Tuesday, 16 December 2008

[creative-radio] Digest Number 2521

There are 4 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1. What image opened your eyes to human rights? Share your story...
From: sameerpadania

2. SurveyMonkey - The simple way to create surveys.
From: George Lessard

3. YAHOO GROUPS WARNING - Join Bug affecting Yahoo! Broadband Partner U
From: George Lessard

4. Campus-based community radio station CKDU in Halifax is hiring a Pro
From: George Lessard


Messages
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1. What image opened your eyes to human rights? Share your story...
Posted by: "sameerpadania" sameerpadania@yahoo.co.uk sameerpadania
Date: Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:31 pm ((PST))

I've just got back from the Global Forum for Media Development in
Athens, Greece, where I interviewed a number of fascinating and
inspiring figures from the world of media development, journalism,
academia, activism and human rights, including:

Fackson Banda - http://hub.witness.org/en/udhr60/facksonbanda
Catalina Botero - http://hub.witness.org/en/udhr60/catalinabotero
Jaime Abello - http://hub.witness.org/en/udhr60/JaimeAbello/English
A S Panneerselvan -
http://hub.witness.org/en/udhr60/aspanneerselvan/english
Warren Feek - http://hub.witness.org/en/udhr60/warrenfeek
Jane Ransom - http://hub.witness.org/en/udhr60/janeransom
Sunanda Deshapriya -
http://hub.witness.org/en/udhr60/sunandadeshapriya/english
Premesh Chandran -
http://hub.witness.org/en/udhr60/premeshchandran/english
and Alan Johnston - http://hub.witness.org/en/udhr60/alanjohnston

These interviews form part of WITNESS' campaign for the 60th
anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR60) -
it's all explained at the following link:
http://hub.witness.org/udhr60 - but below I'll explain a little more.
Either way, I would love to have the thoughtful and diverse
creative-radio community participate, and you can find out more below.

WITNESS (where I work) uses video to document and expose human rights
violations - but at one time or another we've all experienced the
power of visual images to make us feel what someone else feels, to see
with their eyes, to be inspired by their courage in the face of
oppression. So we asked our staff, family and friends to record a
60-second video or post a comment answering this simple question:
"What image opened your eyes to human rights?" You can talk about a a
video or a photo, a news report or a mobile phone clip, when you were
young, or quite recently, something uplifting or something bleak.

As you can see above, I've spoken to a series of fascinating people
about this, as have colleagues - and I would be honoured if you'd give
it some thought today, and share your answers with us too... You can
do it in a variety of ways - by video, ideally, by posting a comment,
by blogging about your choice, by forwarding this on to 5 friends or
colleagues you think might want to share their choice too:


- on the Hub - http://hub.witness.org/udhr60 - upload a video, post a
comment, join the Hub
- on Facebook - www.facebook.com/witness - record a video, change your
status, join the Cause...
- on YouTube - www.youtube.com/witness - record a video, post a
comment, friend us
- on Seesmic - www.seesmic.com - participate in the video conversation
- on Twitter - www.twitter.com - send a tweet with your choice, adding
#witnesshub
- on your blog - embed this video, and embed/write about your choice -
and tag your post udhr60 and witness
- if video is not a realistic possibility for you, feel free to create
an audio clip, or email your answer to me or to hub@witness.org
- take it offline - ask the question in your classroom, newsroom,
workplace, interpreters' booth...

Thanks for getting this far into the email, and I hope to see you
sharing a memory somewhere online over the coming weeks and months...

Yours, with best regards,
Sameer
--
Sameer Padania | Hub Manager, WITNESS | http://hub.witness.org/sameer

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2. SurveyMonkey - The simple way to create surveys.
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:01 pm ((PST))

The simple way to create surveys.

Intelligent survey software for primates of all species. SurveyMonkey has
a single purpose: to enable anyone to create professional online surveys
quickly and easily.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/

Our Pricing Fits Every Budget.

Whether you are just trying us out, or you are launching a major survey
campaign, our pricing is straightforward and reasonable. In fact, it's
really a "no-brainer". At any time, you can upgrade your account
seamlessly, without losing any surveys or responses collected. If you
decide to cancel, it's a hassle-free, one-click process.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/Home_Pricing.aspx

Select From Over 20 Types of Questions
We support everything from multiple choice to rating scales to open-ended
text. You can customize the layout of every question type for the ultimate
in design flexibility.

Use Our Survey Templates
Not experienced with survey design? Need a creative spark? We have over 50
survey templates in a variety of categories. Use one of our professionally
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Validate Your Survey Responses
Advanced validation options allow you to require a particular number of
answers, or validate the text that is entered.

Create Popups
You can create a custom popup for your webpage that invites people to take
your survey, while letting your visitors opt-out easily to mininize
annoyance.

Add a Logo to Your Survey
Have your own organization's logo appear at the top of your survey. As a
reminder, SurveyMonkey has never accepted any advertising, so your surveys
maintain a professional appearance.

Randomize or Sort Your Question Choices
To help mininize "ordering bias", you can automatically randomize the
choices in your questions. If you have a long list of items, you can sort
them automatically.

Create a Simple Weblink
Collecting responses is as simple as sending out a link to your survey via
email, or posting the link on your website. Respondents simply click the
link to go directly to your survey.

Save Your Survey as a PDF
Need to bring a copy of your survey to a meeting? Need to collect
responses "offline"? With one click, you can generate a version of your
survey that is specifically designed for printing.

Download Your Results
With one click, you can download a summary of your results in multiple
formats. If you're a statistics nut, you can download all of the raw data
you've collected either as a spreadsheet, or in database format. As a
reminder, all the data you collect remains absolutely private.

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3. YAHOO GROUPS WARNING - Join Bug affecting Yahoo! Broadband Partner U
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:59 pm ((PST))

ATTENTION Moderators / Owners

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: [moderatorcentral] Join Bug affecting Yahoo! Broadband Partner
Users (AT&T, Rogers, BT, and more)
From: "Gordon Strause" <gordonst@yahoo-inc.com>
Date: Mon, December 15, 2008 21:54
To: moderatorcentral@yahoogroups.com
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http://tinyurl.com/partnerjoinbug

There is currently a bug that is preventing Yahoo! Broadband partner
users (which include AT&T/SBCGlobal, Rogers, Verizon, British Telecom,
Telecom New Zealand) from being able to join (or create) groups on the
web. This bug has the same root cause as the similar problem affecting
YMail and Rocketmail users (and the experience for the user is a similar
loop), but the work around to solve the problem is slightly different.

For the moment, these users must first create an alias before they can
create a group. To do so, they should:
- Go to http://manage.members.yahoo.com/FULLEMAILADDRESSHERE
(replacing "FULLEMAILADDRESSHERE" with their full email address. So, for
example, if the user's email address was jerry313@att.net, they would
enter http://manage.members.yahoo.com/jerry313@att.net )
- Click on the "View My Profiles" link in the navigation at the top of
the page
- Click the "Create New Public Profile" button
- Once finished, click the "Finished Editing" button

Now these users should be able to join (or create) groups. Meanwhile,
we're working on a fix to make this work around unnecessary. And these
users can also be added to a group (or can subscribe via email by
sending email to GROUPNAME-subscribe@yahoogroups.com) without going
through this process either.

Sorry for the extra hassle for these folks.

