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Resource Kit for Gender-Ethical Journalism and Media-House Policy. Book 2: Practical Resources

Sarah Macharia, Pamela Morinière (eds.)

Toronto: World Association for Christian Communication (WACC);International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2012), 66 pp.

"This learning resource kit aims to provide an answer to the current gender gap in news content and lack of existing self-regulatory mechanisms to confront gender bias. It is organised in two books that may be read independently of each other. Book 2 will be of interest to media practitioners – jo ... more

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Interactive Radio for Agricultural Development Projects: A Toolkit for Practitioners
Key Guidance

Josh Woodard

USAID;FHI 360 (2012), xiii, 195 pp.

"This toolkit is designed to help USAID projects and other implementing organizations use interactive radio to augment the traditional agricultural extension services they are providing. In addition, it aims to provide practitioners with a foundational understanding of what is needed to create compe ... more

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Do You Hear Me? Understanding Information Needs for Disaster, Preparedness and Compensation

Institute for Development and Humanitarian Advancement

Islamabad: International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2012), v, 70 pp.

"This report documents the findings, analysis and recommendations regarding key aspects of humanitarian communications gleaned from an assessment conducted in the aftermath of the 2010 and 2011 monsoon floods in Pakistan. The aim of the assessment was to assess communities' access to information aft ... more

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The Limits of Communication: The Gnat on the Elephant

Wendy Quarry, Ricardo Ramirez

Nordicom Review, volume 33, issue Special Issue (2012), pp. 121-134

"When asked by a Mozambican firm to assist in the development of a communication strategy for the country’s Land Law, we had doubts. We had read about the issue of ‘land grabbing’ in Africa and feared we might become part of that problem. We knew that any communication strategy devoted solely ... more

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Dialogue Through Film: A Handbook

London: Conciliation Resources (2012), 58 pp.

"Dialogue Through Film is a unique initiative bringing together young Armenians from Nagorny Karabakh and Azerbaijanis to make short films about the conflict that divides them. Over 30 young film-makers have taken part, and thousands of Armenians and Azeris have watched their films. This handbook of ... more

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Best Practice Guidebook: Media Accountability and Transparency Across Europe

Media Accountability and Transparency in Europe (MediaAcT) (2012), 41 pp.

"This guidebook collects best practice examples in the field of innovative, web-based media accountability from across Europe. Its aim is to provide media managers with a comprehensive, yet easy-to-use overview over the various formats which have been developed by leading media organizations across ... more

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Twitter as Media Watch-Dog? Lessons from India’s Radia Tapes Scandal

Kalyani Chadha

Global Media and Communication, volume 8, issue 2 (2012), pp. 171-176

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Una propuesta metodológica para construir historias periodísticas de paz

Gregor Barié, Ney Osorio Arango, Fernando-Alonso Ramírez

Bogotá: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ);La Patria;Universidad de Manizales (2012), 94 pp.

"El ejercicio 'La Paz Cuenta en Caldas' fue un experimento conjunto del periódico La Patria, la Universidad de Manizales y la Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). El propósito era promover la determinación, investigación y redacción de historias de paz que le ofrecier ... more

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Amateur Media: Social, Culturual and Legal Perspectives

Dan Hunter, Megan Richardson Ramon Lobato, Julian Thomas (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2012), xv, 238 pp.

"This edited collection provides a much-needed interdisciplinary contextualisation of amateur media before and after Web 2.0. Surveying the institutional, economic and legal construction of the amateur media producer via a series of case studies, it features contributions from experts in the fields ... more

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Chasing Sustainability on the Net: International Research on 69 Journalistic Pure Players and Their Business Models
Inspiring Practice

Esa Sirkkunen, Clare Cook, Risto Kunelius (eds.)

Tampere: Tampere Research Centre for Journalism, Media and Communication (2012), 125 pp.

