Thursday 30 April 2009

[creative-radio] Digest Number 2619

There are 3 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1. Following Swine Flu Online & HealthMap; Google's Global Disease Aler
From: George Lessard

2. IFEX COMMUNIQUÉ WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY 2009 EDITION
From: George Lessard

3. Canadian Association for Sound Ecology (CASE)
From: George Lessard


Messages
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1. Following Swine Flu Online & HealthMap; Google's Global Disease Aler
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:07 am ((PDT))

Following Swine Flu Online
by Michael Day
Tracking and communications could play a key role in combating a pandemic.
Read More »
http://www.technologyreview.com/web/22554/?nlid=1986


Flu flow: HealthMap, created by Google and the CDC, annotates a global map
with news articles, official medical alerts, and other data in real time.
Credit: Google
http://healthmap.org/en


[excerpt]

The World Health Organization (WHO) admitted on Tuesday that it's too late
to contain swine flu, and experts say that it is now vital to track the
spread of the virus in order to mitigate its effects. Vaccines and
antivirals will be crucial to the effort, but tracking and communications
technologies could also play a key role in monitoring the virus,
distributing accurate health information, and quelling outbreaks.

Bloggers and social-networking sites were among the first to follow the
outbreak's rapid spread from its epicenter in Mexico--where swine flu has
been linked to more than 150 deaths--to cities across the United States
and on to Europe, Israel, and New Zealand.

The need for fast information has seen the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) build up a large following on Twitter. Groups ranging
from fellow federal institutions, such as the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health, to local Red Cross divisions, as well as
many regular Twitter users, are employing the service to receive updates.
Some experts, however, warn that Twitter can just as easily spread
misinformation and panic. According to data from the medical tracking site
Nielson, conversations related to swine flu reached 2 percent of all
messages on Twitter over the weekend. By contrast, Google's Flu Trends, a
site that aims to spot flu outbreaks by monitoring search queries related
to flu symptoms and treatment, has shown little increase in activity in
recent days.


Messages in this topic (1)
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2. IFEX COMMUNIQUÉ WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY 2009 EDITION
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:39 pm ((PDT))

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: IFEX COMMUNIQUÉ WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY 2009 EDITION
From: IFEX Communiqué <communique@ifex.org>
Date: Wed, April 29, 2009 17:43

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IFEX COMMUNIQUÉ WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY EDITION |
VOL 18 NO 17 | 29 APRIL 2009 | ------

INDEX

FREE EXPRESSION SPOTLIGHT:
1. World Press Freedom Day 2009: Focus on media, dialogue and mutual
understanding

IFEX MEMBERS' AND PARTNERS' WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY EVENTS:
2. Africa
3. Americas
4. Asia-Pacific
5. Europe and Central Asia
6. Middle East and North Africa
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Visit the special World Press Freedom Day page on the IFEX website:
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/242/
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FREE EXPRESSION SPOTLIGHT

1. WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY 2009: FOCUS ON MEDIA, DIALOGUE AND MUTUAL
UNDERSTANDING

Today in Sri Lanka, the government claims the 25-year-old war against the
Tamil Tigers is finally winding down - an event any journalist would be
eager to cover. But the government has refused to allow reporters access to
the war zones, or to those areas where thousands have been stranded amid
the shelling.

In times of upheaval, people's need for reliable information is especially
great - their very survival may depend on it. "Whenever blood flows,
reporters' ink should flow too," says IFEX member Reporters Without Borders
(RSF), who is leading an international campaign demanding that journalists
be allowed to move freely in Sri Lanka's conflict areas.

The demand is timely, as journalists and others from around the world
converge in Doha, Qatar to celebrate UNESCO's World Press Freedom Day,
whose theme this year is the potential of the media to foster dialogue,
mutual understanding and reconciliation.

"Strengthening the principles and practices of a free and professional
media is the most sustainable way of encouraging a media culture that works
towards building peace," says UNESCO's Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura.
"Only a media that is vibrant, independent, pluralistic, inclusive and
fair, editorially free and beyond censorship and influence from owners or
interests can contribute to dialogue and reconciliation across divides."

In light of this year's theme, the UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize,
awarded each year to an individual or organisation that demonstrates
courage in defending free expression, is honouring a committed Sri Lankan
journalist who opposed the war, Lasantha Wickrematunge.

Wickrematunge, the high profile leader of the Sri Lankan paper "The Sunday
Leader", was on his way to work in Colombo on 8 January 2009, when he was
attacked by a group of men on military-style motorbikes. He died several
hours later.

Perhaps most remarkable about his assassination was that he predicted it:
three days after the attack, "The Sunday Leader" published his final
column. Wickrematunge talked about how much the press freedom situation had
deteriorated in the past few years in the midst of a civil war. He
condemned with equal fervour the army's occupation of Sri Lanka's north and
east, and the Tamil Tigers the government is fighting. And he convincingly
argued that when he would finally be killed, "it will be the government
that kills (him)."

"Jury members were moved to an almost unanimous choice by a man who was
clearly conscious of the dangers he faced but nevertheless chose to speak
out, even beyond his grave," said the jury. "Lasantha Wickrematunge
continues to inspire journalists around the world."

UNESCO points out that communicating across cultural differences is as
crucial in peace times as it is in war. So during its two-day international
conference in Doha, attendees will address the role that media can play in
intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding by eradicating hate speech,
ignorance and prejudices.

Media can not only serve to promote tolerance and acceptance of difference,
says Matsuura, but can also strip away "the ignorance that breeds mistrust
and suspicion," and challenge "prevailing attitudes and stereotypes about
other cultures, religions and peoples."

Hot off the heels of a "defamation of religions" resolution at the Human
Rights Council and lingering anger at the Danish cartoon controversy, the
specific role of the media in promoting inter-religious dialogue and mutual
understanding is an apt topic.

And how about the journalists themselves? The need for self-regulation and
high ethical standards, particularly during times of conflict, will also be
at the heart of the dialogue. The Media Institute for Southern Africa
(MISA), for example, is using this World Press Freedom Day to call on the
media in embattled Zimbabwe and Zambia to set up self-regulatory
mechanisms. "Such efforts… are not meant to shield the media from criticism
or infringe on editorial independence, but in fact enhance the interaction
of the media with its public as well as enhance media professionalism,"
argues MISA.

As we celebrate World Press Freedom Day 2009, this year's theme of media,
dialogue and mutual understanding aptly captures the ideal situation that
many in the media yearn for and are working toward. In Sri Lanka, IFEX
members continue to demand that the media be allowed to provide that vital
space in which opposing views can be aired and dialogue can get started - a
crucial foundation for reconciliation and reconstruction. Matsuura reminds
us that "a free press is not a luxury that can wait until more peaceful
times. It is, rather, part of the very process through which they may be
achieved."