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4. Campus-based community radio station CKDU in Halifax is hiring a Pro
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:21 pm ((PST))

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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [ncramembers] Please post widely: CKDU in Halifax is hiring a
Program Director!
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:49:38 -0400
From: David Parker CKDU <david@ckdu.ca>


Please post this job far and wide. thanks for your help,
in solidarity,
david parker
spoken word coordinator
CKDU 88.1 FM in Halifax


CKDU 88.1 FM IS HIRING A PROGRAM DIRECTOR!
<http://ckdu-fm.blogspot.com/2008/12/ckdu-881-fm-is-hiring-program-director.html>


CKDU-FM is the non-profit campus-based community radio station at
Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. CKDU is mandated to
provide an alternative to private and public broadcasters, providing a
forum for diverse and under-represented voices, music and news. The
station broadcasts within the Halifax region 24 hours a day, 365 days a
year and is run by more than 200 volunteers.

Nature of the Job
The Program Director is responsible for the programming schedule at
CKDU. Specifically this involves coordination of volunteer programmers
and the development of new programming initiatives. The Program Director
ensures that the station adheres to CKDU policies, CRTC regulations and
CKDU's promise of performance in regards to programming.

Applicable Skills
The Program Director must understand and work within CRTC programming
requirements and CKDU's promise of performance. Past experience with
community organizations and a demonstrated ability to work with
volunteers are essential. The Director must be supportive of a wide
variety of cultural, musical and political expressions, and be able to
discern which program proposals best match current station needs.
Practical experience in both musical and spoken word programming and
production would be beneficial. The Director must also possess effective
administration skills. The Program Director should have a strong level
of comfort working with computers and be proficient with software that
includes (but is not limited to) email clients, web browsers, file
transfer applications and word processing. Knowledge of and proficiency
with HTML and databases are assets. Familiarity with digital audio and
the Linux OS are also assets.

Salary: $15.75/hour
Terms: 32 hours/week

Applying:
Application deadline: 5:00PM AST, Friday, January 2, 2009
Submit a resume with a cover letter in person, by mail or pasted into
the body of an email (we will not accept or open email attachments) to:

Program Director Hiring Committee
c/o CKDU - FM
6136 University Ave.
Halifax, NS B3H 4J2
or
hiringcommittee@ckdu.ca <mailto:hiringcommittee@ckdu.ca>

We regret that we cannot accept submissions via fax at this time. While
we appreciate all applications, only those selected for an interview
will be contacted. No phone calls please.

CKDU is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages
applications from minority and under-represented groups.

--
David Parker
Spoken Word Coordinator

CKDU 88.1 FM
6136 University Ave. 4th Floor
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 4J2

Tel: (902) 494-2585
www.ckdu.ca <http://www.ckdu.ca>

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Monday, 15 December 2008

[creative-radio] Digest Number 2520

There are 3 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1. Paraguay: Community Radio Stations Operating Under Pirate Frequencie
From: George Lessard

2. Cancer cluster in Fort Chipewyan. Alberta downstream from the huge A
From: George Lessard

3. Bolivia: Panamericana-radio-desequilibrio-Parte-I
From: George Lessard


Messages
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1. Paraguay: Community Radio Stations Operating Under Pirate Frequencie
Posted by: "George Lessard" mediamentor@gmail.com themediamentor
Date: Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:58 pm ((PST))

Paraguay: Community Radio Stations Operating Under Pirate Frequencies
By Eduardo Avila
Many community radio stations in Paraguay have to operate with pirate
frequencies due to the unavailability of space writes Carlos Rodríguez of
Rescatar [es].
<
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/12/14/paraguay-community-radio-stations-operating-under-pirate-frequencies/
>

Full story:
http://rescatar.blogspot.com/2008/12/el-absurdo-de-la-construccin-de.html


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2. Cancer cluster in Fort Chipewyan. Alberta downstream from the huge A
Posted by: "George Lessard" mediamentor@gmail.com themediamentor
Date: Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:18 am ((PST))

http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/30702


Cancer cluster in Fort Chipewyan
Series: Redeye - Co-op Radio
Subtitle:
Program Type: Interview
Featured Speakers/Commentators: Mike Mercredi interviewed by Jane Williams
Contributor: Redeye Collective
Broadcast Restrictions: No excerpting/modifying without permission.
Summary: Mike Mercredi is a member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First
Nation. He lives in Fort Chipewyan, a small town on Lake Athabaska
downstream from the huge Alberta tar sands development. His community
has lost almost 10 per cent of its population to cancer since 1990.
Credits: Please drop us a line if you broadcast this program.

Notes: Check out our website at http://www.vcn.bc.ca/redeye/ to find
out how to contact us, listen to the show live or subscribe to our
weekly email alert

Redeye is a 3-hour radio program broadcast live every Saturday morning
on Vancouver Cooperative Radio, CFRO 102.7FM. It is produced by an
independent media collective at the studios of Coop Radio in
Vancouver's downtown eastside.

The show has been on the air for over 30 years, providing high-quality
public affairs and arts programming to listeners looking for a
progressive take on current events.


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3. Bolivia: Panamericana-radio-desequilibrio-Parte-I
Posted by: "George Lessard" mediamentor@gmail.com themediamentor
Date: Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:26 am ((PST))

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Edgar Ramos Andrade <edgar.elalto@gmail.com>
Date: 2008/12/12
Subject: Bolivia: Panamericana-radio-desequilibrio-Parte-I

Portada :: Mentiras y medios

Bolivia: Panamericana, la radio del desequilibrio (Parte I)

Edgar Ramos Andrade

Tomado de: Rebelión / 18-06-2008 /
http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=69035&titular=panamericana-la-radio-del-desequilibrio-

SANTA CRUZ-BOLIVIA (Agencia de Noticias Chaco-Amazonía-ANC).- Existen
en Bolivia algunos medios de comunicación, que atravesaron la barrera
de lo permisible en cuanto a posición político-ideológica, traducida
en contenidos mediáticos. Radio Panamericana (red nacional con
presencia internacional, vía "real audio" en internet y por satélite)
es uno de esos medios.

Ejemplo 1: El contenido de su noticiero matinal (de 7:30 a 8:00 a.m.)
del martes 11 de diciembre de 2007, en el que de doce noticias
difundidas, once (92%), son atribuidas a fuentes informativas de la
"oposición política". A ello se suma una puntualísima conexión diaria
(seguramente por contrato, y con fuerte remuneración de por medio) con
VOA ("La Voz de América", radioemisora del gobierno de EE.UU.), con
CNN-radio (Cable Network News, la transnacional experta en
manipulación de noticias) y a través de "Cuidando su salud desde los
EEUU" (programa que describe cómo resolver los males de salud del
sobre-estresante primer mundo).

Ejemplo 2: Cada domingo cerca al mediodía, al menos en los últimos
ocho años, aparecen en esta emisora, cotidianos "visitantes", que más
parecen dueños de esa radio, como ocurre con el empresario Samuel
Doria Medina, ex ministro de Planeamiento de Jaime Paz Zamora, quien
siendo tercero en la elección de 1989, llegó a ser Presidente de la
República, gracias al favor de su socio Hugo Bánzer. Doria Medina
(compañero de gabinete de Jorge Quiroga Ramírez) se muestra nervioso
en Panamericana, probablemente porque la gradual caída del dólar
afecta a sus suculentos negocios del cemento y las hamburguesas.

Ejemplo 3: Panamericana (como otros medios) "ha hecho propias las
voces de las voces de la oposición" política al actual gobierno, como
lo afirma el estudio titulado "Medios y conflicto en Bolivia: Caminos
para fomentar el papel constructivo de los medios en una
gobernabilidad vulnerable", realizado en octubre 2006, por
Internacional Media Support-IIMS (de Dinamarca).

Ejemplo 4: El gerente-propietario de Panamericana, Miguel Antonio
Dueri Antonmaria, fue embajador del Gobierno de Bolivia en Egipto, del
2 de septiembre de 1998, al 31 de mayo de 2000, durante la gestión
gubernamental del ex dictador Hugo Bánzer Suárez, y del empresario
banquero Jorge Quiroga Ramírez (1997-2002).

