"It seems that it is not easy for media companies to be more diverse. But it is important. A few companies are trying to appear more diverse in public but there is still much to be done. In the United States, Europe or Germany, minority groups are underrepresented throughout. Here are some of our ke
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y findings: There is a significant lack of studies on diversity in the media industries besides studies on gender diversity; the distribution of money in the media industry is biased; the media indsutry is lacking bipoc and women; white males are defining the media industries; there needs to be diversity in management before there can be diversity in content." (Key findings, page 37-41)
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"Como la desigualdad es una decisión política y no una fatalidad, este es el momento para preguntarse ¿qué piensan hacer nuestros próximos gobernantes para que haya menos pobreza y mayor acceso a oportunidades? ¿Cuáles fórmulas o herramientas desarrollarían para contribuir a que la cancha e
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sté menos inclinada a favor de algunos pocos y en contra de muchos? ¿Cómo garantizar que toda la ciudadanía tenga acceso a información sobre su entorno y participe en el debate público? ¿Qué tipo de iniciativas o estímulos plantean para que comunidades y grupos poblacionales tengan capacidad y resonancia a la hora de plantear de manera amplia las problemáticas que las aquejan?" (Página 7)
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"The handbook is an advocacy tool that details laws and regulations that enable and impact freedom of expression, media freedom, work of human rights defenders and activists in Zambia." (Publisher description)
"Following an extreme event with severe impacts, a great deal of public interest is generated in its causes. Increasingly, the dominant question is: "Was this event caused by climate change?" This guide is intended to help journalists navigate this question. First, it introduces the science of 'extr
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eme event attribution' - the method of attributing (or not) the degree to which the weather event was influenced by climate change. Second, it lays out the statements that can reliably be made about some of the extreme weather types of greatest public interest, even when no specific scientific study is being performed. This is based on current state-of-the-art knowledge using studies of recent extreme events and the latest IPCC report. Further down, you will find an easy-to-read checklist for each type of extreme weather event. The aim of this guide is to help journalists to accurately report extreme weather events in the context of a warming planet: how can you best inform your audiences about the effects of climate change on the extreme events we are increasingly experiencing, without overstating (or, indeed, understating) the link?" (Introduction, page 7)
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"This guide contains advice and insights from global journalists whose reporting balances these responsibilities. It was compiled to provide professionals with the information they need to jointly shape climate journalism for the 21st century. The following sections are based on presentations from t
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he "Climate Change Concepts and Narratives" workshop organized by the InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB) in July 2022." (Introduction, page 3)
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"Speaking to the media is an important channel that healthcare professionals can use to raise awareness about the health impacts of climate change and encourage action to tackle the climate crisis. This guide gives you a quick and practical introduction to giving interviews to prepare you for future
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media opportunities." (Introduction)
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"The How-to Note is a brief, user-friendly guide that helps program design teams understand and prioritize the Digital Principles most relevant to their work. Through a series of leading questions and worksheets, this digital activity design checklist provides actionable guidance for each Digital Pr
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inciple and shares additional resources for ensuring that programs are well-designed and effective." (Publisher description)
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"Social and behavior change (SBC) is a key component of effective multi-sectoral nutrition activities. High-quality evaluations of SBC components are essential to identifying what went well, what could have been done differently, and how to improve future program design. The tools included here acco
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mpany Evaluating Social and Behavior Change Components of Nutrition Activities: A Design Guide for USAID Staff and Measuring Social and Behavior Change in Nutrition Programs: A Guide for Evaluators. They provide additional support on topics such as how to develop an evaluation statement of work (SOW) and how to determine the most appropriate respondent(s) for a given activity. The table below provides an overview of each tool." (Introduction, page 1)
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"Communicators in the end child marriage movement are responsible for ensuring the storytelling process is a source of power for contributors, and that contributors feel positive about the following portrayal. This means examining biases, story and image choices, and decision making to ensure they r
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eflect contributors’ wishes, as expressed by them. It also means constantly learning and improving approaches to ethical communications based on contributors’ diverse experiences and feedback. These guidelines outline ethical communications principles and good practices for the end child marriage movement, and include the practical considerations and tools needed to deliver on them. They are designed to support those communicating around the issue of child marriage to consider: 1. if their communications materials reflect the wishes and expectations of the girls, adolescents and young women who share their stories; 2. how communications materials are received by external audiences." (Introduction)
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"In the first part, Understanding the problem, the Toolkit provides an overview of the health misinformation landscape, particularly in relation to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), and expands on the roles of gatekeepers and sources before describing the problem as multilayered and requiring compreh
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ensive and coordinated solutions. In the second part, Consulting stakeholders, the Toolkit expands on the roles and initiatives currently taken by governments and international organizations, traditional media and social media platforms, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and experts, to provide an extensive understanding of the angles at which the problem of health misinformation is being approached. In the third and final part, The way forward, the Toolkit describes how different stakeholders have collaborated during COVID-19 to tackle the infodemic, and how that spirit and approach can and should be taken forward to other types of health misinformation." (Executive summary, page viii)