Visit these links:
- IFEX World Press Freedom Day page:
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/242
- UNESCO World Press Freedom Day 2009 page:
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/en/wpfd2009
- Sri Lanka: Call for journalists to be let into area where "a major
humanitarian crisis" is unfolding with no media presence (RSF):
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=30813
- Emerging threats, the need for vigilance and consolidation on media gains
in Southern Africa (MISA): http://www.misa.org/
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IFEX MEMBERS' AND PARTNERS' WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY EVENTS

Every year, IFEX members and partners around the world mark World Press
Freedom Day with activities to promote the right to freedom of expression,
and to raise awareness of threats against journalists, writers and others
who are targeted for exercising this right. Find out here what is happening
in your area this year:

2. AFRICA

For the 15th year in a row, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)
is unveiling its hefty report, "So this is Democracy", which looks at the
state of the media in Southern Africa. MISA recorded 163 alerts in the year
2008, the most serious violations taking place in Tanzania - most notably
the acid attack on journalist Saed Kubenea of the "Mwanahalisi". The
government later banned the weekly, allegedly for publishing seditious
material. A similar distrust of private media has been the basis for media
closures in Lesotho and Zimbabwe, says MISA. On 3 May, find out about other
noteworthy violations by reading MISA's World Press Freedom Day statement
and downloading the report here: http://www.misa.org

The West African Journalists' Association (WAJA) is taking up UNESCO's
theme of "media, dialogue and mutual understanding" by participating in
demonstrations in Bamako, Mali and Dakar, Senegal and calling for talks
between government and the media in West Africa. WAJA has high hopes that
dialogue will help create an environment conducive to development of the
media sector, "to decriminalise press offences and to put an end to the
killings, assaults, arrests and imprisonment of journalists." See:
http://www.ujaowaja.org

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is teaming up with the Ghana
Journalists Association to put dialogue between the government and the
media in practice. On 4 May, press freedom advocates, such as Kwame
Karikari, executive director of MFWA, and the presidents of Ghana's
journalists', newspaper publishers' and independent broadcasters'
associations, can exchange views with the Minister of Information, Zita
Okaikoi at a symposium at the Ghana International Press Centre in Accra.
Two days later, on 6 May, more talks will follow on how to turn GBC - Ghana
Broadcasting Corporation - into a "true public service broadcaster." See:
http://www.mediafound.org

Worried about the growing intolerance towards independent journalism and
rising violence against journalists, the Eastern Africa Journalists
Association is organising a workshop on 2-3 May in Kigali, Rwanda. IFEX
members the Media Institute from Kenya and Somalia's National Union of
Somali Journalists will be just some of the attendees addressing the
situation facing journalists and media in eastern Africa, including
journalists' safety and working conditions, professional ethical standards,
the place of investigative journalism in the region, and media as a tool
for dialogue and reconciliation. Email: moise (@) eaja.org or omar (@)
nusoj.org

3. AMERICAS

On 24 April, radio reporter José Everardo Aguilar, who often talked about
corruption on his radio programme, was gunned down in his home in El Bordo,
in southwestern Colombia. To mark 3 May this year, the Writers in Prison
Committee (WiPC) of International PEN has released the "Declaration in
Defence of the Freedom to Write in the Americas".

Endorsed by 50 heavyweight writers, such as Noam Chomsky and Lydia Cacho,
the declaration condemns violence against journalists in Latin America and
the impunity that surrounds their cases. The situation is particularly dire
in Mexico, where in the past five years alone 20 journalists have died and
four others have disappeared - PEN is urging you to publicise the
declaration and to mobilise as many appeals as possible to the Mexican
President now and throughout the year, using the postcard found here:
http://tinyurl.com/cn34l8

It's official: Mexico has become the Americas' most dangerous country for
journalists. So this year, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) joined the
Overseas Press Club to present a panel in New York City to discuss
"Mexico's Pitfalls for Journalists" on 27 April for World Press Freedom
Day. Panellists, including three experienced Mexican reporters, discussed
the risks associated with covering the news in Mexico and on the
U.S.-Mexican border, from the drug cartels that target "curious"
journalists to press freedom violations by the security forces. See who
said what, here: http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=30835

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) knows that free expression is a
fundamental human right enshrined in international law - and wants to
ensure the world knows it too. IAPA is using 3 May to draw attention to its
public awareness campaign, "One word can make a thousand changes in your
life, and you have the right to say the next one." Download one of six ads,
each with a prominent figure in contemporary history (Simón Bolívar, Nelson
Mandela, Martin Luther King, Pope John Paul II, Pelé and Albert Einstein)
and a word or phrase that led to their success when they uttered it. For
materials, see: http://www.sipiapa.com/banner/regi/index.php?idioma=us

IFEX's member in Guatemala Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala
(CERIGUA) punches in with its 2008 free expression report on Guatemala. The
results aren't good - besides growing media concentration, independent
journalists are at risk from organised criminals, which have penetrated the
small country and are one of the greatest threats to free expression. Read
about how they have made their mark on Guatemala here:
http://tinyurl.com/bpwxhf

What's it like reporting in conflict-ridden Afghanistan? Canadian
Journalists for Free Expression, together with the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation (CBC), is hoping to find out with a panel discussion on 29
April. Panellists will explore the challenges facing foreign and local
reporters, the pros and cons of embedded reporting and the role of
reporting in shaping Canadian public opinion and policy. Speakers include
Graeme Smith, a Canadian reporter credited with sparking debate in Canada
about the moral and legal parameters of Canada's mission in Afghanistan.
See: http://www.cjfe.org/releases/2009/28042009wpfd.html

"The recent conviction of Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi in a
sham espionage trial in Iran puts a human face on the declining state of
press freedom, both in the Islamic republic and the world overall," says
Freedom House. Freedom House is launching its 2009 Freedom of the Press
survey on 1 May, which will highlight Saberi's case and other emblematic
stories. Has media freedom in the 195 countries and territories regressed
for a seventh straight year? Find out when the results are released on 1
May at Newseum in Washington, D.C., in front of Freedom House's massive
(36-feet-wide!) press freedom map. Bookmark: http://www.freedomhouse.org

Other activities:

- IFEX interim member the Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers (ACM) will
be in Grenada on 14-15 May, commemorating World Press Freedom Day in the
company of UNESCO Caribbean, as well as the Caribbean Broadcasting Union
and the Caribbean Institute for Media and Communication:
http://www.acmediaworkers.com/

- Canadian journalists facing threats to their right to free expression, as
well as international cartoonists whose work illustrates that right, will
be honoured at the World Press Freedom Awards, handed out by the Canadian
Committee for World Press Freedom, in Ottawa on 5 May. Media outlets can
download copies of the winning and runner-up cartoons, on the theme of
"Protecting Privacy?" - a concept used by government bodies to deny
releasing information to the public, here:
http://www.ccwpf-cclpm.ca/cartoons-2009

- The Center for International Media Assistance gave the floor to the
Committee to Protect Journalists and the International News Safety
Institute to lead a discussion on the "Dangerous Truth" - safeguarding
journalists - on 29 April at the U.S. Congress in Washington, D.C. See:
http://cima.ned.org/860/world-press-freedom-day-2009.html

4. ASIA-PACIFIC

The Federation of Nepali Journalists with UNESCO Kathmandu is gearing up to
host its South Asian neighbours to discuss their shared experiences at a
regional conference in Kathmandu on 3-4 May. Three themes are on the table:
media freedom, including security and impunity, how the media contributes
to dialogue, and the role of the media in countries in transition.
Participants from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka and
Pakistan are coming to the celebration, which will also honour three
prominent Nepali journalists with the "Press Freedom Fighter" award. See:
http://www.fnjnepal.org/

The International Federation of Journalists and the South Asia Media
Solidarity Network will also be on hand to present their seventh annual
South Asia press freedom report, "Under Fire: Press Freedom in South Asia
2008-2009". The report, available on 3 May, records a worrying decline in
press freedom across the seven countries assessed - no surprises there,
considering the tumultuous year the region's had:
http://asiapacific.ifj.org/

Case in point: Pakistan. The Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) with UNESCO
Islamabad is organising a 3 May conference to highlight the challenges to
free expression in Pakistan during these unstable times. Prominent
journalists will put chief guest, the former Minister of Information and
Broadcasting Sherry Rehman, to the test. PPF will also announce the winner
of its third Aslam Ali Award, worth 100,000 Rupees (US$1,300), which
recognises a person or group that has made a notable contribution to the
defence and promotion of press freedom in Pakistan. See:
http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/

