which pertain to freedom of expression, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the (first) Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Convention on the Elimina
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