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"The pathway to securing change through advocacy may not be very clear - mainly because you don’t have control over those you are seeking to influence or the political processes through which they operate. So it’s good to develop a strategy that can act as a kind of `road map’. The development
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of a strategy will also help ensure that members of your coalition or organisation and those affected by the issue are following the same map! Sometimes advocates waste time reacting to political events that may be only tangentially connected to the change they are trying to secure. The development of a strategy will help ensure that those involved are proactive and strategic, rather than just reactive." (Page 7)
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"The FNF Global Innovation Hub published in 2022 this guide using easily understandable language and examples of daily scenario that civil servants and the public encounter to help readers to painlessly grasp technical terms such as open source, FLOSS software, and open standard. Also, the Guide exp
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lains why Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) is the key to improve transparency, accountability, accessibility, and effectiveness of public digital service. It enables readers to establish Public Money? Public Code! as the mindset of perceiving public digital service: If a public digital service is built by using tax payers’ money, it should be supervised and examined by them as all public infrastructure. Finally, the Guide also provides practical policy recommendations on enhancing the use of FLOSS in governments." (Publisher description)
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"This independent, solutions-based report, the third in the Missing Perspectives series, focuses on how to break down two fundamental barriers, previously identified, that women face: their underrepresentation and cultural exclusion in news leadership at the top of news organizations/in the highest-
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profile beats (the subject of Part 1); and their invisibility in news coverage/storytelling (the subject of Part 2)." (Executive summary)
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"Development stories may explore national or international efforts to reduce poverty and inequality or improve health and education with a focus on their long-term impact or sustainability. Good development journalism should consider the perspective of those most affected and reflect their lived exp
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erience and agency while interrogating the structural imbalances and power dynamics at play. It will critically evaluate the processes and mechanisms involved in development, such as aid agencies and government programmes. This guide is created in the framework of the Freelance Journalism Assembly and is primarily intended to support freelance journalists in improving their pitches and chances of being commissioned and/or hired by news organisations and publishers. We know that editors receive a high volume of pitches and truly hope this handbook helps you prepare winning pitches that stand out from the crowd and can improve your stories on development issues." (Introduction, page 2)
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"This Primer aims to: improve USAID staff's understanding of digital literacy; demonstrate how digital literacy contributes to broader global development goals; describe how digital literacy can be incorporated into various stages of the USAID program cycle; and detail ways in which different sector
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s and practice areas can develop digital literacy through their unique activities. This primer builds on the Digital Competence (DigComp) digital literacy framework developed by the European Union (EU) and considered to be the gold standard for understanding digital literacy. The DigComp framework will enable USAID staff to develop digital literacy activities, share best practices, and capture lessons learned with a shared understanding and technical approach. Digital literacy is a broad topic that encompasses a range of competences from basic literacy and numeracy skills to advanced computing and information processing skills. Sharing a language and an understanding of each of the core competences of digital literacy will improve USAIDfs programming, understanding, and collaboration on this topic that is critical to effective digital programming." (About this primer, page 6)
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"This note aims to help inform the planned development of a Disaster Preparedness Module for Indonesia’s PKH program [Family Hope Program, Program Keluarga Harapan PKH] and to provide lessons for other countries on the development of IEC (Information, Education and Communications) tools to improve
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disaster preparedness and climate resilience among social assistance beneficiaries. The note includes four sections which (i) highlight recent approaches to beneficiary education to support Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) goals and provide global experiences of how countries have leveraged their social protection (SP) programs, through beneficiary education and awareness, to improve disaster preparedness and resilience; (ii) outline existing IEC materials and tools used by Government agencies in Indonesia to improve disaster preparedness and resilience among the public; (iii) outline recommended content for Indonesia and other countries to consider including in beneficiary education sessions aimed at improving disaster preparedness and resilience of beneficiaries; and (iv) summarize the procedural steps to develop a new Family Development Session (FDS) module on disaster preparedness, building on lessons learned from previous module development for PKH’s FDS. While the content of this note is particularly targeted at Indonesia’s PKH program, it is hoped that the messages here can also help inform the integration of IEC tools and materials to support behavior change for disaster preparedness and resilience in other SP programs globally." (Page 4)
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"El presente ensayo que usted tiene entre sus manos trata sobre las consideraciones y desafíos entorno a la agenda de la privacidad y protección de datos personales en las redes sociales digitales. El autor hace mención reiteradamente sobre las implicaciones que tiene en el ámbito legal; pero si
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empre poniendo en el centro la discusión sobre los usuarios de las redes sociales, lo que implica hacer efectivas las medidas necesarias para proteger la privacidad, así como el uso apropiado y proporcional de sus datos personales, los cuales, no pueden quedarse en el vacio, apelando a su vez por el uso racional y proporcional de los datos en los medios digitales." (Presentación, página 9)
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