It's no small feat that being the site of a continuing fierce political
confrontation, Bangkok is playing host to two major events organised by
IFEX members on 3 May at the Art and Culture Centre. The Southeast Asian
Press Alliance (SEAPA) and UNESCO Bangkok join forces to highlight the
importance of freedom of expression and media independence, especially
during and after conflicts and crises. Speakers will talk about the
post-conflict role of journalists after the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia,
President Suharto in Indonesia, and President Marcos in the Philippines.
SEAPA and UNESCO will also present a website of banned materials of the
region, which can be accessed from SEAPA's site in the coming days:
http://www.seapabkk.org

At the same time, the Thai Journalists Association is organising a panel
with a national focus, looking at the situation of media independence in
Thailand, where "the government is walking a tight rope of political
tension." See: http://www.tja.or.th/

Just this month, Indonesia's Supreme Court ruled in favour of "Time"
magazine in a US$106-million defamation suit filed by former President
Suharto for a story that accused him of amassing billions during his rule.
So it's only fitting that this World Press Freedom Day, the Alliance of
Independent Journalists (AJI), who campaigned tirelessly on the case, is
tackling one of the biggest threats to press freedom in the country -
criminal defamation - in an event at the Jakarta Media Centre on 6 May.
Also look out for AJI's 2009 Press Freedom report, which will be unveiled
at the event. See: http://www.ajiindonesia.org/

If you happen to be frequenting Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia between 15 April and
15 May, keep your eyes peeled for eye-catching banners and billboards that
reference the Mongolia Constitution and Media Freedom Law as well as
UNESCO's declarations on free expression. The signs, care of IFEX's member
in Mongolia Globe International and UNESCO Beijing, are just one tactic in
Globe's "For Fair and Responsible Journalism" campaign, aimed at raising
public awareness of the importance of a free and independent media. The
campaign also involves the "We want to tell the truth!" event on 30 April,
where journalism students can take media leaders and politicians to task on
Mongolia's censorship, media concentration and lack of self-regulation
issues. For those who can't make it, Globe is also publishing its 2008
media freedom report, which will be made available on Globe's website:
http://www.globeinter.org.mn/

"Building Courage under Fire": that's the apt title of a regional event in
the Pacific being put on by Pacific Freedom Forum, UNESCO and the
Secretariat of the Pacific Community, with support from IFEX, on 6-8 May in
Apia, Samoa. The event was originally meant to take place in Suva, Fiji on
3 May, but Fiji's declaration of emergency rule and an ensuing clampdown on
the media actually made holding the event illegal. Delegates from
Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Palau,
Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu will descend on Apia to gather
the latest info, skills and contacts to protect and promote media freedom
in their home countries. See: http://www.pacificfreedomforum.blogspot.com/

The Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) in Australia knows that
good food is the way to your wallet. That's why it's hosting its annual
press freedom dinner on 1 May in Sydney, with all proceeds going to the
Alliance Safety and Solidarity Fund, which assists journalists and their
families across the dangerous Asia-Pacific region. Thanks to the fund, last
year the children of a dozen journalists killed in Nepal during the
country's decade-long civil war were able to go to school. Over dinner,
MEAA will unveil "Secrecy and Red Tape: The State of Press Freedom in
Australia 2009", an analysis of the successes and shortcomings of press
freedom in Australia. It's available from 1 May here:
http://www.alliance.org.au/documents/pf09.pdf

Other activities:

- IFEX interim member the Centre for Independent Journalism in Malaysia is
organising a public forum at Central Market in Kuala Lumpur on 10 May on
"Media Under Najib: Hope or Disappointment?" What options does the Prime
Minister have, vis-à-vis clamours for reform on one side and status quo on
the other, and can he deliver? See: http://www.cijmalaysia.org/

- The Cambodian Association for the Protection of Journalists is expecting
200 participants at a seminar on 4 May where local journalists will discuss
their challenges and the importance of free expression in a developing
country. Contact: umsarin (@) hotmail.com

- The National Union of Journalists in the Philippines (NUJP) is once again
organising a wreath-laying ceremony at Plaridel Shrine in San Nicolas,
Bulakan on 3 May in memory of the 100 journalists who have been killed
"since democracy was supposedly restored in 1986," says NUJP. Those
planning on attending the ceremony should wear white. See:
http://www.nujp.org/

- Who's more important to democracy, journalists or politicians? Three
members from New Zealand's Parliament will mull over the question with
three respected broadcasters on 4 May in Parliament. Proceeds of the
debate, conducted by the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union, IFJ
Asia-Pacific and the Parliamentary Press Gallery, will go to MEAA's
Alliance Safety and Solidarity Fund. See: http://www.epmu.org.nz/

5. EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA

It looks like a bullet-proof vest, but it's made of newspaper so doesn't
offer any protection at all. That's the image in an ad aimed at raising
awareness of the dangers journalists face in many countries as they go
about uncovering corruption, organised crime, government incompetence,
financial wrongdoing and more. The ad, along with a package of other
materials like interviews, articles and essays, is being offered by the
World Association of Newspapers (WAN) on the theme "Journalists in the
Firing Line", and is yours for publishing on 3 May. The free materials can
be downloaded in five languages - English, French, Spanish, German and
Russian, at: http://www.worldpressfreedomday.org

Taking up the theme of violence against journalists, the International
Federation of Journalists has renewed its agreement with the Brussels-based
Vintu Foundation to provide humanitarian assistance to 10 families of
journalists and media workers from around the world killed on duty. See:
http://tinyurl.com/cbxbw5

The International Press Institute (IPI) is using World Press Freedom Day to
name the winner of its 2009 Free Media Pioneer Award. This year's award
goes to... "Novaya Gazeta", the crusading Moscow newspaper that has
literally paid with staff members' lives to bring us in-depth, independent
reporting. According to IPI, four of the paper's correspondents have been
killed in the past decade, including the iconic Anna Politkovskaya. It's no
wonder Russia is Europe's deadliest country for journalists. "Novaya
Gazeta" has endured threats and government investigations but continues to
probe human rights abuses, corruption and the Kremlin's tough policies in
Russia's restive North Caucasus republics. See: http://tinyurl.com/dhh8lr

IPS Communication Foundation, better known as BIANET, will be making the
case for "Freedom of the Press and Freedom of Speech in Turkey on the Road
to the EU" at a conference of the same name on 3-4 May in Istanbul. At that
time, BIANET's quarterly report on free expression and press freedom in
Turkey will be available in Turkey and English on BIANET's website:
http://bianet.org/english

The Institute of Mass Information (IMI) has come out with a damning
"chronicle of confrontation for 2008" between the press and the authorities
in the Ukraine. Despite last year's conviction of three police officers in
the 2000 killing of journalist Giorgiy Gongadze, an outspoken journalist
who was highly critical of then-President Leonid Kuchma, the masterminds
are still at large. But the biggest offender last year was the economic
crisis, which has led to many journalists being the target of salary cuts,
arrears in wages and dismissals. The crisis gave the media the chance to
"discharge first" those journalists and editors who were independent, says
IMI. Find out who the other "Predators of Press Freedom in Ukraine" are
later this week on IMI's site: http://eng.imi.org.ua/

IFEX member Mizzima News, a Burmese news agency in exile in India and
Thailand, is trekking to Stockholm to visit Sida (Swedish International
Development Cooperation Agency) on 29 April to talk about Burma's emerging
independent media, and the importance of media in exile to report on
countries where press freedom is violated. Attendees can catch "Burma VJ",
a documentary co-produced by Mizzima's own Soe Myint on the power of
protests in Burma. It's also where Frank La Rue, the UN's special
rapporteur on free expression, will be before heading to Doha for UNESCO's
main event. See: http://www.mizzima.com

