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A Tactical Guide to Science Journalism: Lessons from the Front Lines
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Deborah Blum, Ashley Smart, Scott Veale (eds.)

New York: Oxford University Press (2022), xiii, 345 pp.

"A Tactical Guide to Science Journalism is a compendium of advice, insights, and lessons about how to do excellent and thoughtful science journalism from some of the best science journalists working today. With chapters from more than 40 leading practitioners from around the world, representing publ ... more

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Barriers & Bridges: Communication and Information Exchange with Ukrainian Refugees in Romania

Mihaela Negru

Internews (2022), 20 pp.

"More than 13 million people have been displaced by the war in Ukraine in the last six months, with 1.6 million refugees entering Romania since February. As of August 2022, more than 87 thousand people are still seeking shelter in Romania with the support of the Government and partners including civ ... more

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Results-Based Report on Projects Approved by the 64th Meeting of the IPDC Bureau (June 2020) and Implemented in 2020-2021. Part I

Paris: UNESCO (2022), 24 pp.

"This document reports on the implementation of projects approved by the 64th meeting of the IPDC Bureau (June 2020) and implemented in 2020-2021, and on projects approved as part of IPDC’s rapid response mechanism in January 2021. It also includes the implementation reports of several projects th ... more

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How Can Media and Communication Support Somalis Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Hoden Ahmed, Hodan Ibrahim, Kaushiki Ghose

London: BBC Media Action (2022), 15 pp.

"Our work in 2020 and 2021 focused on different aspects of COVID-19 to provide audiences with accurate information and appropriate strategies to deal with the pandemic. This media content contributed to increased knowledge, changed attitudes and positive behaviour change to counter the damaging effe ... more

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The Space Between: Opportunities and Insights from Spanish-Language Audio

Paula Molina

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2022), 24 pp.

"In this paper, I hope to outline key questions for radio broadcasters contemplating a podcasting strategy; capture key lessons from successful Spanish language audio outlets (Radio Ambulante and Prisa Audio); highlight key benefits and revenue opportunities a podcasting strategy can yield for news ... more

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Data Governance, Asian Alternatives: How India and Korea Are Creating New Models and Policies

Evan A. Feigenbaum, Michael R. Nelson (eds.)

Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (2022), 114 pp.

"This volume highlights some of the alternative models that have originated in two major Asian democracies, India and South Korea. It compares these two countries’ distinctive approaches through case studies that demonstrate just how much more complex the world will be than the common-place predic ... more

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Media Training in Transition Countries: Perspectives of a Media Trainer

Sam Swan

London; New York: Routledge (2022), xiv, 142 pp.

"Drawing on the author’s and other media trainers’ experiences over a 25-year period, this book provides important insights into tailoring training programs to specific regions and countries. Case studies describe training in radio and television management, broadcasting, and media sustainabilit ... more

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Journalismus auf der Couch: So kommen wir aus der Krise

Ellen Heinrichs, Astrid Prange de Oliveira (ed.)

Freiburg et al.: Herder (2022), 240 pp.

"Wie wäre es, wenn die Nachrichten nicht nur über Probleme, sondern auch über Lösungen berichteten? Wenn Journalisten viel stärker die Perspektiven junger oder migrantischer Menschen mit abbildeten? Oder wenn sie Missstände nicht nur aufdeckten, sondern auch konstruktive Debatten darüber orga ... more

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La labor del editor: El arte, el oficio y el negocio de la edición

Peter Ginna (ccord.)

Ciudad de México: Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE) (2022), 447 pp.

"Peter Ginna elabora una guía que sirve para encaminar a todo aquel que busque adentrarse en el incesante mundo editorial. La obra congrega los ensayos de diferentes editores en los que uno a uno acerca al lector al proceso de producción y elaboración del texto, además de incurrir en torno a los ... more

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Project Torogoz: Extensive Hacking of Media & Civil Society in El Salvador with Pegasus Spyware

John Scott-Railton, Bill Marczak, Paolo Nigro Herrero, Bahr Abdul Razzak, Noura Al-Jizawi, Salvatore Solimano, Ron Deibert

Toronto: Citizen Lab;Access Now (2022)

"The Citizen Lab and Access Now have conducted a joint investigation into Pegasus hacking in El Salvador in collaboration with Frontline Defenders, SocialTIC, and Fundación Acceso. We confirmed 35 cases of journalists and members of civil society whose phones were successfully infected with NSO’s ... more

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Femmes et médias au Congo. L'information de proximité en journalisme: Mon combat

Bianca-Cornélie Nkonda

Paris: L'Harmattan (2022), 159 pp.