Por tanto, no podríamos esperar en Panamericana equilibrio
informativo, o un servicio comunicacional-social que favorezca a la
mayoría social, sino contenidos benefician (exclusivamente) a los
grupos económicos del poder, de los que su dueño forma parte.
- - -
(*) Edgar Ramos Andrade. Comunicador e investigador social. Autor del
libro "Manipulicidio Tomo I. Medios privados, "discurso perfecto",
lamento político. Bolivia, Siglo XXI" de inminente publicación, y de
la cartilla didáctica "Grupos de poder económico: dueños de los
'medios de manipulación social'" (Santa Cruz, 2007). Tel. (00591) 77
22 07 36. E-mail: chaco.amazonia@gmail.com

= = =

Bolivia: Panamericana-radio-desequilibrio-Parte-I


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Sunday, 14 December 2008

[creative-radio] Digest Number 2519

There are 3 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1. Artists Against Apartheid: radio broadcast
From: Stefan Christoff

2. Community Radio in Election Manifesto of Bangladesh Awami League NIN
From: George Lessard

3. Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada Le Réseau francophon
From: George Lessard


Messages
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1. Artists Against Apartheid: radio broadcast
Posted by: "Stefan Christoff" christoff@resist.ca
Date: Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:04 pm ((PST))


From: info@tadamon.ca


* Artists Against Apartheid: radio broadcast

-------------------------------
MONDAY DECEMBER 15th 12h00 - 14h00
live broadcast on CKUT Radio, 90.3fm
tune-in globally via live stream at www.ckut.ca
-------------------------------

http://www.tadamon.ca/post/2078

Throughout the past year in Montreal multiple artists have come together
for Artists Against Apartheid, an ongoing concert series uniting artists
in solidarity with the growing international movement against Israeli
apartheid.

CKUT radio presents a special radio broadcast featuring live performances
recorded at the Artists Against Apartheid concert series throughout this
past year, recordings that are being broadcast for the first time live on
CKUT community radio in Montreal.

Broadcast will feature performances from groundbreaking artists from
different front-lines within Montreal's internationally celebrated music
scene; featuring live performances from the celebrated hip-hop ensemble
Nomadic Massive, jazz saxophonist Matana Roberts, cellist Rebecca Foon
from Silver Mt. Zion, composer Antoine Bustros, hip-hop artist Vox Sambou,
the Kalmunity Vibe Collective, Balkan musician Lubo Alexandrov, poet Kaie
Kellough and others...

As a cultural initiative Artists Against Apartheid occurs as Israel's
military occupation over the Gaza Strip and West Bank intensifies, in
violation of international law and multiple U.N. resolutions. Palestinian
citizens face an entrenched system of racial discrimination and
segregation, resembling the defeated apartheid system in South Africa. A
matrix of Israeli-only roads, electrified fences, and over 500 military
checkpoints and roadblocks erase freedom of movement.

In response to apartheid policies imposed on the Palestinian people by
Israel multiple artists are coming together in Montreal through the
ongoing Artists Against Apartheid concert series, presenting a cultural
force in solidarity with the ongoing Palestinian struggle for freedom.

This radio broadcast is presented on CKUT radio within Tadamon!'s ongoing
political campaigns operating in Canada, including the campaign for
boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israeli apartheid state and the
campaign to challenge the listing of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization
by the Canadian government.

* Tadamon!: challenging Hezbollah's listing as a 'Terrorist' group in Canada
http://www.tadamon.ca/campaigns/de-listing-hezbollah

* Tadamon!: boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israeli apartheid
http://www.tadamon.ca/campaigns/boycott-divestment-and-sanctions-against-israeli-apartheid

Tadamon! Montreal:
tel: 514 664 1036
email: info[at]tadamon.ca

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2. Community Radio in Election Manifesto of Bangladesh Awami League NIN
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:11 pm ((PST))

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Community Radio in Election Manifesto of Bangladesh Awami League
NINETH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS-2008: A Charter for Change
From: "AHM. Bazlur Rahman" <ceo@bnnrc.net>
Date: Sat, December 13, 2008 03:37
To: media@web.net
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Community Radio Services in Election Manifesto of Bangladesh Awami League

NINTH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS-2008

A Charter for Change

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday (12 December, 2008)
unveiled her party's election manifesto titled Charter for Change.
Community Radio services has already included in Charter for Change under
the Freedom of mass media and information.

19. Freedom of mass media and information
19.1 The freedom of all types of mass media and flow of information will
be ensured. Initiatives will be taken for community radio services,
besides national radio network.

19.2 Investigation and trial of assassination of all journalists will be
made expeditiously and the real criminals will be given exemplary
punishment. Persecution and intimidation of journalists will be stopped.
All false cases against them will be withdrawn.

19.3 Discrimination in distribution of advertisements on partisan
consideration shall be discontinued, and development of the newspaper as
an industry will be aided.


For happy reading http://www.albd.org/autoalbd/content/view/367/


[...]
Wecome to visit our office.

With best regards,

Bazlu
_______________________
AHM. Bazlur Rahman-S21BR
Chief Executive Officer
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication(BNNRC)
&
Member, Strategy Council
UN-Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID)

House: 13/1, Road:2, Shaymoli, Dhaka-1207
Post Box: 5095, Dhaka 1205 Bangladesh

Phone: 88-02-9130750, 88-02-9138501
01711881647 Fax: 88-02-9138501-105

E-mail: ceo@bnnrc.net, bnnrc@bd.drik.net
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3. Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada Le Réseau francophon
Posted by: "George Lessard" mediamentor@gmail.com themediamentor
Date: Sun Dec 14, 2008 7:30 am ((PST))

Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada

http://ottawa.cioc.ca/details.asp?RSN=4852

*Record #*: OCR1305 *Last Modified*: 04 Dec 2008 *Last Full Update*: 02 Dec
2008 Organization Information Alternate NameARC ; RFA Legal NameAlliance
des radios communautaires du Canada Le Réseau francophone d'amériqueAddress,
Telephone, E-mail, Website, Location Address325 Dalhousie St, 2nd Flr
Ottawa, ON K1N 7G2

[image: Google Map]<http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&q=325%20Dalhousie%20St,%20Ottawa,%20ON%20Canada>
Located
In CommunityOttawa Office Phone613-562-0000 Toll Free Phone1-866-562-0003
Fax613-562-2182 E-mailf.cote@radiorfa.com Websitewww.radiorfa.com
AccessibilityFully Accessible IntersectionYork St ParkingParking meters Bus
Routes1, 3
OC Transpo OC Travel Planner
<http://www.octranspo.com/tps/jnot/startEN.oci>or OC
Bus Schedules <http://www.octranspo.com/maps_menue.htm>Description and
Services Languages of ServiceFrench Areas ServedCanada DescriptionL'ARC du
Canada a été fondée lors de la rencontre nationale des radios communautaires
francophones et acadiennes de mars 1991. Son mandat est d'assumer la
coordination de l'ensemble du dossier de la radio communautaire sur la scène
nationale pour les communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada. L'ARC du
Canada compte présentement 31 membres actifs, dont 25 en ondes et 6 en
implantation. HoursMon-Fri 8:00am-4:30pm DatesÀ longueur d'annéeContact
Information Primary ContactFrançois Coté, Secrétair général, Phone:
613-562-0000 poste 354, Email: f.cote@radiorfa.com Alternate ContactSimon
Forgues, Agent de soutien aux radios, Phone: 613-562-0000 poste 305, Email:
s.forgues@radiorfa.com Primary ExecutiveRoger Ouellette, Président, Email:
r.ouellette@radiorfa.comAdditional Information AccreditationNo Print
MaterialAnnual Report ResourcesWebsite Established1991 FundingFederal -
Canadian Heritage ; Sale of Goods - PublicitySubjects
SubjectsComplaints<http://ottawa.cioc.ca/results.asp?SubjID=457>;
Media <http://ottawa.cioc.ca/results.asp?SubjID=1354> ;
Radio<http://ottawa.cioc.ca/results.asp?SubjID=1758>;
Telecommunications <http://ottawa.cioc.ca/results.asp?SubjID=2106>


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Saturday, 13 December 2008

[creative-radio] Digest Number 2518

There are 2 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1. Dial-A-Stranger
From: George Lessard

2. MENA Fw: Appeal for Donations: Stop Female Genital Mutilation in Ira
From: tamara aqrabawe


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1. Dial-A-Stranger
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Sat Dec 13, 2008 8:02 am ((PST))

About Dial-A-Stranger
http://transom.org/home.php/?p=340

Wouldn't it be great if you were walking down the street and your phone
rang? You know what would be even better? If, when you picked up the
phone, it wasn't a telemarketer or someone calling to ask you about your
expired car warranty, but two people genuinely interested in your day and
the stories you have to tell.