On 3 May Adil Soz, IFEX's member in Kazakhstan, will be revealing the
winners of its third annual caricature contest, an event that has actually
revived a dying art: the editorial cartoon. Adil Soz has teamed up with
free expression groups in the region, including the Public Association
"Journalists" (PAJ) in Kyrgyzstan and the National Association of
Independent Mass Media, Tajikistan (NANSMIT) to collate the finest
depictions of free expression in the region into a calendar. The groups
will distribute 1,000 copies to media outlets and local and international
media advocacy organisations. The Central Asian groups have also run an
essay contest on free expression. Perhaps some of the young activists who
were detained in Almaty, Kazakhstan last week for planning a 3 May protest
on Internet censorship will share their experiences. After 3 May, winning
entries of both contests can be viewed here:
http://www.adilsoz.kz/?id=207&lan=english

Other activities:

- PAJ is inviting all journalists to attend a billiards tournament in
Bishkek. Apparently, billiard tournaments for journalists have become a
tradition in Kyrgyzstan on 3 May, a way to foster solidarity among
reporters and promote media workers' rights. See: http://www.monitoring.kg

- NANSMIT is meeting roundtable-style in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on 3 May to
discuss three hot issues that affect Tajikistan's press freedom: the
financial crisis, decriminalisation of defamation and media
self-regulation. See: http://www.eng.nansmit.tj/

- The International Journalists' Network (IJNet) wants to know if the role
of media really is to promote tolerance, understanding, and an acceptance
of diversity, as UNESCO calls for. Or is the media's role simply to report
the facts, even if such facts breed mistrust or fuel divides? Post your
comments here: http://tinyurl.com/c559dr

6. MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

Many of IFEX's Middle East and North Africa members will be in Doha to
attend official UNESCO events - the Egyptian Organization of Human Rights,
the Bahrain Center of Human Rights (BCHR), the Arabic Network of Human
Rights Information and the Observatory for the Freedom of the Press,
Publishing and Creation (OLPEC) from Tunisia. (See the programme here:
http://tinyurl.com/d6cd7k )

One member who is conspicuously absent is the International Federation of
Journalists (IFJ). IFJ is refusing to attend because "the event is held in
a country which supports an international media freedom centre, but which
refuses to allow local journalists to form their own independent union or
association," said IFJ. Instead, IFJ will be in Bahrain, where it has
opened a regional office to campaign for ethical journalism. See:
http://tinyurl.com/cept4j

IFJ is also calling for a radical overhaul of media laws in the Middle
East, many of which lead to the jailing of journalists. Check out "Breaking
the Chains", IFJ's annual report on press freedom violations in the Arab
world, which documents the cases of jailed journalists in the past year and
the key legal articles that need reform: http://tinyurl.com/dbgwvw

Meanwhile, disgusted with the government's continuing onslaught on free
expression in Bahrain - websites are being banned, writers prosecuted and
human rights defenders prevented from speaking to the media - BCHR is
fighting back. One of the ringleaders of the clampdown is Bahrain's
Minister of Information and Culture, Mai al-Khalifa, who strangely has won
many awards for her support of "culture" and "openness". BCHR is
circulating a petition demanding that al-Khalifa's prizes be withdrawn, and
is calling on the government to stop breaching its human rights
commitments. See: http://www.bahrainrights.org/en

Together with UNESCO's regional office and with support from IFEX, IFEX's
member in Lebanon, Maharat, is organising an event on 7 May to tackle why
Lebanon has continued to slip in regional press freedom rankings. Be sure
to get a copy of Maharat's 2008 report on the status of freedom of opinion
and expression in Lebanon, which combines legal data as well as first-hand
interviews with Lebanese journalists and media organisations. See:
http://www.maharatfoundation.org/

Other activities:

- In Palestine, look out for the "Free Media, Free Country" poster, which
is being plastered throughout Palestine and in media outlets during May by
the Palestinian Centre for Development & Media Freedoms (MADA):
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3. Canadian Association for Sound Ecology (CASE)
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:46 pm ((PDT))

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: [ncralist] Canadian Association for Sound Ecology (CASE)
From: "Ken Zakreski" <wash@shaw.ca>
Date: Wed, April 29, 2009 14:43
To: "NCRA general list" <ncralist@ncra.ca>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

For anyone not going to NCRC, this look like fun... Gabriola will be
very nice this time of year. Ken

Gabriola Island welcomes World Sound Ecologists
Submitted Article
Tuesday, April 28 2009

The Canadian Association for Sound Ecology (CASE),
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/CASE/Homepage
in collaboration
with the Lulu Performing Arts Society, is very pleased to announce
the 2009 CASE Retreat and Symposium, which will take place at The
Haven on Gabriola Island this coming June 12th – 14th.

CASE is the Canadian affiliate of the World Forum for Acoustic
Ecology (WFAE),
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/WFAE/home/
an international association of organizations and
individuals who share a common concern with the state of the world's
soundscapes. Members represent a multi-disciplinary spectrum of
individuals engaged in the study of the social, cultural and
ecological aspects of the sonic environment. The symposium will
gather together people from all over the world active in the acoustic
ecology field -- a group that is mostly comprised of sound artists,
but also includes biologists, geographers, architects, poets, visual
artists, philosophers, and writers, among others. Gabriola as a
location is a first for CASE, and has been chosen for the opportunity
that its rural setting provides for deeper listening.

The symposium will feature four keynote speakers, all seminal figures
in the field of acoustic ecology: Keiko Torigoe (Japan), a
musicologist, soundscape researcher and a professor at the University
of the Sacred Heart, in Tokyo; Helmi Jarviluoma (Finland), chair
person of the Finnish Society for Acoustic Ecology; Hildegard
Westerkamp (Vancouver), a pioneer in the sound ecology movement, and
a founding member of World Soundscape Project in the early 70s under
the direction of Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer; and Eric Powell
(Vancouver), a composer and sound artist working with the
interrelationship between space, place and sound. Speakers will
present their own work, and share ideas and insights relevant to
sound ecology today.

The symposium will also feature other artists' work, and plenty of
opportunities for lively discussions of topics related to sound
ecology. In addition, several Gabriola youth will have an
extraordinary opportunity to develop and create short sound art
pieces to be presented at the symposium. These pieces will be the
outcome of a series of workshops facilitated by Kelly Price, that are
designed to engage youth in analyzing and studying the acoustic
environment of Gabriola Island through recordings and sound journals.

Tickets and passes for the symposium will be on sale soon. For more
information, please contact Leah Hokanson at 247-9854, or email
leahokanson@gmail.com.


