Community Radio Around the World: 06/29/09

Monday, 29 June 2009

[creative-radio] MENA Gram Vaani devices economical solutions for Community Radio stations

Gram Vaani devices economical solutions for CRs
RadioandMusic.com - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India

Archiving of content has been posing as a problem for community radio
stations would be resolved by adoption of the GRINS technology. ...
http://gramvaani.org/

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Gram Vaani, meaning voice-of-the-village, is an initiative to empower
rural communities through participatory media.

We are focused on the development of appropriate technologies and have
designed the Multiplanar Inter Networking Protocol (MINP) which leverages
existing infrastructure of radio, television, and mobile phone networks in
rural areas to provide access for communities to interactive participatory
media applications. MINP routers and appliances can either be deployed in
standalone setups for community radio or Internet radio stations, or can
be networked with other MINP deployments to deliver comprehensive
solutions for community media, agricultural consultancy, and distance
learning in rural areas.

Software

Gramin Radio Inter Networking System (GRINS) v0.1

GRINS v0.1 is now out. GRINS is an enhanced automation system for
community radio stations. Built on Gram Vaani's MINP platform, the current
release of GRINS allows radio station operators to schedule broadcasts,
preview programs, record live transmissions, and maintain an extensive
semantically searchable library. In future releases, GRINS will be
enhanced to handle telephony calls, sending and receiving SMS messages,
and Internet connectivity to share and stream content with other GRINS
deployments. Some of the key features of GRINS that distinguish it from
other radio broadcast platforms are as follows:

* Commodity hardware: GRINS does most processing in software to
eliminate the need of buying expensive audio hardware, and yet imposes
very low processing overhead on the system. For this reason, GRINS can
be run off commodity PCs and single board computers, significantly
reducing the costs of setting up community radio stations.

* Service oriented design: All functionality provided by GRINS is
handled by different services, such as the Audio Service for playout,
Archiver Service for recording, Library Service for storage, etc. Each
of these services can be run either on a single machine, or off
multiple machines. This makes the deployment of GRINS extremely
flexible to be able to fit into any kind of a radio station setup.

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[creative-radio] Young journalists aged 18-28 asked to enter Earth Journalism Awards Competition - MTV Positive Change Competition

Young journalists invited to enter Earth Journalism Awards Competition

Young and inspired writers, bloggers, journalists, musicians, and others who
have a story to tell about climate change are invited to enter the Earth
Journalism Awards Competition. Internews has created the MTV Positive Change
award for youth aged 18-28. Submissions may be made in any format or mix of
formats, including video, audio, photography, script, or music, and should
express how society is adapting, or needs to adapt, to the threat of climate
change. Entries will be accepted until September 7, 2009.

Internews' Earth Journalism Awards Competition is designed to promote high
quality, local coverage of climate change, leading up to the United Nations
Climate Change Conference, December 7-18, 2009, in Copenhagen (COP15). At
COP15, nations of the world are scheduled to conclude negotiations on the
future of the Kyoto Protocol. Award winners will be honoured at a
high-profile awards ceremony at COP15 and will get the opportunity to cover
the negotiations.

-For more information on the MTV Positive Change award, go to:
http://awards.earthjournalism.org/content/mtv-positive-change-award.

-For more information on other Earth Journalism Awards categories, go to:
http://awards.earthjournalism.org/content/about-the-competition.

Via
http://weekly.farmradio.org/

Farm Radio Weekly is a news and information service for rural radio
broadcasters in sub-Saharan Africa. It is published by *Farm Radio
International*.
Who We Are

Meet the Farm Radio Weekly Team:
In Ottawa:

*Heather Miller*
FRW Editor
hmiller@farmradio.org

*Nelly Bassily*
Research and Production Officer
nbassily@farmradio.org

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[creative-radio] Fellowship available for researchers interested in Nepalese media

Fellowship available for researchers interested in Nepalese media

Independent researchers interested in the media in Nepal are invited to
submit proposals for the Martin Chautari Fellowship for 2009. Only
researchers with prior research experience are eligible to apply. The
deadline for submitting proposals is July 31.

