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Press Freedom: Safety of Journalists and Impunity

Paris: UNESCO (2007), 87 pp.

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New Projects Submitted to the 51st IPDC Bureau Meeting

International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC)

Paris: UNESCO (2007), 232, 133, 159, 58 pp.

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Criteria and Indicators for Quality Journalism Training Institutions and Identifying Potential Centres of Exellence in Journalism Training in Africa
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Guy Berger, Corinne Matras

Paris: UNESCO (2007), 51 pp.

"Seeking to map the African journalism schools landscape, create a system to assess excellence, and identify the top 15-20 schools, the report revealed an in-depth picture of the current state of journalism education on the continent. With 34 schools visited and 96 mapped, 19 met the criteria define ... d by UNESCO for centers of excellence, and 30 completed checklists hoping to become eligible. According to the report, four in ten schools have no web presence, three in ten only a parent site, two in ten have some basics online, and one in ten has a deeper presence. In total, 15 percent of journalism schools in Africa have a cyber presence in 2007. Such absence presents challenges to necessary collaboration between institutes as well as media outlets. Commissioned by UNESCO to Rhodes University School of Journalism and Media Studies in Grahamstown, South Africa, and the Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme (ESJ) in Lille, France, the report was presented at the Highway Africa conference, an annual ICT conference hosted by Rhodes University. Professor Guy Berger, acting head of the School of Journalism & Media Studies at Rhodes University who presented the report at the event, spoke to RAP 21 about the issues faced in journalism education today. “Educators are too isolated from each other and schools are not pumping on three cylinders of educating entry level, training working journalists, and acting as a public intellectual promoting media freedom, law reform, media literacy, and media skilling in the communities,” Berger told RAP 21. The report gathered general information on the journalism schools such as status of schools, primary language taught in, courses offered, graduate level, conditions for acceptance, time spent on practical media production, and specialisations in practical journalistic production areas. Going further, self-perception on standing and reputation of institutions, links with national media, and the approximate percentage of learners who are employed in journalism at the end of their studies/courses was assessed. In relation to international connections, the study identified areas for improvement. “Several journalism schools have good connections with non-African institutions, but there is no easy central resource like a website or online social network that would help for a deeper and wider network within Africa,” said Berger. According to the report, the reputation of African schools has also remained uneven. “Often the industry criticizes the schools, but some schools correctly point to serious problems in the industry, such as newspapers and broadcasters that present government propaganda rather than independent journalism,” said Berger. Berger added however, that most Centers of excellence cited in the report had cool relations with their national industry, which may include a critical independence at times. The second part of the report identified Centers of Excellence and also Centers of Reference across the continent. Bringing greater networking between such institutions and others was something Berger stressed. “There has been ad hoc support for diverse schools by diverse agencies, and it has not been sustained nor has it been geared toward networking,” said Berger. Nonetheless, he said professionals could gain from building relationships with journalism schools across Africa. “Media professionals can contribute a lot and gain a lot. Journalism and media models are in flux, and young minds are needed to invent new solutions in the context of the experience of the extant,” Berger said. While the report identified areas in need of improvement, Berger said schools in Africa have been working to achieve success. “The greatest surprise was achievement in the face of enormous obstacles. Despite lack of resources (including human), there exist schools that continue teaching students who successfully get jobs in the industry,” he concluded." (African Press Network for the 21st Century Newsletter No 21/2007) more

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Innovative Practices of Youth Participation in Media: A Research Study on Twelve Initiatives from Around the Developing and Underdeveloped Regions of the World
Deep Insights

Sanjay Asthana

Paris: UNESCO (2006), 76 pp.

"Young people, working with a range of media materials, produce innovative content through dialogue and discussions says this publication. On the basis of case studies in Ghana, Haiti, India, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Mozambique, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Vietnam, and Zambia, the study examines how ... more

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Trends in Audiovisual Markets: Regional Perspectives from the South

Guiomar Alonso Cano (ed.)

[Paris]: UNESCO (2006), 364 pp.

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El cantar de las hormigas: Producción periodística en las radios comunitarias

Paula Castello, Ximena Tordini

Buenos Aires: AMARC América Latina y Caribe; Interconexiones; UNESCO; PIDC; Sevicio de Iglesias Evangélicas en Alemania para Desarrollo (2006), 63 pp.

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Media Education: A Kit for Teachers, Students, Parents and Professionals
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Divina Frau-Meigs (ed.)

Paris: UNESCO (2006), 188 pp.

"This Training Kit provides a complex and comprehensive view of media education, encompassing all media, old and new. It seeks new ways in which people can enhance their participation in the political and cultural life of the general community through the media. In particular, it promotes young peop ... more

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Act, Learn and Teach: Theatre, HIV and AIDS Toolkit for Youth in Africa

Laura Myers, Simona Costanzo Sow, Helena Drobná, Manilee Bagheritari, Prosper Kompaoré

Paris: UNESCO; Co-ordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS) (2006), 67 pp.

"This toolkit and associated material, including the CD-ROM provided, introduce you to Forum Theatre as a tool for HIV and AIDS education. The toolkit has been written with special consideration for youth groups and amateur theatre groups in English-speaking Africa who wish to address HIV- and AIDS- ... more

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Fighting Poverty: Utilizing Community Media in a Digital Age. Practitioners’ Reflexions from an Interactive Roundtable at the World Congress on Communication for Development (WCCD)

Montreal; Paris; Berne: AMARC World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters; UNESCO; Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) (2006), 77 pp.