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[creative-radio] Digest Number 2618

There are 2 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1. Sub-Saharan Africa
From: George Lessard

2. Knight Citizen News Network (KCNN) Resource list of free multimedia
From: George Lessard


Messages
________________________________________________________________________
1. Sub-Saharan Africa
Posted by: "George Lessard" mediamentor@gmail.com themediamentor
Date: Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:51 am ((PDT))

* Sub-Saharan Africa* Fellowship on HIV/AIDS coverage open to experienced
African journalists
<http://e2ma.net/go/1947208651/1781808/66088698/goto:https://www.ijnet.org/ijnet/training_opportunities/fellowship_on_hiv/aids_coverage_open_to_experienced_african_journalists>

Journalists with at least two years of professional experience have until
April 30 to apply for the HIV/AIDS & the Media Project fellowship at the
University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.

https://www.ijnet.org/ijnet/training_opportunities/fellowship_on_hiv/aids_coverage_open_to_experienced_african_journalists
US agricultural journalism fellowship open to African journalists
<http://e2ma.net/go/1947208651/1781808/66088699/goto:https://www.ijnet.org/ijnet/training_opportunities/us_agricultural_journalism_fellowship_open_to_african_journalists>

Accomplished African journalists interested in development have the
opportunity to apply for a journalism fellowship at the Graduate School of
Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkley), in the
US. Deadline: May 21.

https://www.ijnet.org/ijnet/training_opportunities/us_agricultural_journalism_fellowship_open_to_african_journalists


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________________________________________________________________________
2. Knight Citizen News Network (KCNN) Resource list of free multimedia
Posted by: "George Lessard" mediamentor@gmail.com themediamentor
Date: Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:57 am ((PDT))

Resource aggregates free multimedia tools for journalists
<http://e2ma.net/go/1947208651/1781808/66088692/goto:https://www.ijnet.org/ijnet/training_materials/resource_aggregates_free_multimedia_tools_for_journalists>

Journalists interested in building a community news Web site from scratch
can now access a resource put out by the Knight Citizen News Network (KCNN)
that aims to help journalists create a low-cost multimedia site.

http://www.kcnn.org/modules/the_freebies_list/


The Freebies List Search Engine Optimization &
Metrics<http://www.kcnn.org/modules/freeseo/>-
Simply put, paying attention to your site's metrics and SEO can increase
your traffic.Content Management Systems<http://www.kcnn.org/modules/freecms/>-
Systems used to manage the content of a Web site. Slideshows &
Presentations <http://www.kcnn.org/modules/freeslideshows/>- Put together a
dramatic slideshow or share presentations across the
Web.Multimedia<http://www.kcnn.org/modules/freemultimedia/>-
When text alone won't do. Contains links to audio and video editing
resources as well as interactive templates.
Advertising<http://www.kcnn.org/modules/freeadvertising/>-
Just how are you supposed to make money with your site?RSS
Readers<http://www.kcnn.org/modules/freerssreaders/>-
Organize your favorite links, blogs and news sites.
E-Newsletters<http://www.kcnn.org/modules/freenewsletters/>- Get out
the word fast with a group email.Logo
and Web Design <http://www.kcnn.org/modules/freedesign/>- Use these
resources for your logo and other design needs.
Mapping<http://www.kcnn.org/modules/freemapping/>-
'Where?' is best answered by a map.Wikis and
Collaboration<http://www.kcnn.org/modules/freewikis/>-
Work together. A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to
enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content. Social
Networking <http://www.kcnn.org/modules/freesocial/>- A social network
builds online communities of people with similar interests, backgrounds or
ideas.Government Investigative
Resources<http://www.kcnn.org/modules/freegovernment/>-
The role of journalists is to provide a check on government. These links
will get you started. Phone Services<http://www.kcnn.org/modules/freephone/>-
Speak to anyone, around the world, for
free.Other<http://www.kcnn.org/modules/freeother/>-
When all other categories won't work.


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Knight Citizen News Network (KCNN) Resource list of free multimedia tools for journalists

Resource aggregates free multimedia tools for journalists

Journalists interested in building a community news Web site from scratch can now access a resource put out by the Knight Citizen News Network (KCNN) that aims to help journalists create a low-cost multimedia site.

http://www.kcnn.org/modules/the_freebies_list/


The Freebies List

Search Engine Optimization & Metrics

- Simply put, paying attention to your site's metrics and SEO can increase your traffic.

Content Management Systems

- Systems used to manage the content of a Web site.

Slideshows & Presentations

- Put together a dramatic slideshow or share presentations across the Web.

Multimedia

- When text alone won't do. Contains links to audio and video editing resources as well as interactive templates.

Advertising

- Just how are you supposed to make money with your site?

RSS Readers

- Organize your favorite links, blogs and news sites.

E-Newsletters

- Get out the word fast with a group email.

Logo and Web Design

- Use these resources for your logo and other design needs.

Mapping

- 'Where?' is best answered by a map.

Wikis and Collaboration

- Work together. A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content.

Social Networking

- A social network builds online communities of people with similar interests, backgrounds or ideas.

Government Investigative Resources

- The role of journalists is to provide a check on government. These links will get you started.

Phone Services

- Speak to anyone, around the world, for free.

Other

- When all other categories won't work.


Monday 27 April 2009

[creative-radio] Digest Number 2617

There are 5 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1. US: 34th Annual Community Radio Conference - Downloads of Workshops,
From: George Lessard

2. RSF Thaïland: State of emergency used to censor pro-oppositi on m
From: George Lessard

3. Grassroots Radio Conference 2009 - in Montreal!
From: George Lessard

4. MENA Grassroots Radio Conference 2009 - in Montreal!
From: George Lessard

5. US CDC: Human Swine Influenza Investigation
From: George Lessard


Messages
________________________________________________________________________
1. US: 34th Annual Community Radio Conference - Downloads of Workshops,
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:38 am ((PDT))

The 34th Annual Community Radio Conference took place April 1 through
April 4, 2009 in Portland, Oregon. Select conference material is now
available for download.

Keynote Address
http://www.nfcb.org/conference/post_communityradioconference.jsp

Workshops, Panels, and Pre-Conference Intensives
http://www.nfcb.org/conference/postconference_workshops.jsp

via
http://www.nfcb.org/index.jsp

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2. RSF Thaïland: State of emergency used to censor pro-oppositi on m
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:33 am ((PDT))


Reporters sans frontières - Thaïland

Reporters Without Borders deplores the censorship, closure and banning of
many media linked to the opposition United Front for Democracy against
Dictatorship (UDD) since the UDD's violent "red-shirt" demonstrations in
Bangkok on 13 April.

The authorities have raided community radio stations in the north and east
of the country under a state of emergency. And Internet Service Providers
have been ordered to censor at least 67 websites linked to the UDD, which
supports former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

"We firmly condemn the violence by UDD supporters but we also deplore the
reprisals which the authorities have taken against media linked to this
movement," Reporters Without Borders said. "If calls for violence have
been made in these media, they must be punished by the courts and not in
an arbitrary fashion by the police."

The press freedom organisation added: "Such actions by the authorities
cast doubt on the desire to 'reconcile the different political parties'
professed by the government when it took office. We call for the lifting
of the state of emergency, which just blocks access to news and
information and encourages a climate of fear."

A spokesman for the ruling Democrat Party said the radio stations were
closed for "inciting violence." The UDD's leaders meanwhile accused the
main news media of lacking independence and of "demonising" their
movement.

Several TV crews were roughed up by "red-shirts" during the first few days
of the UDD demonstrations. In one case, demonstrators forced the state-run
NBT TV to suspend operations in the north-east by besieging its studios.

<http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=30889>


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________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
3. Grassroots Radio Conference 2009 - in Montreal!
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Sun Apr 26, 2009 1:46 pm ((PDT))

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Nan Rubin <nanrubin@aol.com>
Date: 2009/4/26
Subject: [Stubblefield] Grassroots Radio Conference 2009 - in Montreal!
To: WBAIProducers@yahoogroups.com, stubblefield@prometheusradio.org,
nceorg@prometheusradio.org


Passed on from the good folks in Canada --

Nan Rubin

* * * *

GRC folk are being invited by the organizing committee of the NCRA, the
National Campus and Community Radio Association of Canada, to join the
conference being held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 7-13, on the
campus of McGill University. We are welcome to consider this our GRC 14.
Some details are below, and more will be forthcoming.