Fellowship available for researchers interested in Nepalese media
Posted on: 23/06/2009 Fellowships and Awards Deadline: 31/07/2009 Region:
Worldwide

Independent researchers interested in the media in Nepal are invited to
submit proposals for the Martin Chautari Fellowship for 2009. Only
researchers with prior research experience are eligible to apply. The
deadline for submitting proposals is July 31.

Research proposals must be comprehensive and at least 8 pages long,
including bibliography. Proposals should contextualize research objectives
in light of the available literature, discuss methods and sources that
will be used during the course of research and provide a plan for its
execution.

The research and writing will have to be completed within a six-month
period ending February 15, 2010. Up to six fellowships of NRs50,000
(US$653) each will be awarded in 2009.

The applicant should submit his/her bio-data and other supporting
materials with three copies of all proposal items as requested in the
proposal guidelines. The Fellowship is funded by the Martin Chautari
organization.

For more information, visit http://www.martinchautari.org.np

Contact info
Address

Post box 13470, 27 Jeet Jung Marg
Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal. (Map)

Tel: 4238050, 4102027, 4240243
Fax: 4240059
email: chautari@mos.com.np

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[creative-radio] MENA Basics of writing for radio news broadcasts

Basics of writing for radio news broadcasts
Posted on: 26/06/2009 Broadcast journalism

Even though commercial radio broadcasting has been around for less than a
century, radio listeners have come to expect their newscasts to be written
in a particular way. Learning about broadcast sentence-structure is one of
the foundations for developing effective skills at radio newswriting.

https://www.ijnet.org/ijnet/training_materials/basics_of_writing_for_radio_news_broadcasts

For more information, go to http://www.newscript.com/

Newswriting for Radio

Welcome to newscript.com, the Newswriting for Radio website. The
Newswriting for Radio website is an online tutorial on the craft of radio
journalism, with particular attention to the writing of news scripts.
Since 1996, newscript.com has been providing creative suggestions and
ideas to radio news reporters, writers and anchors, as well as to
broadcast journalism students around the world.

Features

This website is intended for those who are early in their radio careers,
whether in a first or second job or still in college or an internship. The
pages assume some experience in radio, but visitors unfamiliar with some
of the terminology may consult a small glossary. Although the Newswriting
for Radio website has been extensively used in college journalism courses,
the website is not meant to replace a broadcast newswriting textbook. The
Newswriting for Radio website is a supplement to coursework, and
especially to on-the-job experience.

The site is organized into four major sections. In The Basics, you learn
fundamental lessons and characteristics of broadcast newswriting. Three
different newscast formats are examined in The Styles. You'll examine some
of the questions surrounding what deserves coverage in the section on News
Judgment. Finally, The Newsroom teaches you about creating an organized
environment that allows you to be better prepared for stories. There's
also a collection of links to other radio journalism websites.

Listen to this script! On several of the pages, sample news scripts are
accompanied on the right side of the page by the speaker symbol (shown on
the right side of this paragraph). The appearance of the symbol next to a
script indicates that you can listen to a sound file (in the WAV format)
containing the words of the script. Listening to these files will allow
you to hear and practice the patterns of voice modulation regularly used
in radio newscasts. Just click on the symbol to hear the script.

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[creative-radio] MENA GAMBIE : INTENSIFICATION DE LA RÉPRESSION CONTRE LA PRESSE

Média & liberté d'expression

GAMBIE : INTENSIFICATION DE LA RÉPRESSION CONTRE LA PRESSE

http://tinyurl.com/m2z5du

Le régime du président Jammeh a intensifié la répression contre les
journalistes gambiens avec l'arrestation de huit journalistes, dont
sept déjà inculpés, rapportent des associations de défense de la liberté
de la presse. Le premier groupe de 7 journalistes, qui avaient tous été
arrêtés le 15 juin 2009 ont été entendus par la Justice et inculpés pour
propos « séditieux », alors que le huitième arrêté le 18 juin, attend
d'être fixé sur son sort. Tous les journalistes arrêtés travaillent pour
The Point, journal privé co-fondé par le défunt Deyda Hydara ou pour
Foroyaa, journal appartenant à un parti d'opposition.

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