That's what Dial-A-Stranger tries to do–interject a little bit of art,
mystery and general excitement into your day. The hosts take questions
from listeners, and attempt to find answers to them by asking strangers
over the telephone. The results are compiled into a weekly podcast.
Mercedes Martinez and Zachary Kent started the show to highlight the
stories of everyday people and to be the excitement they wanted to see in
the world. In the process of producing the show they have talked to people
about a wide range of diverse subjects including tiki conventions, egg
donation, Disneyland and bounty hunting. This knowledge would make them
much more interesting at the dinner parties they still aren't invited to.

Listen to "Life Savers"
http://transom.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/das-life_savers.mp3

Related Links
Dial-A-Stranger
http://www.dialastranger.com/

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2. MENA Fw: Appeal for Donations: Stop Female Genital Mutilation in Ira
Posted by: "tamara aqrabawe" aqrabawe@yahoo.com.au aqrabawe
Date: Sat Dec 13, 2008 8:03 am ((PST))


 
----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Thomas v. der Osten-Sacken <thomasvdo@yahoo.de>
To: wadi_org@yahoo.de
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 2:44:17 AM
Subject: Appeal for Donations: Stop Female Genital Mutilation in Iraqi-Kurdistan


 
Stop Female Genital Mutilation in Iraqi-Kurdistan: 
Appeal for Donations
 
 
We invite you to take part in social change in the making. Over the past four years, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Iraqi-Kurdistan has ceased to be a practice protected by the silence of strict social taboo. FGM is now the topic of open public debate, with growing active support to ban it by law and combat against it through social, medical and educational action. This remarkable change has been made possible by a group of local activists, working across Iraqi-Kurdistan in WADI's various projects and initiatives for women's rights and equality. Not only have we exposed and began to document how wide-spread FGM is in our society, but we have also launched in 2006 a campaign to stop it. To hold to the successes achieved by this campaign so far, and to advance further, we need your support: any donation can make a difference.
 
 
Stopping FGM in Iraqi-Kurdistan: successes, hopes and challenges


Female genital mutilation is recognized in international conventions as a human rights violation and a severe form of violence against women. For several decades, international and local agencies and organizations have been campaigning against it in various countries of Africa, and more recently in Europe as well. But in Iraq, as in other countries of the Middle East, official documents of governments and United Nations agencies alike, still neglect this abuse.
In 2004, members of WADI'smobile teams – working to provide basic medical, social and educational support to women in the rural areas of Garmyan region – received first reports about FGM. They started to ask questions: interviewing a sample of nearly 1,500 women and young girls in various villages, the mobile teams discovered that 907 of them were victims of FGM. A study in the area of Erbil brought similar results: of 440 women interviewed, 380 were circumcised.
Following these troubling discoveries, the campaign Stop FGM in Kurdistan was launched in 2006, planned and carried out by Wadi's staff in Iraq in cooperation with other local women's groups and human rights organizations.  The Suleymiah-based Iraqi NGO WOLA – Woman Law Center  is now running this camapaign in co-operation with Wadi.
 
In the end of two short years since its beginning, the campaign can already report successes:
 
Documentation

In 2007 we began a data-collection research in all three Governorates of Iraqi-Kurdistan, interviewing more than 1,800 women. Analysis of the data has not been finalized yet, but preliminary findings show that FGM is indeed widespread across the region – ranging from 60% to virtually 100% affected women in different areas.
The operation is done in secret to girls aged 4-12. It is carried out by a women member of the family, a neighbour or a midwife. No anaesthetics are used, and instruments are usually not sterile. The girl's clitoris is being cut and sometimes part of the labia. To stop the bleeding the wound is covered with ash or icy water.
The latest findings from the Pishder region and Raniyah paint a dramatic picture of the situation: between March and August 2008, Wadi's mobile team paid 115 regular visits to 50 Villages and 25 girls schools in the Raniya region and as a result they met 2,952 women and girls. From these a total of 2,810 were mutilated, which amounts to 95 %.
 
Breaking the silence
 
These sad facts have been reported in local media, covered by newspapers, debated upon in magazines, radio stations and talk shows. This is an unprecedented appearance of FGM in the public sphere anywhere in the Middle East . This is a remarkable achievement – the secrecy and pretence that FGM does not happen have been an important source of power for the continuation of this practice.
Just recently the minister of health, Zarian Abdel Rahman, on behalf of the Kurdish Regional Government admitted publicly that in the region "60 percent of girls aged four to fourteen undergo circumcision, despite warnings by ministers against this grievous practice committed in the name of religion and hygiene." (AFP, 22.10.2008).
 
Public mobilisation
 
On the occasion of the International Women's Day, in March 2007, the campaign Stop FGM in Kurdistan published an open letter to the Kurdish Regional Parliament, in all local newspapers demanding it to legally ban FGM. In only few days, more than 14,000 people signed the letter, among them prominent journalists, artists and writers.
 
Legal reform
 
Following the public support to the demand to ban FGM, an experts conference met in April 2007, including lawyers, physicians, women's right and human rights activists to draft an anti-FGM law. The bill was submitted to the Regional Parliament and is expected to come into force by the end of 2008.
 
Social and educational action
 
Breaking the silence, mobilising public opinion and advancing a legal ban are the first steps in a longer process to stop FGM. To raise awareness, provide information and practical medical, social and psychological assistance WADI runs women-lead local mobile teams. They visit villages and schools, especially in the rural areas of the region, where services are hardly available and the formal education of women is low.
Through their long term work, the teams have come to be accepted and trusted in the communities in which they work, and can therefore help brining about change. Locally produced films about FGM are shown by the teams in the villages. The teams' experience has shown that many women are willing and hoping to stop this practice, and do not wish to put their own daughters through this. But they lack the support and organization to resist the strong social pressures to conform. The mobile teams help fulfilling this important need.
 
What You Can Do
 
We need your donation to continue the work of the Anti-FGM mobile teams – for their training and operation costs, and for setting up new teams to meet local demand.
 
$ 1,800 is enough to cover the monthly costs of each team. In this very cost-effective enterprise any donation, large or small, will make a difference. The teams-staff already sees a decrease in newly mutilated girls in the villages where they work.
 
You can also help us get more people to know about this appeal: forward the appeal to your friends and colleagues, tell them about it, post it on your blog or write to your local newspaper.
 