Don't forget that if you live in the US you will be entering a foreign
country. You won't need a visa if you are a US citizen, but you will need
documents, so plan ahead. Some information on entering Canada is here:
http://www.consular.canada.usembassy.gov/enter_canada.asp
- information on returning to the US is here:
http://www.consular.canada.usembassy.gov/passport_requirement.asp
The US has imposed a passport requirement on US citizens returning to the
US by air, but other documents (such as a birth certificate, green card,
drivers' license, in appropriate combinations) can apparently still
suffice if you return to the US by land or sea. Green card holders may
need a visa from Canada in order to return to the US - let me know if you
need a contact for this information.


Here is information obtained from today's NCRC organising committee
meeting where this invitation was agreed:

1. Invitation: GRC and AMARC-NA members are welcome to attend the NCRC
conference in Montreal June 7-13.

2. Money: A US dollar rate was set for registrants who want to pay in US
funds. The US-dollar rate would be $155 for non-members, $145 for members.
(Or, you can pay in Canadian dollars - $190/$175). In the past,
registration has included a couple of meals a day - I'll have more details
soon, including a registration form and the housing information. AMARC
members will be counted as NCRA members, since AMARC is a member of NCRA
(one more good reason to renew your AMARC membership).

3. Housing: See the registration form at http://ckut.ca/ncrc.php (note
that prices are in Canadian dollars - currently around 81 or 82 cents of a
US dollar). You are asked to reserve dorm space by April 30 if you want
that . I'll check on whether there is an extension.

4. Meeting space: We have been offered that NCRC organizers will reserve
us a room on or near the campus to use for any GRC &/or AMARC-specific
functions during the whole conference. It will be as close as possible to
the main venue. We can probably have a room that fits 40 or 50 people at
no charge. My first choice of what was discussed - it's being looked into
- is the First Peoples' House, which fits about 50 There is also a
ballroom in the grad centre that fits up to 150 people, if we want that
much space - for that one, there would be some kind of room charge to
defray (I don't have an amount). Let's get a tentative head count.

5. Languages: There will be a lot of English spoken at this conference,
but being in Montreal there will also be a lot of Francophones, including
members of the Francophone community radio organisation ARC du Quebec.
There are also Spanish-language programs on many Canadian campus and
community radio stations, so you'll have opportunities to speak Spanish -
and other languages: CINQ, one of the Montreal community stations, offers
versions of its website in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek,
Kreyol (Haitian Creole), and Chinese.

6. Races: Montreal is a highly multi-racial, multi-ethnic radio
community. NCRA also has an active First Nations caucus, and native
people from the US are warmly encouraged to attend.

7. Genders: Note that Thursday will be devoted entirely to the Women in
Radio Conference - NCRC has this every year. In recent years, most were
open to all genders - female, male, and trans. Hot issues for women
include FemCon - the idea of encouraging or requiring stations to put more
music by women on the air.

8. Content: There's an outline of the schedule here:
http://ckut.ca/ncrc.php . Many of the panels and sessions are not
Canada-specific, but those that are can be an opportunity for comparisons
and contrasts. If GRC-ers or AMARC want to offer other sessions, we can
schedule them in our space. The best times might be during the NCRA
business meetings, though you might want to observe at least some of those
proceedings, which are very formal compared to either GRC or NFCB. You
could also take some of those times to explore Montreal together.

9. Exhibitors: Conference sponsorships are offered at $250 (Canadian) for
exhibitors. This will be the first time exhibitors have been invited to
an NCRC. If you want to reach Canadian stations with pitches, NCRC would
be the place to find them.

10. Hosting Station: CKUT is one of the most dynamic stations in Canada,
with a large and diverse urban volunteer base, and they originate many
national projects, for example the annual homelessness marathon, the
formerly nationally syndicated Native Solidarity News, and the monthly
national campus-community radio news program Groundwire. You'll meet a
lot of interesting people when you come there, as Montreal attracts people
from all over Canada and around the world.

11. Montreal: What can I say? You haven't lived if you haven't been
there. Among other attractions, you can visit the world headquarters of
AMARC - l'Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires (World
Association of Community Radio Broadcasters - Associacion Mondial de
Radios Comunitarios). The weather should be excellent that time of year,
and the food is ....


* * * * * * *
Nan Rubin
Community Media Services
4700 Broadway # 2J
NYC NY 10040 USA
212-569-3391

"The first hurdle is the people who
will not accept the change that's already
happened." -- Joss Whedon


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________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
4. MENA Grassroots Radio Conference 2009 - in Montreal!
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Sun Apr 26, 2009 2:00 pm ((PDT))

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Nan Rubin <nanrubin@aol.com>
Date: 2009/4/26
Subject: [Stubblefield] Grassroots Radio Conference 2009 - in Montreal!
To: WBAIProducers@yahoogroups.com, stubblefield@prometheusradio.org,
nceorg@prometheusradio.org


Passed on from the good folks in Canada --

Nan Rubin

* * * *

GRC folk are being invited by the organizing committee of the NCRA, the
National Campus and Community Radio Association of Canada, to join the
conference being held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 7-13, on the
campus of McGill University. We are welcome to consider this our GRC 14.
Some details are below, and more will be forthcoming.

Don't forget that if you live in the US you will be entering a foreign
country. You won't need a visa if you are a US citizen, but you will need
documents, so plan ahead. Some information on entering Canada is here:
http://www.consular.canada.usembassy.gov/enter_canada.asp
- information on returning to the US is here:
http://www.consular.canada.usembassy.gov/passport_requirement.asp
The US has imposed a passport requirement on US citizens returning to the
US by air, but other documents (such as a birth certificate, green card,
drivers' license, in appropriate combinations) can apparently still
suffice if you return to the US by land or sea. Green card holders may
need a visa from Canada in order to return to the US - let me know if you
need a contact for this information.


Here is information obtained from today's NCRC organising committee
meeting where this invitation was agreed:

1. Invitation: GRC and AMARC-NA members are welcome to attend the NCRC
conference in Montreal June 7-13.

2. Money: A US dollar rate was set for registrants who want to pay in US
funds. The US-dollar rate would be $155 for non-members, $145 for members.
(Or, you can pay in Canadian dollars - $190/$175). In the past,
registration has included a couple of meals a day - I'll have more details
soon, including a registration form and the housing information. AMARC
members will be counted as NCRA members, since AMARC is a member of NCRA
(one more good reason to renew your AMARC membership).

3. Housing: See the registration form at http://ckut.ca/ncrc.php (note
that prices are in Canadian dollars - currently around 81 or 82 cents of a
US dollar). You are asked to reserve dorm space by April 30 if you want
that . I'll check on whether there is an extension.

4. Meeting space: We have been offered that NCRC organizers will reserve
us a room on or near the campus to use for any GRC &/or AMARC-specific
functions during the whole conference. It will be as close as possible to
the main venue. We can probably have a room that fits 40 or 50 people at
no charge. My first choice of what was discussed - it's being looked into
- is the First Peoples' House, which fits about 50 There is also a
ballroom in the grad centre that fits up to 150 people, if we want that
much space - for that one, there would be some kind of room charge to
defray (I don't have an amount). Let's get a tentative head count.

5. Languages: There will be a lot of English spoken at this conference,
but being in Montreal there will also be a lot of Francophones, including
members of the Francophone community radio organisation ARC du Quebec.
There are also Spanish-language programs on many Canadian campus and
community radio stations, so you'll have opportunities to speak Spanish -
and other languages: CINQ, one of the Montreal community stations, offers
versions of its website in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek,
Kreyol (Haitian Creole), and Chinese.

6. Races: Montreal is a highly multi-racial, multi-ethnic radio
community. NCRA also has an active First Nations caucus, and native
people from the US are warmly encouraged to attend.