"Devenir journaliste fait rêver bon nombre des Congolais. Un métier noble dont la pratique doit allier non seulement analyse et relationnel, mais aussi travail de terrain. Une option nécessaire à l’évaluation de l’éthique et de la déontologie enseignées à l’école, mais dont l’exerc ... more

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Hate Speech and Polarization in Participatory Society

Marta Pérez-Escolar, José Manuel Noguera-Vivo (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2022), xxv, 252 pp.

"Delving into the meanings, implications, contexts and effects of extreme speech and gated communities in the media landscape, the chapters analyse misleading metaphors and rhetoric via focused case studies to understand how we can overcome the risks and threats stemming from the past decade's defin ... more

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Handbook on Online Education in Commonwealth Asia

Manas Ranjan Panigrahi, Phalachandra Bhandigadi (eds.)

New Delhi: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) (2022), iii; 235 pp.

"This Handbook on Online Education in Commonwealth Asia aims to provide a snapshot of online education in the Commonwealth countries that CEMCA serves. It examines the country and institutional policy for online education and assesses online education strategies in the respective countries. It inclu ... more

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Numérique et développement au Maroc: La grande fracture

Yahya El Yahyaoui

Paris: L'Harmattan (2022), 326 pp.

"Depuis le début du siècle courant, le Maroc a entrepris une série de stratégies centrées sur les technologies numériques. Il en a fait un choix politique délibéré et de premier ordre. La logique sous-jacente à l’ensemble de ces stratégies consistait à faire du numérique un outil de d ... more

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Discussing Conflict in Social Media: The Use of Twitter in the Jammu and Kashmir Conflict

Sabrina Gabel, Lilian Reichert, Christian Reuter

Media, War & Conflict, volume 15, issue 4 (2022), pp. 504-529

"This article conducts a qualitative content analysis of content on Twitter concerning the conflict in the Jammu and Kashmir region. The tweets following the death of a popular militant, Burhan Wani, cover three different themes: (1) criticism of intellectuals; (2) Burhan Wani’s impact on the conf ... more

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Social and Behaviour Change (SBC): An Intro Guide

UNICEF West and Central Africa Regional Office (2022), 31 pp.

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Attributing Public Ignorance in Vaccination Narratives

Samantha Vanderslott, Luisa Enria, Alex Bowmer, Abass Kamara, Shelley Lees

Social Science & Medicine, issue 307: 115152 (2022), 11 pp.

"Examples from Sierra Leone, Uganda, and India show how ‘ignorant public’ framings are used as explanation for vaccine hesitancy through assigned roles for institutions and publics, and the consequences this narrative has for vaccination encounters. These examples are based on ethnographic field ... more

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Digitalising Rural MSMEs: Thailand’s Agriculture and Tourism Sectors

Sone Osakwe

London: GSMA (2022), 58 pp.

"Thailand faces the dual challenge of swiftly navigating the disruptions caused by COVID-19 while also enabling sustainable and inclusive development. To enable inclusive development, Thailand must focus on building resilience and enhancing the productivity of micro, small and medium enterprises (MS ... more

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Haiti Six Months On: Good Intentions, Bad Memories and Local Frustrations. Was Communication, Community-Engagement and Accountability Considered in the 2021 Haiti Earthquake Response?

Michelle Betz

CDAC Network (2022), 28 pp.

"This review was commissioned by CDAC Network to provide a snapshot of the status of Communication, Community Engagement and Accountability (CCEA) in Haiti six months into the earthquake response. The study aims to identify common themes and critical questions that response actors should be asking t ... more

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Trapped in a Web: The Exploitation of Personal Data in Hungary’s 2022 Elections

Human Rights Watch (2022), 94 pp.

"On April 3, 2022, Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party won a fourth term in national elections, cementing its dominance with a two-thirds majority that will allow it to continue traveling what critics of the party and many others would describe as the path of centralizing power and rolling back democrat ... more

A Tactical Guide to Science Journalism: Lessons from the Front Lines Key Guidance

A Tactical Guide to Science Journalism: Lessons from the Front Lines
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