 
Thank you very much and we wish all of you peaceful holidays and all the best for the year 2009
 
Suaad Abdulrahman
 
 
Donation Account:
Account Number: 612 305 602
Bank: Postbank Frankfurt
Code: 500 100 60
IBAN: DE43500100600612305602
BIC: PBNKDEFF
Ref: Stop FGM Kurdistan
 
or via Paypal:
 
 
 
 
For any questions or further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at:
 
 
 
StopFGM Kurdistan
email: stopfgmkurdistan@yahoo.com
Tel: 00964-7701-588173
www.stopfgmkurdistan.org
 
 
 
 
 
 WADI e. V.
Herborner Str. 62
D-60439 Frankfurt a. M.
Tel: 069-57002440/ Fax: 069-57002444
email: info@wadinet.de
www.wadinet.de



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Friday, 12 December 2008

[creative-radio] Digest Number 2517

There are 4 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1. Getting more out of Google
From: George Lessard

2. Community Radio Ramaroshan in Nepal resumes operation
From: George Lessard

3. Jurnalisme Sastrawi
From: Siti Nurrofiqoh

4. MENA The Radio Conference 2009: A Transnational Forum
From: George Lessard


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1. Getting more out of Google
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:50 pm ((PST))

http://www.j-source.ca/english_new/detail.php?id=2415

By
Robert Ortega

How often do you start a search by looking on Google? Yeah, I do that more
often than I'd like to admit, too. But even if you think of yourself as a
Google sophisticate, chances are there are a lot of advanced and
specialized search techniques you aren't taking advantage of – in part
because Google is always developing new and useful ways to search. One
caveat – keep in mind that, for political and other reasons, Google
sometimes engages in search-result censorship (here's a recent example),
so you should never assume that not finding something on Google means it
isn't out there on the Internet somewhere. Hereand here are explanations
of how the censorship works.

That said, Google still offers a useful starting point. There are easy
ways to find new Google-related tools, but first let's review a few
existing tools that are particularly helpful for reporters. One such, I
think, is a link-navigation query. In Google's search box, if you type
link: before the URL for a website, Google will list all the other sites
that link to that website. Just use the domain name (that's whatever is
between the http:// and the first "/" at the end of the URL). For example,
if you type in link: www.J-source.ca you'll find the 661 websites that
have linked to this site. What's the point? Sometimes it can be helpful to
see who's linking to a site when you're looking for a particular source,
or trying to get more information about a website, a company, or what have
you.

There are lots of other useful search terms (what Google calls search
operators) that you can type directly into the search box, instead of
having to go to the "advanced search" page. To offer a few examples...

http://www.j-source.ca/english_new/detail.php?id=2415

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2. Community Radio Ramaroshan in Nepal resumes operation
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:53 pm ((PST))

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: [Asiapacific-general] Community Radio Ramaroshan in Nepal resumes
operation
From: "Suman Basnet" <suman@wlink.com.np>
Date: Thu, December 11, 2008 23:39
To: asiapacific-general@lists.amarc.org
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FYKI

From: Pramod Tandukar [mailto:pramod@acorab.org]
Sent: Thursday, 11 December, 2008 5:12 PM

Padlocked Radio Ramaroshan resumed transmission

After strong objection of ACORAB, local intellectuals and local community,
Radio Ramaroshan resumed transmission from morning of 10 December 2008 after
two days of padlock.

In spite of regular threatening to the station for broadcasting series of
investigative report on corruption, black marketing and illegal trading of
liquor, the station continued to do so. A group of people padlocked the
station at the presence of Police Inspector on 8 December 2008. Though the
people apologised and let the station to resume unconditional at the
presence of Chief District Officer, it is very serious to know that local
police provided back support to padlock the station.

Along with issuing a strong press release condemning such coward act, ACORAB
did talk to Chief District Officer, District Police Officer, local party
leaders and Constituent Assembly members to draw their serious attention on
taking stern action against the culprits and provide support to the station.


Being umbrella organisation of community radios of Nepal, ACORAB will not
compromise on protecting right to information and freedom of expression and
will strongly defend to protect member community radios of Nepal. ACORAB
appreciates all for providing support to the station.


Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (ACORAB)

Kathmandu, Nepal

Email: pramod@acorab.org

Phone: +977 (1) 5011609

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3. Jurnalisme Sastrawi
Posted by: "Siti Nurrofiqoh" fiqohpantau@yahoo.co.id fiqohpantau
Date: Fri Dec 12, 2008 6:36 am ((PST))

Kursus Jurnalisme Sastrawi XVI


Jakarta, 7-16 Januari 2009

Hari ini
hampir tak ada warga yang mendapatkan breaking news dari suratkabar.
Mereka mendapatkannya dari televisi, radio, SMS, telepon atau internet.
Tantangan baru muncul: bagaimana cara menulis panjang? Bukankah
relevansi suratkabar makin terletak pada kemampuannya menyajikan
analisis?

Tawaran ini di New York dijawab Tom Wolfe pada 1973. Wolfe mengenalkan sebuah genre baru saat itu: New Journalism.
Ia mengawinkan disiplin keras dalam jurnalisme dengan daya pikat
sastra. Ibarat novel tapi faktual. Genre ini mensyaratkan liputan
dalam, namun memikat. Genre ini kemudian dikenal dengan nama narative
reporting atau literary journalism. Menurut Nieman Reports, sejak
1980an, suratkabar-suratkabar di Amerika banyak memakai elemennya
ketika kecepatan televisi memaksa tampil dengan laporan mendalam.

Di
Jakarta, genre ini diperkenalkan lewat sebuah kursus pada Juli 2001.
Mula-mula hanya dua kali namun permintaan tetap datang.
Angkatan-angkatan baru pun dibuat setiap satu semester. Peserta datang
dari berbagai kota, dari Banda Aceh hingga Jayapura, dari Pontianak
hingga Kuching, dari Ende hingga Kupang. Alumninya, kini mulai
bermunculan. Ada yang menulis buku. Ada yang jadi pemimpin redaksi. Ada
yang sekolah lanjut.

Kursus ini dibuat dua minggu. Peserta
adalah orang yang biasa menulis untuk media. Setidaknya berpengalaman
sekitar lima tahun. Peserta maksimal 16 orang agar pengampu punya
perhatian memadai buat semua peserta. Calon peserta diharapkan mengirim
biodata dan contoh tulisan agar pengampu mengetahui kemampuan dasar
peserta lebih awal. Biaya pendaftaran Rp 3 juta. Biaya tersebut sudah
termasuk buku dan materi kursus non buku sekitar 200 halaman serta
coffe break dan makan siang.

INSTRUKTUR


Janet Steele --
Profesor dari George Washington University, spesialisasi sejarah media,
mengajar mata kuliah narrative journalism. Menulis buku The Sun Shines
for All: Journalism and Ideology in the Life of Charles A. Dana dan
Wars Within: The Story of Tempo, an Independent Magazine in Soeharto´s Indonesia, yang ahlibahahaskan oleh Arif Zulkifli dan diterbitkan oleh P.T. Dian Rakyat tahun 2007.  Juga menulis tentang jurnalisme di Timor Leste dan Malaysia. 

Andreas Harsono
-- Wartawan feature service Pantau, anggota International Consortium of
Investigative Journalists, mendapatkan Nieman Fellowship di Universitas
Harvard. Menyunting buku Jurnalisme Sastrawi: Antologi Liputan Mendalam
dan Memikat. Kini menyelesaikan buku From Sabang
to Merauke: Debunking the Myth of Indonesian Nationalism, membahas
hubungan media dengan kekerasan etnik, agama dan nasionalisme di
Indonesia dan Timor Lorosae.

SILABUS

MINGGU PERTAMA oleh Janet Steele

Rabu, 7 January 2009 pukul 10:00-12:00
- Pembukaan: perkenalan, membicarakan silabus dan membagi tugas.
Diskusi tentang kemungkinan jurnalisme sastrawi untuk keperluan
suratkabar, lebih praktis, serta sejarah dan perbedaan antara "new,"
"literary" dan "narrative" journalism.

