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Mobile Media Services at Sub-Saharan African Newspapers: A Guide to Implementing Mobile News and Mobile Business
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Kristina Bürén (ed.)

Paris: World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA);African Media Initiative (AMI) (2011), 81 pp.

"The handbook includes case studies gathered through interviews with newspapers in Uganda, Kenya and South Africa, including the Observer and Daily Monitor in Uganda, the Standard and the Daily Nation in Kenya, and Grocott’s Mail, the Mail and Guardian, the Sunday Times and the Sowetan in South Af ... more

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The New Arab Journalist: Mission and Identity in a Time of Turmoil
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Lawrence Pintak

London; New York: Tauris (2011), xii, 287 pp.

"Drawing on the first broad cross-border survey of Arab journalists, first-person interviews with scores of reporters and editors, and his three decades' experience reporting from the Middle East, Lawrence Pintak examines how Arab journalists see themselves and their mission at this critical time in ... more

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Media Use and Abuse in Ethiopia

Zenebe Beyene

In: The Handbook of Global Communication and Media Ethics

Robert S. Fortner; Mark Fackler (eds.)

Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2011), pp. 700-734

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Engaging Media in Communicating Research on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: Experiences and Lessons Learned

Rose Ndakala Oronje, Chi-Chi Undie, Eliya Msiyaphazi Zulu, Joanna Crichton

Health Research Policy and Systems, volume 9, issue Suppl.1:57 (2011), 10 pp.

"This paper describes the experiences of the African Population and Health Research Center and its partners in cultivating the interest and building the capacity of the media in evidence-based reporting of reproductive health issues in sub-Saharan Africa [...] The African Population and Health Resea ... more

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War Journalism or Peace Journalism? A Case Study of U.S. And British Newspapers Coverage of the Somali Conflict

Tewodros W. Workneh

Global Media Journal - Mediterranean Edition, volume 6, issue 1 (2011), pp. 40-52

"On its issue of March 1, 2010, Time magazine reported that Sheik Fuad Mohamed Shangole, a leader of an Islamist group known as al-Shabaab (the Youth), which is fighting for control of the Horn of Africa nation of Somalia, made a public declaration of allegiance to Osama bin Laden. The purpose of th ... more

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Southern Sudan Referendum 2011: Monitoring of Media Coverage

Copenhagen: Sudan Media and Elections Consortium (SMEC);UNDP Sudan;International Media Support (IMS) (2011), 50 pp.

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Radio in Africa: Publics, Cultures, Communities
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Liz Gunner, Dina Ligaga, Dumisani Moyo (eds.)

Johannesburg: Wits University Press (2011), xv, 320 pp.

"Radio has been called ‘Africa’s medium’. Its wide accessibility is a result of a number of factors, including the liberalisation policies of the ‘third wave’ of democracy and its ability to transcend the barriers of cost, geographical boundaries, the colonial linguistic heritage and low l ... more

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Communication in Crisis: Assessing the Impact of Mayardit FM Following the May 2011 Abyei Emergency

Nina McMurry

Turalei, Warrap State (SS): Internews (2011), 21 pp.

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News Audiences Beware! Insights from Darfur

Bella Mody

Media Development, volume 58, issue 4 (2011), pp. 32-36

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Dimensions of Radio Coverage and Content Generation of Agricultural Biotechnology News in Kenya

Margaret Karembu, Faith Nguthi, Toepista Nabusaba, Peter Oriare, Julius Nyangaga, Heidi Schaeffer, Mary Myers

Nairobi: International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Application (ISAAA Africenter);International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2011), 22 pp.

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Soap Operas and Telenovelas in the Digital Age: Global Industries and New Audiences

Diana I. Ríos, Mari Castañeda (eds.)

New York: Peter Lang (2011), xiii, 305 pp.

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Teaching Journalism or Teaching African Journalism? Experiences from Foreign Involvement in a Journalism Programme in Ethiopia

Terje S. Skjerdal

Global Media Journal - African Edition, volume 5, issue 1 (2011), pp. 24-51

"Journalism programmes across the African continent have different attitudes to the issue of universal vs. local values in journalism. This article discusses the issue in light of a post-graduate journalism programme that opened at Addis Ababa University in 2004. In its 5-year implementation phase, ... more

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Strengthening Somali Media Capacity for Democracy and Human Rights: Evaluation Report

Pierre Robert, Aurélie Ferreira

United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF);Transtec (2011), 23 pp.

"This report is the evaluation of the project “Strengthening Somali media capacity for democracy and human rights” implemented by the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), from September 2008 to August 2010. The project budget was US$180,000. The project aimed at strengthening the capaci ... more

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The Limits to Foreign Funded Journalism Training in Africa

Anya Schiffrin

In: Journalism Education, Training and Employment

Bob Franklin; Donica Mensing (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge (2011), pp. 97-111

"Journalism training can make an important contribution to the quality of journalism and the ability of journalism to fulfill its basic missions. This study focused on the impact on business and economics reporting, an area where few journalists have adequate training, and where on-the-job training ... more

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Investigate Without Peril: How to Support Investigative Journalism in East Africa

Andrea Bohnstedt

U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre;Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) (2011), 4 pp.

"The political and economic environment in some regions of the world present specific challenges for investigative journalists: countries that score low on governance and transparency present particular risks and underline the need to build investigative journalism capacity. This Brief analyses the ... more

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The Practice of Public Diplomacy: Confronting Challenges Abroad

William A. Rugh

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), xviii, 262 pp.

"Relying heavily on scores of first-hand accounts collected through interviews, the studies examine the practice of public diplomacy largely from the perspective of American practitioners in different countries. The analyses follow the standard field officer approach, asking systematically: what iss ... more

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The Press and the Political Restructuring of Ethiopia

Nicole Stremlau

Journal of Eastern African Studies, volume 5, issue 4 (2011), pp. 716-732

"Divisive debates on what constitutes the Ethiopian nation, how the state should be structured and how power should be devolved, have dominated Ethiopia’s private press since the ruling party, the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), came to power. The press has served as both ... more

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Peace-Making, Power Configurations and Media Practices in Northern Uganda: A Case Study of Mega FM

Florence Brisset-Foucault

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 3, issue 2 (2011), pp. 205-225

"This article analyses the uses of the ‘community’ and ‘peace media’ labels in northern Uganda. It tries to assess their effect on power configurations and on the practices and the representations of media workers. In order to do so, it analyses how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have ... more

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Light in the Darkness: Internews Radio in Southern Sudan and the Three Areas. Findings of Community Impact Assessment

Sonya De Masi

Internews (2011), 126 pp.

"This report offers an overview of results of an assessment that sought to investigate the audience impact of Internews’ network of five FM radio stations in southern Sudan and two transitional areas that were established to provide their communities with critical information about the peace agree ... more

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Driving Change Through Rural Radio Debate in Uganda

Kampala: Panos Eastern Africa (2011), 100 pp.

Mobile Media Services at Sub-Saharan African Newspapers: A Guide to Implementing Mobile News and Mobile Business Key Guidance

The New Arab Journalist: Mission and Identity in a Time of Turmoil Top Insights

Radio in Africa: Publics, Cultures, Communities Top Insights

Mobile Media Services at Sub-Saharan African Newspapers: A Guide to Implementing Mobile News and Mobile Business
Key Guidance

The New Arab Journalist: Mission and Identity in a Time of Turmoil
Top Insights

Radio in Africa: Publics, Cultures, Communities
Top Insights