Sunday 18 September 2011

[creative-radio] Orissa-based community radio - Radio Namaskar made it to the voice of the flood hit population

http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowDistrictNews.asp?id=29223

*Report by OrissaDiary.com correspondent; Bhubaneswar:* Night of 10th Sept
was a black night for people of Gop Block in Puri district as the breach in
the embankment of Kusabhadra river at Kusupur made flood water gush into the
villages and even the Gop market that never saw a flood like this. Within a
few minutes thousands of the families living in different villages lost
their houses and belongings. Some died, many went missing. As the old mud
and kuchha houses collapsed, people took shelter on roof top of nearest
buildings where they had to spend 3 days.

Experiencing the gravity of the situation, Radio Namaskar – the community
radio of the locality soon started broadcasting information about the flood
and about people in the affected areas. It was of immense help to people as,
even, persons missing or stuck off in places could get information on the
radio about their families and villages.

As Radio Namaskar soon became the medium of communication in the flood
gripped localities, local administration also tapped it as an opportunity to
make announcements of updates and information.

Not keeping the activities limited to broadcast of information only, Radio
Namaskar also involved it in the rescue activities. A dedicated telephone
line was used by Radio Namaskar to link the affected communities with
administration and others through radio. Within a week, more than one
thousand phone calls were received from people. 32 relief teams and number
of individual volunteers coordinated and facilitated all the activities of
Radio Namaskar in the flood affected area for which, many people could save
their life.

Apart from becoming the voice of the flood hit population, Radio Namaskar
disseminated the way how Community Radios can play a crucial role in time of
disasters.


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[creative-radio] Community Media Forum Europe 2011 Conference - reminder 20.9.11 deadline

 

---With apologies for cross-posting---
Deadline for submissions: *20 September 2011*

*CMFE 2011*
*1st Conference and General Assembly*
*Nicosia, Cyprus*
*17/19 November 2011*
*hosted by the Cyprus Community Media Centre*

The Community Media Forum Europe (CMFE) is pleased to announce that its
1st Annual Conference will take place in the United Nations Buffer Zone
in Nicosia, Cyprus, on 17/19 November 2011, and will be hosted by the
Cyprus Community Media Centre (CCMC).

The plenary sessions will focus on the following themes:
- The state of Community Media in Europe
- Community media, intercultural dialogue and participation
- Towards an enabling environment for Community Media in Cyprus
- Opportunities and challenges for Community Media in Europe: the way ahead

The parallel sessions will aim to
- Showcase best practices of CMFE members, both in traditional
presentation formats and practice-based workshops;
- Discuss European Community Media research, policies and practices.

Submissions for presentations and full panels are encouraged, but not
limited to
- Best practices of Community Media projects (radio, tv, web, print,
cross- platform)
- Country-specific and comparative Community Media Policy studies
- Community Media and the potential for the promotion of diversity,
multiculturalism, storytelling and reconciliation
- Community Media in conflict zones, or post-conflict societies
- Community Media, pluralism and diversity
- Community Media, access and participation
- Community Media and digital broadcasting
- Community Media: social, economic and institutional sustainability
- Qualitative and Quantitative approaches to audience research in
Community Media
- Community Media and Civic Value
- Community Media, Gender and Equality
- Community Media and multilingualism in society & media
- Community Media, Social Media and web 2.0

Abstracts of 300 words max for papers, panels and practice-based
presentations should be submitted by e-mail to info@cmfe.eu no later
than *20 September 2011*. Panel proposals should include a panel
abstract (300 words) along with abstracts for each of the papers.

Accepted abstracts will be notified by 7 October 2011, with registration
to start on 10 October 2011.

Further information as locations, directions, suggested accommodation
and conference programme will be available on the conference website at:
www.cmfe.eu/conference2011

The CMFE General Assembly will also take place at the conference
premises on the morning of 17 November 2011.

This event is co-organised by the Community Media Forum Europe (CMFE)
and the Cyprus Community Media Centre (CCMC), hosted by the Cyprus
Community Media Centre (CCMC), and supported by the European Union under
the 'Europe for Citizens Programme 2011' and the United Nations
Development Programme, Action for Cooperation and Trust in Cyprus
(UNDP-ACT).

Contact address for information requests: info@cmfe.eu

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University of Westminster
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