Bacaan: "The Girl of
the Year" oleh Tom Wolfe;  "Dua Jam Bersama Hasan Tiro" oleh Arif
Zulkifli;  "A Boy Who Was Like a Flower" oleh Anthony Shadid, "For Now,
Indonesian Fishermen Are Forced to Abandon the Sea Officials Must Move
Quickly to Revive Industry, Advocates Say" oleh Ellen Nakashima,
"Soldiers Face Neglect, Frustration At Army´s Top Medical Facility"
oleh Dana Priest dan Anne Hull, "Violence Change Fortunes Of Storied
Baghdad Street" oleh Sudarsan Raghavan.

Rabu, 7 Januari 2009 pukul 13:00-15:00
-- Diskusi lanjutan tentang definisi jurnalisme sastrawi, dari Tom
Wolfe hingga Mark Kramer, dan pengaruhnya pada perkembangan suratkabar
mainstream di Amerika Serikat.

Tugas
untuk hari Kamis:  Menulis tentang sebuah peristiwa yang disaksikan. 
Mulai dengan adegan, tanpa "penjelasan." bersadarkan karya Tom Wolfe
"The Girl of the Year." Topiknya bisa apa saja tapi yang bisa memikat
pembaca untuk membaca narasi itu. Mohon tak membuat lebih panjang dari
dua halaman, dua spasi  agar semua peserta bisa mendapat bagian
membacakan karyanya.

Kamis, 8 Januari
2009 pukul 10:00-12:00 -- Diskusi tentang pekerjaan rumah.

Bacaan: 
"Sebuah Kegilaan di Simpang Kraft" oleh Chik Rini; sebagian dari buku
"In Cold Blood" karya Truman Capote dan kliping dari harian The New York Times pada 1959 "Wealthy Family, 3 of Family Slain."

Kamis, 8 Januari 2009 pukul 13:00-15:00
-- Diskusi tentang immersion reporting berdasarkan karya Truman Capote
"In Cold Blood" serta membandingkannya dengan "Sebuah Kegilaan di
Simpang Kraft."

Tugas untuk hari Jumat: Tulislah sebuah narasi
dengan gaya orang pertama ("saya" atau "aku" atau "abdi" atau "gua"
atau lainnya) untuk menggambarkan sebuah adegan. Gunakan model "Buru,
Menziarahi Negeri penghabisan" oleh Amarzan Loebis, dimana Amarzan
memasukkan dirinya dalam laporannya. Bahan ini akan dibacakan di depan
kelas. Panjang maksimal dua halaman, dua spasi.

Jumat, 9 Januari 2009 pukul 10:00-12:00 -- Diskusi tentang pekerjaan rumah yang dibuat berdasarkan "Buru, Menziarahi Negeri penghabisan" serta persoalan kata "saya."

Bacaan:
"Tikungan Terakhir" (laporan kematian wartawan Rudi Singgih) oleh Agus
Sopian; "It´s an Honor" oleh Jimmy Breslin, "Buru, Menziarahi Negeri
penghabisan" oleh Amarzan Loebis.


 


Jumat, 9 Januari 2009 pukul 13:00-15:00
-- Diskusi tentang persoalan struktur narasi, dan bagaimana
memanfaatkan narasi dalam berita hangat (breaking news) dengan contoh
"Tikungan Terakhir" oleh Agus Sopian dan "It´s an Honor" oleh Jimmy
Breslin. Penutupan serta tanya jawab dan penyerahan sertifikat.

MINGGU KEDUA oleh Andreas Harsono

Senin, 12 Januari 2009 pukul 10:00-12:00 -- Diskusi tentang
dasar-dasar dan etika jurnalisme. Pedomannya, The Elements of Journalism karya Bill Kovach dan Tom Rosenstiel. [Andreas Harsono]  

Bacaan: Buku
Sembilan Elemen Jurnalisme terjemahan karya Kovach dan Rosenstiel
disediakan dalam paket. Ada resensinya oleh Andreas Harsono. "Media
Bias in Covering the Tsunami in Aceh" karya Andreas Harsono.

Senin, 12 Januari 2009 pukul 13:00-15:00 - Diskusi soal jurnalisme sastrawi, membedakan mana yang fakta dan mana yang fiksi, tujuh pertimbangan dalam genre ini.

Bacaan: "Kegusaran Tom Wolfe" oleh Septiawan Santana Kurnia; "Ibarat Kawan Lama
Datang Bercerita" oleh Andreas Harsono dalam buku Jurnalisme Sastrawi;
laporan-laporan dalam Nieman Narrative Journalism Conference.

Tugas
untuk hari Rabu: Perhatikan sesuatu di lingkungan Anda. Bikin deskripsi
dengan padat. Manfaatkan penciuman, pendengaran, warna, gerakan,
kasar-halus, kontras (lucu, aneh, menarik) dan sebagainya. Hindarkan
klise macam "nyiur melambai" atau "angin sepoi-sepoi." Bikin deskripsi
yang akan merampas perhatian pembaca! Maksimal satu halaman. Bacalah
"Reporting in the key to good journalism" oleh Steven A. Holmes.

Rabu, 14 Januari 2009 pukul 10:00-12:00
- Diskusi lanjutan soal jurnalisme dan masalahnya dengan
nasionalisme-agama-etnik-ideologi-gender. Contoh-contoh dari Indonesia.


Bacaan tambahan: "The Ethnic Origins of Religious Conflict in
North Maluku Province, 1999-2000" oleh Chris Wilson; "Panasnya
Pontianak, Panasnya Politik" oleh Andreas Harsono dan Douglas Kammen;
"Fire Without Smoke and other phantoms of Ambon's violence" oleh
Patricia Spyer.

Rabu, 14 Januari 2009 pukul 13:00-15:00 - Diskusi struktur narasi dengan contoh "Hiroshima" karya John Hersey.

Bacaan:
"Hiroshima" oleh John Hersey; "Menyusuri Jejak John `Hiroshima´ Hersey" oleh Bimo Nugroho.

Tugas
untuk hari Jumat: Carilah seseorang yang menarik serta wawancarailah
dia. Gunakan wawancara itu guna membuat deskripsi dan dialog. Pilih
kalimat-kalimat yang bernas, memikat, indah, kuat serta menyentak.
Maksimal satu halaman. Pikirkan dampak dari setiap kalimat dalam
mengikat emosi pembaca.

Jumat, 16 Januari 2009 pukul 10:00-12:00
- Satu isu namun muncul dalam empat pendekatan. Isunya Aceh. Munculnya,
empat naskah, empat gaya, empat struktur. Juga akan mendiskusikan
pekerjaan rumah.

Bacaan: "Kejarlah Daku Kau Kusekolahkan" karya Alfian Hamzah; "Republik Indonesia Kilometer Nol" karya Andreas Harsono; "Sebuah Kegilaan di Simpang Kraft" karya Chik Rini.

Jumat, 16 Januari 2009 pukul 13:00-15:00 -- Diskusi tentang sumber anonim
dan teknik interview. Berlatih interview dengan bantuan video dan layar televisi.

Bacaan: "Tujuh Kriteria Sumber Anonim"; "Ten Tips for Better Interviews;" "Interviewing Sources" oleh Isabel Wilkerson.

Informasi hubungi:

Siti Nurrofiqoh


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Mobile. 081382460455


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4. MENA The Radio Conference 2009: A Transnational Forum
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:44 am ((PST))

Surely many staff and volunteers in our family will have ideas to submit
for this conference coming up!