"The SuBMoJour study has mapped journalistic startups in nine countries. It has created an online database detailing the business models of journalistic startups that are deemed sustainable (www.SuBMoJour.net) and this accompanying narrative report. The study supports research to date that online en ... more

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#ICT4HR: Information and Communication Technologies for Human Rights

Molly Land, Patrick Meier, Mark Belinski, Emily Jacobi

World Bank Institute;Open Development Technology Alliance;ICT4Gov (2012), 45 pp.

"Considerable attention has been focused on the opportunities presented by new information and communication technologies for development (“ICT4D”) and for government (“ICT4GOV”). The purpose of this report is to analyze their impact on human rights (“ICT4HR”). As Philip Alston, the form ... more

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Dangerous Work: Violence Against Mexico’s Journalists and Lessons from Colombia

Douglas Farah

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2012), 32 pp.

"Turning the tide on the killing of journalists involves several steps, but primarily it is a matter of having the political will to acknowledge the issue as important and ending the impunity for those responsible for the violence. These steps include: following through on making attacks on the medi ... more

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Mobilizing the Hordes: Radio Drama as Development Theatre in Sub-Saharan Africa

Victor N. Gomia

Bamenda (CM): Langaa (2012), xvi, 277 pp.

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The Use of Radio in Disasters: 2008 Flood Response, North India. Case Study of First Response India

Health Communication Resources (HCR) (2012), 3 pp.

"Since the Bihar flooding, First Response India has gone on to train other teams in disaster radio response. Its aim is to equip other teams across India with the skills needed to improve collaboration and communication with people affected by crisis. Radio can also play a key role in other phases o ... more

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TMF Impact Case Studies 2008-2012

Dar-es Salaam: Tanzania Media Fund (TMF) (2012), 11 pp.

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The Role of Participation in Community Theatre for Development Interventions: A Case Study of the Wadzanayi Farm Project in Lalapanzi, Zimbabwe

Julia Yule

University of Witwatersrand (2012), vii, 79 pp.

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A Handbook on Gender Equality Best Practices in European Journalists’ Unions

Kerstin Klamroth

Brussels: European Federation of Journalists (EFJ);International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2012), 39 pp.

"This handbook is based on a survey, completed through extensive communications with journalist trade union officials responsible for gender issues, throughout the affiliated unions of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) (a section of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). Sadly ... more

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Internationalising a Media Studies Degree in Arab Higher Education: A Case Study Arising from an Agreement Between New Zealand and Oman

Susan O'Rourke, Rosser Johnson

In: Arab Cultural Studies: Mapping the Field

Tarik Sabry (ed.)

London; New York: Tauris (2012), pp. 297-313

"For a project of its size, duration and complexity, the reversioning of the New Zealand media studies degree of Oman has been remarkably successful. Given the inherent problems in developing curricula for 'others', the writing team has been extremely productive and constantly inventive [...] it has ... more

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New Perspectives on Strengthening Science Journalism in Developing Countries: Approach and First Results of the ‘SjCOOP’ Mentoring Project

Mbarga Gervais, Jan Lublinski, Jean-Marc Fleury

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 4, issue 2 (2012), pp. 157-172

"Many different educational and training sessions focusing on science journalism have been offered to journalists in Africa in the past decades. However, there is still insufficient quality reporting on health, environment, technology and science. We propose a new, flexible and needs-oriented concep ... more

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A Suitable Case for Transplant? The BBC and Public Service Journalism in Post-Communist Romania

James Stewart

Journalism Practice, volume 7, issue 3 (2012), pp. 329-344

"This paper is the first detailed account of the BBC's engagement with journalism in Romania after the fall of communism, including a description and evaluation of the journalism training carried out by the BBC in the country in the 1990s. Drawing on interviews with a cohort of journalists who were ... more

Interactive Radio for Agricultural Development Projects: A Toolkit for Practitioners Key Guidance

Chasing Sustainability on the Net: International Research on 69 Journalistic Pure Players and Their Business Models Inspiring Practice

Interactive Radio for Agricultural Development Projects: A Toolkit for Practitioners
Key Guidance

Chasing Sustainability on the Net: International Research on 69 Journalistic Pure Players and Their Business Models
Inspiring Practice