7. Genders: Note that Thursday will be devoted entirely to the Women in
Radio Conference - NCRC has this every year. In recent years, most were
open to all genders - female, male, and trans. Hot issues for women
include FemCon - the idea of encouraging or requiring stations to put more
music by women on the air.

8. Content: There's an outline of the schedule here:
http://ckut.ca/ncrc.php . Many of the panels and sessions are not
Canada-specific, but those that are can be an opportunity for comparisons
and contrasts. If GRC-ers or AMARC want to offer other sessions, we can
schedule them in our space. The best times might be during the NCRA
business meetings, though you might want to observe at least some of those
proceedings, which are very formal compared to either GRC or NFCB. You
could also take some of those times to explore Montreal together.

9. Exhibitors: Conference sponsorships are offered at $250 (Canadian) for
exhibitors. This will be the first time exhibitors have been invited to
an NCRC. If you want to reach Canadian stations with pitches, NCRC would
be the place to find them.

10. Hosting Station: CKUT is one of the most dynamic stations in Canada,
with a large and diverse urban volunteer base, and they originate many
national projects, for example the annual homelessness marathon, the
formerly nationally syndicated Native Solidarity News, and the monthly
national campus-community radio news program Groundwire. You'll meet a
lot of interesting people when you come there, as Montreal attracts people
from all over Canada and around the world.

11. Montreal: What can I say? You haven't lived if you haven't been
there. Among other attractions, you can visit the world headquarters of
AMARC - l'Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires (World
Association of Community Radio Broadcasters - Associacion Mondial de
Radios Comunitarios). The weather should be excellent that time of year,
and the food is ....


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5. US CDC: Human Swine Influenza Investigation
Posted by: "George Lessard" mediamentor@gmail.com themediamentor
Date: Sun Apr 26, 2009 5:09 pm ((PDT))

MEDICAL: DISEASES: INFLUENZA:
Human Swine Influenza Investigation


Human Swine Influenza Investigation
April 26, 2009 12:45 ET
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
<http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/investigation.htm>


Human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection have been
identified in the United States. Human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1)
virus infection also have been identified internationally. The current
U.S. case count is provided below.

<snip> [table]


Investigations are ongoing to determine the source of the infection and
whether additional people have been infected with swine influenza viruses.

CDC is working very closely with officials in states where human cases of
swine influenza A (H1N1) have been identified, as well as with health
officials in Mexico, Canada and the World Health Organization. This
includes deploying staff domestically and internationally to provide
guidance and technical support. CDC has activated its Emergency Operations
Center to coordinate this investigation.

Laboratory testing has found the swine influenza A (H1N1) virus
susceptible to the prescription antiviral drugs oseltamivir and zanamivir
and has issued interim guidance for the use of these drugs to treat and
prevent infection with swine influenza viruses. CDC also has prepared
interim guidance on how to care for people who are sick and interim
guidance on the use of face masks in a community setting where spread of
this swine flu virus has been detected. This is a rapidly evolving
situation and CDC will provide new information as it becomes available.

There are everyday actions people can take to stay healthy.

Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw
the tissue in the trash after you use it.

Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or
sneeze. Alcohol-based hands cleaners are also effective.

Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread that way.
Try to avoid close contact with sick people.

Influenza is thought to spread mainly person-to-person through coughing or
sneezing of infected people.

If you get sick, CDC recommends that you stay home from work or school and
limit contact with others to keep from infecting them.

Topics on this page:

General Information
Summary Guidance
Guidance Documents
Travel Notices
Transcripts
Reports & Publications
Related Links
Past Updates
General Information


Swine Flu and You
What is swine flu? Are there human infections with swine flu in the U.S.?
<http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/swineflu_you.htm>

Swine Flu Video Podcast
Dr. Joe Bresee, with the CDC Influenza Division, describes swine flu - its
signs and symptoms, how it's transmitted, medicines to treat it, steps
people can take to protect themselves from it, and what people should do
if they become ill.
<http://www2a.cdc.gov/podcasts/player.asp?f=11226>

Key Facts about Swine Influenza (Swine Flu)
How does swine flu spread? Can people catch swine flu from eating pork?
<http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/key_facts.htm>

Swine Influenza in Pigs and People
Brochure
<http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/pdf/brochure.pdf>

Informacin en espaol
Datos importantes sobre la influenza porcina
<http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/espanol/swine_espanol.htm>


Summary Guidance

CDC has provided the following interim guidance for this investigation.

Residents of States with Swine Influenza Cases

Clinicians

State Public Health Laboratories

Public Health/Animal Health

Residents of States with Swine Influenza Cases


CDC has identified human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection
in people in the U.S. CDC is working with local and state health agencies
to investigate these cases. We have determined that this virus is
contagious and is spreading from human to human. However, at this time, we
have not determined how easily the virus spreads between people. As with
any infectious disease, we are recommending precautionary measures for
people residing in these areas.

Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw
the tissue in the trash after you use it.

Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or
sneeze. Alcohol-based hands cleaners are also effective.

Try to avoid close contact with sick people.

If you get sick, CDC recommends that you stay home from work or school and
limit contact with others to keep from infecting them.

Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread that way.

There is no vaccine available at this time, so it is important for people
living in these areas to take steps to prevent spreading the virus to
others. If people are ill, they should attempt to stay at home and limit
contact with others. Healthy residents living in these areas should take
everyday preventive actions.

People who live in these areas who develop an illness with fever and
respiratory symptoms, such as cough and runny nose, and possibly other
symptoms, such as body aches, nausea, or vomiting or diarrhea, should
contact their health care provider. Their health care provider will
determine whether influenza testing is needed.

Clinicians

Clinicians should consider the possibility of swine influenza virus
infections in patients presenting with febrile respiratory illness who
Live in an area where human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) has been
identified or Have traveled to an area where human cases of swine
influenza A (H1N1) has been identified or Have been in contact with ill
persons from these areas in the 7 days prior to their illness onset.

If swine flu is suspected, clinicians should obtain a respiratory swab for
swine influenza testing and place it in a refrigerator (not a freezer).
Once collected, the clinician should contact their state or local health
department to facilitate transport and timely diagnosis at a state public
health laboratory.


State Public Health Laboratories


Laboratories should send all unsubtypable influenza A specimens as soon as
possible to the Viral Surveillance and Diagnostic Branch of the CDCs
Influenza Division for further diagnostic testing.


Public Health /Animal Health Officials


Officials should conduct thorough case and contact investigations to
determine the source of the swine influenza virus, extent of community
illness and the need for timely control measures.


Guidance Documents

Interim Guidance for Swine influenza A (H1N1): Taking Care of a Sick
Person in Your Home Apr 25, 2009
<http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/guidance_homecare.htm>

Interim Guidance on Antiviral Recommendations for Patients with Confirmed
or Suspected Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection and Close Contacts
Apr 25, 2009
<http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/recommendations.htm>

Interim Recommendations for Facemask and Respirator Use in Certain
Community Settings Where Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Transmission Has
Been Detected Apr 26, 2009
<http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/masks.htm>

Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Biosafety Guidelines for Laboratory Workers
Apr 24, 2009
<http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/guidelines_labworkers.htm>


This guidance is for laboratory workers who may be processing or
performing diagnostic testing on clinical specimens from patients with
suspected swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection, or performing viral
isolation.

Interim Guidance for Infection Control for Care of Patients with Confirmed
or Suspected Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection in a Healthcare
Setting Apr 24, 2009
<http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/guidelines_labworkers.htm>

Interim Guidance on Case Definitions to be Used For Investigations of
Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Cases Apr 26, 2009
<http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/casedef_swineflu.htm>

This document provides interim guidance for state and local health
departments conducting investigations of human cases of swine influenza A
(H1N1) virus. The following case definitions are for the purpose of
investigations of suspected, probable, and confirmed cases of swine
influenza A (H1N1) virus infection.