Kevin

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www.ncra.ca . 1 866 859 8086 . 613 321 1440


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From: Nan Rubin <nanrubin@aol.com>
Date: Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 11:49 AM
Subject: [grc] The Radio Conference 2009: A Transnational Forum
To: WBAIStaffNotices@yahoogroups.com, WBAIProducers@yahoogroups.com,
grc@peak.org, stubblefield@prometheusradio.org


The Radio Conference 2009: A Transnational Forum

Location: York University, Toronto, Canada,
Dates: July 27-30th, 2009

This conference – the fifth transnational forum – aims to continue the
work of Sussex 2001, Madison, Wisconsin 2003 Melbourne 2005 and
Lincoln 2007 to bring together scholars, practitioners, and students
of radio to share ideas and perspectives on radio's cultural role in
an increasingly global media context.
We welcome proposals and abstracts for papers, panels, and symposia on
all aspects of radio – historical, cultural, critical, and
institutional – including investigations of the changing form and
content of radio and its associated audio media.

Preference will be given to papers and panels which report on current
empirical research, introduce innovations in learning and teach ing
strategies, or engagement with key areas of theory or debate in radio
studies.

You may submit proposals for individual papers, pre-constituted
panels, or symposia. Papers should be in English primarily. Should
there be sufficient interest, French and/or bilingual panels may be
formed. See our website at
http://theradioconference2009.apps01.yorku.ca/
<http://theradioconference2009.apps01.yorku.ca/> for information and
instructions on how to submit your proposal. Information about keynote
speakers, accommodation, travel, helpful links, and the conference
schedule will be posted when available.

Submission deadlines

Abstracts deadline is Friday 30th January 2009 and decisions will
be20communicated before Tuesday 30 March 2009. If you have a
particular need for an earlier decision please explain why in your
submission. Please send a 250 to 300 word abstract, brief author's
biography and contact information to Anne MacLennan at
radio09@yorku.ca (radio zero nine at yorku.ca).

The conference is jointly sponsored by the York University, Toronto
and the Radio Studies Network.

The proposals will be peer reviewed by a panel of international
scholars including:

Gail Philips, Murdoch University, Australia
Per Jauert, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Ken Garner, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
David Hendy, University of Westminster, UK
Paul Moore, University of Ulster, UK
Michael Keith, Boston College, USA
Peter Lewis, London Metropolitan University, UK
Anne Dunn, University of Sydney, Australia
David Goodman, University of Melbourne, Australia
Hugh Chignell, Bournemouth University, UK
Eric Rothenbuhler, Texas A&M University, USA
Kate Lacey, University of Sussex, UK
Russell Johnston, Brock University, Canada
Jeff Webb, Memorial University, Canada
Len Kuffert, University of Manitoba, Canada
Organizing Committe

Anne MacLennan (York University, Canada; Joint chair)
Tim Wall (Birmingham City University, UK; Joint chair)
Michele Hilmes (University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA)
John Tebbutt (Latrobe University, Melbourne, Australia)

Please contact radio09@yorku.ca to submit abstracts and for further
information. You may also post questions and comments that you think
will be generally useful at
http://theradioconference2009.apps01.yorku.ca/
<http://theradioconference2009.apps01.yorku.ca/> .
Information will be regularly updated.

* * * * *
Nan Rubin
Community Media Services
4700 Broadway #2J
NYC NY 10040 USA
212-569-3391
http://www.nanrubin.com
"Plan your escape..."
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Thursday, 11 December 2008

[creative-radio] Digest Number 2516

There are 2 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1. Global kids radio seeks cooperation, contributions
From: George Lessard

2. The Radio Conference 2009: A Transnational Forum
From: George Lessard


Messages
________________________________________________________________________
1. Global kids radio seeks cooperation, contributions
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:53 am ((PST))

Global kids radio seeks cooperation, contributions

A German-based youth radio program for kids ages 3 -13 worldwide called
Radijojo is inviting radio journalists from around the world to contribute
and become part of its network.

Radijojo, which invites children to make their own shows, currently
produces educational and cultural content with the contributions of
schools, communities, radio stations and child projects from countries in
five continents.

Programs are focused on early music education, transnational
understanding, health education, ethics, environmental education, science
programs, language learning, promotion of peace, political awareness,
children's literature, etc.

Interested journalists should contribute radio productions in English,
French, Spanish or German. Technical support is also needed for regional
parts of the network, such as local radio stations and children projects.
To learn more, go to
<https://www.ijnet.org/ijnet/training_opportunities/global_kids_radio_seeks_cooperation_contributions>


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________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
2. The Radio Conference 2009: A Transnational Forum
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:06 am ((PST))

Surely many staff and volunteers in our family will have ideas to submit
for this conference coming up!

Kevin

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l'Association nationale des radios étudiantes at communautaires
www.ncra.ca . 1 866 859 8086 . 613 321 1440


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Nan Rubin <nanrubin@aol.com>
Date: Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 11:49 AM
Subject: [grc] The Radio Conference 2009: A Transnational Forum
To: WBAIStaffNotices@yahoogroups.com, WBAIProducers@yahoogroups.com,
grc@peak.org, stubblefield@prometheusradio.org


The Radio Conference 2009: A Transnational Forum

Location: York University, Toronto, Canada,
Dates: July 27-30th, 2009

This conference – the fifth transnational forum – aims to continue the
work of Sussex 2001, Madison, Wisconsin 2003 Melbourne 2005 and
Lincoln 2007 to bring together scholars, practitioners, and students
of radio to share ideas and perspectives on radio's cultural role in
an increasingly global media context.
We welcome proposals and abstracts for papers, panels, and symposia on
all aspects of radio – historical, cultural, critical, and
institutional – including investigations of the changing form and
content of radio and its associated audio media.

Preference will be given to papers and panels which report on current
empirical research, introduce innovations in learning and teach ing
strategies, or engagement with key areas of theory or debate in radio
studies.

You may submit proposals for individual papers, pre-constituted
panels, or symposia. Papers should be in English primarily. Should
there be sufficient interest, French and/or bilingual panels may be
formed. See our website at
http://theradioconference2009.apps01.yorku.ca/
<http://theradioconference2009.apps01.yorku.ca/> for information and
instructions on how to submit your proposal. Information about keynote
speakers, accommodation, travel, helpful links, and the conference
schedule will be posted when available.

Submission deadlines

Abstracts deadline is Friday 30th January 2009 and decisions will
be20communicated before Tuesday 30 March 2009. If you have a
particular need for an earlier decision please explain why in your
submission. Please send a 250 to 300 word abstract, brief author's
biography and contact information to Anne MacLennan at
radio09@yorku.ca (radio zero nine at yorku.ca).

The conference is jointly sponsored by the York University, Toronto
and the Radio Studies Network.

The proposals will be peer reviewed by a panel of international
scholars including:

Gail Philips, Murdoch University, Australia
Per Jauert, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Ken Garner, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
David Hendy, University of Westminster, UK
Paul Moore, University of Ulster, UK
Michael Keith, Boston College, USA
Peter Lewis, London Metropolitan University, UK
Anne Dunn, University of Sydney, Australia
David Goodman, University of Melbourne, Australia
Hugh Chignell, Bournemouth University, UK
Eric Rothenbuhler, Texas A&M University, USA
Kate Lacey, University of Sussex, UK
Russell Johnston, Brock University, Canada
Jeff Webb, Memorial University, Canada
Len Kuffert, University of Manitoba, Canada
Organizing Committe

Anne MacLennan (York University, Canada; Joint chair)
Tim Wall (Birmingham City University, UK; Joint chair)
Michele Hilmes (University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA)
John Tebbutt (Latrobe University, Melbourne, Australia)

Please contact radio09@yorku.ca to submit abstracts and for further
information. You may also post questions and comments that you think
will be generally useful at
http://theradioconference2009.apps01.yorku.ca/
<http://theradioconference2009.apps01.yorku.ca/> .
Information will be regularly updated.