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Young Digital Creators: Educator's Kit

Teemu Leinonen, Joanna Saad-Sulonen

Doyun Lee (coord.)

Helsinki: UNESCO (2006), 97 pp.

"Being creative and collaborative” is the motto of UNESCO’s Young Digital Creators (YDC). YDC is designed for young people of different cultures to collaboratively construct deeper understanding of each other’s cultural values and shared perspectives on global issues of our time. In YDC, the d ... more

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Water and Indigenous Peoples

Rutgerd Boelens, Moe Chiba, Douglas Nakashima, Vanessa Retana (eds.)

Paris: UNESCO; Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS) (2006), 179 pp.

"Indigenous peoples from all corners of the globe continue to struggle for acknowledgement and recognition of their unique visions of water, both at home and in national, regional and international forums. But almost without exception, their voices remain obscured by a mainstream discourse rooted in ... more

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Media Development and Poverty Eradication

Barry James

Paris: UNESCO (2006), 70, vi pp.

The articles in this book have been adapted from contributions to the UNESCO-sponsored conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka marking World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2006.

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International Programme for the Development of Communication: An Evaluation of the Reforms = Programme International Pour Le Développement De La Communication: Évaluation des Réformes

Helge Rønning, Kristin Skare Orgeret

Oslo: University of Oslo, Department of Media and Communication; UNESCO (2006), 33, 33 pp.

"The present study of the UNESCO International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) is a follow-up of an evaluation of the Programme undertaken in 2002. The purpose of the study is to assess the efficiency of the reforms that have been undertaken since 2002. The study is mainly a de ... more

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Citoyens et media: Guide pratique pour un dialogue entre citoyens et media

Jamal Eddine Naji

Rabat: UNESCO; Organisation Marocaine des Droits de l'Homme (OMDH) (2006), 115 pp.

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Local Information Networks: Social and Technological Considerations

Seema Nair, Megan Jennaway, Andrew Skuse

New Delhi: UNESCO (2006), 82 pp.

"This publication aims at understanding the nature and importance of various configurations of social and technological networks in community settings that combine to form a Local Information Networks (LIN). In this study LINs are conceptualised as comprising of two very different elements: one soci ... al, the other technological. Disaggregating the social and technological dimensions of local information networks helps us to understand how they work in practice and how they might be strengthened to bring greater social and economic benefits to the poor communities in which they are located. Hence, in both a practical and theoretical sense, a local information network can be thought of as a larger living field of social connections and communicative that determines the nature of information flow. On the technological side, the ICTs respond to specific local information needs expressed by recipient communities. On the social side, the combination of technological and human capacities embodied in a given intervention is superimposed upon a pre-existing field of social relationships. The three initiatives have been selected for the ways in which they demonstrate the use of social and technological elements within the local environment. Namma Dhwani and Nabanna were established through UNESCO’s Information and Communication Technologies for Poverty Reduction project, developed under UNESCO’s crosscutting theme on the eradication of poverty, especially extreme poverty. Akshaya on the other hand, is a State Government of Kerala initiative aimed at ICT literacy. The study concludes with the understanding that the technical dimensions of communication can never be fully divorced from the social if ICTs are to genuinely reach the poor with the information they need. Investment in social networks is critical since traditional forms of communication like word-of-mouth remains the most powerful, intimate and effective form of communication available to the very poor. The study also highlights the importance of local content production and the need to involve communities in the content creation process as key to achieving success is the quality, reliability and relevance of the information communicated." (Foreword) more

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Manual de procedimentos administrativos das rádios comunitárias e centros multimedia

Cláudio Arnaldo Rodrigues

UNESCO; UNDP (2006), 69 pp.

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Breaking Barriers: The Potential of Free and Open Source Software for Sustainable Human Development. A Compilation of Case Studies from Across the World

Nah Soo Hoe

Bangkok; New Delhi: UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP); International Development Research Centre (IDRC); UNESCO; Elsevier (2006), 115 pp.

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Principles of Awareness-Raising for Information Literacy: A Case Study

Richard Sayers

Bangkok: UNESCO (2006), x, 114 pp.

"This handbook introduces the principles of public awareness-raising with particular emphasis on global efforts to promote awareness of Information Literacy. Information Literacy is defined by the Association of College and Research Libraries in the United States as "the set of skills needed to find ... more

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Un río son miles de gotas: La capacitación en las radios comunitarias

Larisa Kejval

Buenos Aires: AMARC América Latina y Caribe; Interconexiones; UNESCO; PIDC; Servicio de Iglesias Evangélicas en Alemania para el desarrollo (2006), 63 pp.

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Evaluation Reports on Selected Projects

Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC)

Paris: UNESCO (2006), 147 pp.

Criteria and Indicators for Quality Journalism Training Institutions and Identifying Potential Centres of Exellence in Journalism Training in Africa Deep Insights

Innovative Practices of Youth Participation in Media: A Research Study on Twelve Initiatives from Around the Developing and Underdeveloped Regions of the World Deep Insights

Media Education: A Kit for Teachers, Students, Parents and Professionals Key Guides

Criteria and Indicators for Quality Journalism Training Institutions and Identifying Potential Centres of Exellence in Journalism Training in Africa
Deep Insights

Innovative Practices of Youth Participation in Media: A Research Study on Twelve Initiatives from Around the Developing and Underdeveloped Regions of the World
Deep Insights

Media Education: A Kit for Teachers, Students, Parents and Professionals
Key Guides