Travel Notices


Risk of Swine Flu Associated with Travel to Affected Areas
April 26, 2009 at 12:28 p.m. ET
<http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentSwineFluTravel.aspx>


Outbreak Notice: Swine Influenza in the United States
April 25, 2009 12:00 p.m. ET
<http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentSwineFluUS.aspx>


Travel Health Precaution: Swine Influenza and Severe Cases of Respiratory
Illness in Mexico
April 25, 2009 12:00 p.m. ET
<http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentSwineFluMexico.aspx>


Press Briefing Transcripts


Media Availability on CDC Investigation of Human Cases of Swine Influenza
April 25, 2009, 1 p.m. EDT
<http://www.cdc.gov/media/transcripts/2009/t090425.htm>


Unedited Transcript of CDC Briefing on Public Health Investigation of
Human Cases of Swine Influenza
April 24, 2009 2:30 p.m. EDT
<http://www.cdc.gov/media/transcripts/2009/t090424.htm>


CDC Briefing on Public Health Investigation of Human Cases of Swine
Influenza
April 23, 2009 press briefing
<http://www.cdc.gov/media/transcripts/2009/t090423.htm>


Reports & Publications


CDC Health Advisory April 25, 2009, 3:00 EDT
Investigation and Interim Recommendations: Swine Influenza (H1N1)
Distributed via Health Alert Network
CDCHAN-000281-2009-04-25-ALT-N
<http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/pdf/HAN_042509.pdf>


Update: Swine Influenza A (H1N1) InfectionsCalifornia and Texas, April
2009
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) April 24, 2009 / Vol. 58 /
Dispatch;1-3
<http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm58d0424a1.htm>

Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Infection in Two ChildrenSouthern California,
March-April 2009
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) April 21, 2009 / Vol. 58 /
Dispatch
<http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm58d0421a1.htm>


Related Links


PandemicFlu.gov
<http://www.pandemicflu.gov/>


WHO - Influenza-Like Illness in the United States and Mexico
<http://www.who.int/csr/don/2009_04_24/en/index.html>


Past Updates


April 25, 2009
<http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/updates/042509.htm>


April 24, 2009
<http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/updates/investigation_042409.htm>


April 23, 2009
<http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/updates/investigation_042309.htm>


Links to non-federal organizations are provided solely as a service to our
users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations
or their programs by CDC or the federal government, and none should be
inferred. CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual
organization Web pages found at these links.


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Sunday 26 April 2009

Grassroots Radio Conference 2009 - in Montreal!

 
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Nan Rubin <nanrubin@aol.com>
Date: 2009/4/26
Subject: [Stubblefield] Grassroots Radio Conference 2009 - in Montreal!
To: WBAIProducers@yahoogroups.com, stubblefield@prometheusradio.org, nceorg@prometheusradio.org


Passed on from  the good folks in Canada --

Nan Rubin

* * * *

GRC folk are being invited by the organizing committee of the NCRA, the National Campus and Community Radio Association of Canada, to join the conference being held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 7-13, on the campus of McGill University.  We are welcome to consider this our GRC 14. Some details are below, and more will be forthcoming.
 
Don't forget that if you live in the US you will be entering a foreign country.  You won't need a visa if you are a US citizen, but you will need documents, so plan ahead. Some information on entering Canada is here: http://www.consular.canada.usembassy.gov/enter_canada.asp 
- information on returning to the US is here: http://www.consular.canada.usembassy.gov/passport_requirement.asp 
The US has imposed a passport requirement on US citizens returning to the US by air, but other documents (such as a birth certificate, green card, drivers' license, in appropriate combinations) can apparently still suffice if you return to the US by land or sea. Green card holders may need a visa from Canada in order to return to the US - let me know if you need a contact for this information.
 
 
Here is information obtained from today's NCRC organising committee meeting where this invitation was agreed:

1.  Invitation: GRC and AMARC-NA members are welcome to attend the NCRC conference in Montreal June 7-13.
 
2. Money: A US dollar rate was set for registrants who want to pay in US funds. The US-dollar rate would be $155 for non-members, $145 for members.  (Or, you can pay in Canadian dollars - $190/$175).   In the past, registration has included a couple of meals a day - I'll have more details soon, including a registration form and the housing information. AMARC members will be counted as NCRA members, since AMARC is a member of NCRA (one more good reason to renew your AMARC membership). 
 
3. Housing:  See the registration form at http://ckut.ca/ncrc.php  (note that prices are in Canadian dollars - currently around 81 or 82 cents of a US dollar).  You are asked to reserve dorm space by April 30 if you want that .  I'll check on whether there is an extension.
 
4. Meeting space: We have been offered that NCRC organizers will reserve us a room on or near the campus to use for any GRC &/or AMARC-specific functions during the whole conference.  It will be as close as possible to the main venue.  We can probably have a room that fits 40 or 50 people at no charge. My first choice of what was discussed - it's being looked into - is the First Peoples' House, which fits about 50  There is also a ballroom in the grad centre that fits up to 150 people, if we want that much space - for that one, there would be some kind of room charge to defray (I don't have an amount).  Let's get a tentative head count.
 
5. Languages:  There will be a lot of English spoken at this conference, but being in Montreal there will also be a lot of Francophones, including members of the Francophone community radio organisation ARC du Quebec.  There are also Spanish-language programs on many Canadian campus and community radio stations, so you'll have opportunities to speak Spanish - and other languages: CINQ, one of the Montreal community stations, offers versions of its website in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Kreyol (Haitian Creole), and Chinese.
 
6. Races:  Montreal is a highly multi-racial, multi-ethnic radio community.  NCRA also has an active First Nations caucus, and native people from the US are warmly encouraged to attend. 
 
7. Genders:  Note that Thursday will be devoted entirely to the Women in Radio Conference  - NCRC has this every year.  In recent years, most were open to all genders - female, male, and trans. Hot issues for women include FemCon - the idea of encouraging or requiring stations to put more music by women on the air. 
 
8.  Content:  There's an outline of the schedule here: http://ckut.ca/ncrc.php .   Many of the panels and sessions are not Canada-specific, but those that are can be an opportunity for comparisons and contrasts.   If GRC-ers or AMARC want to offer other sessions, we can schedule them in our space.  The best times might be during the NCRA business meetings, though you might want to observe at least some of those proceedings, which are very formal compared to either GRC or NFCB.  You could also take some of those times to explore Montreal together.
 
9. Exhibitors: Conference sponsorships are offered at $250 (Canadian) for exhibitors.  This will be the first time exhibitors have been invited to an NCRC. If you want to reach Canadian stations with pitches, NCRC would be the place to find them.
 
10. Hosting Station:  CKUT is one of the most dynamic stations in Canada, with a large and diverse urban volunteer base, and they originate many national projects, for example the annual homelessness marathon, the formerly nationally syndicated Native Solidarity News, and the monthly national campus-community radio news program Groundwire.  You'll meet a lot of interesting people when you come there, as Montreal attracts people from all over Canada and around the world.
 
11.  Montreal:  What can I say?  You haven't lived if you haven't been there.  Among other attractions, you can visit the world headquarters of AMARC - l'Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires (World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters - Associacion Mondial de Radios Comunitarios).  The weather should be excellent that time of year, and the food is ....
 



* * * * * * *
Nan Rubin
Community Media Services
4700 Broadway # 2J
NYC NY 10040 USA
212-569-3391

"The first hurdle is the people who
will not accept the change that's already
happened." -- Joss Whedon