* * * * *
Nan Rubin
Community Media Services
4700 Broadway #2J
NYC NY 10040 USA
212-569-3391
http://www.nanrubin.com
"Plan your escape..."
________________________________
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Wednesday, 10 December 2008

[creative-radio] Digest Number 2515

There are 3 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1. MENA Fw: UN: Violence Against Iraqi Women Largely Ignored
From: tamara aqrabawe

2. Radio 1812: The EU and its migration policies
From: Rene Plaetevoet

3. Kathmandu, Nepal: Ramaroshan FM Station Padlocked
From: George Lessard


Messages
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1. MENA Fw: UN: Violence Against Iraqi Women Largely Ignored
Posted by: "tamara aqrabawe" aqrabawe@yahoo.com.au aqrabawe
Date: Tue Dec 9, 2008 7:16 pm ((PST))


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To: tamara aqrabawe <aqrabawe@yahoo.com.au>
Sent: Tuesday, December 9, 2008 1:38:34 PM
Subject: UN: Violence Against Iraqi Women Largely Ignored


25 November 2008
UN: Violence Against Iraqi Women Largely IgnoredComment on this post


By Laura Zuber
Impunity Watch Senior Desk Officer, Middle East

GENEVA, Switzerland – November 25 marked the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.  Organizations around the world use the UN day to comment on the situation facing women where they are based.  On November 25, UN's Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Yakin Erturk, commented the conditions of Iraqi women living in Iraq and as refugees in neighboring countries.
According to Erturk, "The ongoing conflict, high levels of insecurity, widespread impunity, collapsing economic conditions and rising social conservatism are impacting directly on the daily lives of Iraqi women and placing them under increased vulnerability to all forms of violence within and outside their home."  She continued, "Violence against Iraqi women is committed by numerous actors, such as militia groups, insurgents, Islamic extremists, law enforcement personnel, members of the family as well as the community."
Iraqi women re victims of rape, sex trafficking, forced and early marriages, murder, and abduction for sectarian or criminal reasons; many are driven or forced into prostitution.  In addition, women often fall victim to disproportionate use of force by US forces as well as Iraqi police and security forces.
Most crimes against women "are not reported because of stigma, fear of retaliation, or lack of confidence in the police," MADRE, an international women's rights group, wrote in its 2007 report about violence against women in Iraq.  A 2005 report published by the Iraqi National Association for Human Rights found that women held in Interior Ministry detention centers endure "systematic rape by the investigators. "
A few national and international organizations work to help rape victims in Iraq.  However, militias have targeted women's rights advocates, forcing their workers underground – making it more difficult to offer services to victims.
In addition, the lack of security in Iraq complicates national and international efforts to document the occurrences of sexual assault.  Marianne Molliman, who leads women's rights advocacy for Human Rights Watch, lamented that the security situation has prevented the organization from getting people on the ground to look at the issue for a long time.  HRW published its last report about rape in Iraq in 2003.
Ms. Erturk also expressed concern over violence threatening Iraqi women from their own family, such as "honor killings."  According to Erturk, the number of honor killings is increasing and they are largely committed with impunity.  When perpetrators are arrested and prosecuted, the punishments are quite lenient under the Iraqi Penal Code.  Women who are sexually assaulted will often not report their attack for fear of then being ostracized or even killed by their family.  
In the northern Kurdish region of Iraq, where honor killings are among the primary causes of unnatural deaths among women, there are also frequent reports of female genital mutilation.  According to Kurdish Health Minister Zarian Abdel Rahman, 60 percent of girls (aged four to fourteen) undergo circumcision. 
A survey of 201 Kurdish villages, conducted by the German NGO, Wadi, found that 3,502 out of 5,628 women and girls had been mutilated.
Ms. Erturk concluded by urging "Iraqi government and the international community to prevent women and girls from being the 'soft targets' of violence and the invisible victims of the conflict in Iraq."


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2. Radio 1812: The EU and its migration policies
Posted by: "Rene Plaetevoet" rene@december18.net rplaetevoet
Date: Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:42 am ((PST))

Brussels, 10 December 2008
Radio 1812 / 2008 Edition

The European Union and its migration policies.

On the occasion of International Human Rights Day, we are releasing this package of audio reports dealing with the
<http://www.radio1812.net/en/story/2008/12/european_union_migration_policies
> European Union and its migration policies.

Although migration policies in the EU are primarily the competence of the Member States, the Union does have an important role to play because it can set the general framework. The EU has, for example, been criticized recently for the so-called �Return Directive�, which establishes common rules on the deportation of irregular migrants (see report in Spanish: Cr�tica a las pol�ticas de migraci�n europeas). Furthermore, countries on the borders of the Union, like Italy, want to share their responsibility for migrants with the other Member States (see report in Italian: L�industria di sfruttamenti). There is therefore a need for a common solution, claims Kacim Kellal of the French Ministry of Migration and National Identity (see interview in French). Peter Verhaege from Caritas Europa argues that it is essential to take steps towards more rights of migrant workers. (See
interview in English)

� <http://www.radio1812.net/en/audio/2008/12/critica_politicas_migracion_europ
eas> Cr�tica a las pol�ticas de migraci�n europeas (report in Spanish)

�
<http://www.radio1812.net/en/audio/2008/12/entrevue_avec_kacim_kellal> Kacim Kellal, French Ministry of Migration and National Identity (interview in French)

�
<http://www.radio1812.net/en/audio/2008/12/industria_sfruttamento>
L�industria dello sfruttamento (report in Italian)

�
<http://www.radio1812.net/en/audio/2008/12/interview_peter_verhaege_caritas_
europa> Peter Verhaege, Caritas Europa (interview in English)

These reports were prepared for <http://www.radio1812.net/> Radio 1812 by Caroline Ausserer and Ruth Reichstein.

For any further questions, please contact the Radio 1812 team at
<mailto:radio1812@december18.net> radio1812@december18.net

Ren� Plaetevoet

Coordinator Radio 1812

<mailto:rene@december18.net> rene@december18.net


***Note***

Radio 1812 is a global event that brings together migrant groups and radios from around the world to produce, broadcast and share programmes celebrating the achievements and highlighting the concerns of migrants worldwide. The first edition of Radio 1812 took place in 2006 and brought together over 50 radio stations in more than 25 countries. Last year, the event was even more successful. In total 152 radio stations from 34 countries in 4 continents participated, ranging from community radio stations to national and international public broadcasters.

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3. Kathmandu, Nepal: Ramaroshan FM Station Padlocked
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:21 am ((PST))

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: [Asiapacific-general] FW: Ramaroshan FM Station Padlocked
From: "suman" <suman@wlink.com.np>
Date: Wed, December 10, 2008 06:31
To: asiapacific-general@lists.amarc.org
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Ramaroshan FM Station Padlocked

A group of people from Achham district headquarters Mangalsen captured and
padlocked the transmission station of Radio Ramaroshan, the only community
radio in the district at Thulasain of Janalibandali VDC December 8, Monday.

The radio management claimed that liquor traders padlocked the station with
the help of police as the radio recently broadcast news of free alcohol
trading in Achham, a dry district. They also blamed police for being mere
spectators in the incident.

The radio transmission was halted for an indefinite period from Monday due
to the padlocking.

Freedom Forum terms this incident a severe violation of press freedom that
serves as an example of deteriorating media situation in Nepal. The Forum
asks the concerned authority to book the guilty and take stern actions
according to the law.

For Further Information,
Krishna Sapkota
Media Officer
Freedom Forum
Thapathali, Kathmandu
www.nepalpressfreedom.org <http://www.nepalpressfreedom.org/>
www.freedomforum.org.np <http://www.freedomforum.org.np/>

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