[creative-radio] NGOs Must Harness Social Media Beyond Disaster Relief

 

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Disaster Relief | PBS
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When the 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Doctors
Without Borders had 1,300 followers on Twitter. Now, it boasts over
13,000. The Red Cross follower count shot up by just over 40,000 people in
the weeks following the quake. If technology wasn't already transforming
the public role of the non-governmental organization, it has now brought
many to a point of no return.

Bigger Followings Mean Bigger Responsibility

As Jason Cone, the communications director for Doctors Without Borders,
noted during New York's recent Social Media Week, the earthquake was a
"game changer in the way [his organization] thinks about social networks
and [their] application."

"Social media might actually be a means for us to mobilize and overcome
some of the real serious obstacles we had been facing," he said.

Cone was getting at an idea that thinkers in the field had been suggesting
before the quake struck: For civil society to evolve alongside technology,
organizations must envision ways to better harness new media at all times
-- not just when disaster strikes.

"How long will it be before international development and humanitarian
NGOs see their supporter base eroded by digital native organizations such
as Kiva and Avaaz?" asked Lokman Tsui at the Nieman Journalism Lab.

Non-governmental organizations are taking on new roles as large-scale
transmitters of information. This also means that they have a greater
responsibility to share news with each other, not only with the population
at large. The easier it becomes to disseminate information, the more
pressing the call to formally share resources across organizational lines
in the name of cooperation.

[...]

UNICEF USA uses Flickr to share photos from their Haiti disaster relief
efforts

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[creative-radio] Pirate radio set to go live for Olympics

 

Pirate radio set to go live for Olympics

http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/Media/2010/02/12/PirateRadio/

By Kevin Murray
February 12, 2010

A pirate radio station is set to broadcast from VIVO Media Arts at 7 p.m. on
Saturday, February 13, as part of their 2010: Safe Assembly forums.

According to the website, http://vivoeveningnews.wordpress.com/ the initial
broadcast, The Evening News, will feature a roster of critical Olympics
observers, including the outspoken activist and UBC professor Chris Shaw,
author of Five Ring Circus, Harsha Wallia of the Olympics Resistance
Network, and Micheal Vonn of the BC Civil Liberties Association.

Professors Roger Farr and Reg Johanson from Capilano University are also
scheduled to provide poetry and commentary on "security and suppression."

"We wanted [anyone] to use it how they see fit," explains Alex Muir of
Soundscapes Co-Op radio. He is the technical guru behind the modest station,
which includes a mixing desk, an audio compressor, and a transmitter. "The
symbols and signs of [the Olympics] are so carefully minced over that it's a
political thing to have people address through this media form." He
describes it as an opportunity for the public "to react."

The signal will have a tentative range of about 6 kilometers, but "it's a
matter of [antenna] length" says Nicholas Perrin, a member of the broadcast
collective.

"We're close to the Olympic Village . . . if we hit Strathcona and Main
Street, great," says Muir.

Muir and his small team of collaborators are hoping for a "clandestine news
source . . . something you could happen upon."

The intention is to provide an alternative view of what being host to the
International Olympics Committee really means, says Muir.

The broadcast crew believes that their signal will be allowed by the
Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission, which normally
restricts radio signal usage to licensed broadcasters, due to an exemption
clause that allows for low-power signals at special events, such as the
CBC's September broadcast from the Surrey Museum. The clause prohibits
unlicensed broadcast, however, and according to section 9, restricts
"programming that is religious or political in nature."

According to an email from Lauren Ehrenworth, a media relations officer for
Industry Canada, these types of broadcast can "cause interference to
existing public safety radio operations and aeronautical radio navigation
and communications and could interfere with reception from properly licensed
radio broadcasting stations in the surrounding area."

Ehrenworth makes it clear that it is their objective to "achieve voluntary
compliance through an approach of cooperation and education with the
operator(s) as a first step in redressing the situation."

The future of this pirate broadcast does not just depend on radio, however.
The VIVO website
http://www.videoinstudios.com/ will stream the signal for the duration of
the games, regardless. The main frequency itself, 91.5 FM, can also be
adjusted if the need arises.
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Pirate radio set to go live for Olympics

Pirate radio set to go live for Olympics

http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/Media/2010/02/12/PirateRadio/

By Kevin Murray
February 12, 2010

A pirate radio station is set to broadcast from VIVO Media Arts at 7 p.m. on Saturday, February 13, as part of their 2010: Safe Assembly forums.

According to the website, http://vivoeveningnews.wordpress.com/ the initial broadcast, The Evening News, will feature a roster of critical Olympics observers, including the outspoken activist and UBC professor Chris Shaw, author of Five Ring Circus, Harsha Wallia of the Olympics Resistance Network, and Micheal Vonn of the BC Civil Liberties Association.

Professors Roger Farr and Reg Johanson from Capilano University are also scheduled to provide poetry and commentary on "security and suppression."

"We wanted [anyone] to use it how they see fit," explains Alex Muir of Soundscapes Co-Op radio. He is the technical guru behind the modest station, which includes a mixing desk, an audio compressor, and a transmitter. "The symbols and signs of [the Olympics] are so carefully minced over that it's a political thing to have people address through this media form." He describes it as an opportunity for the public "to react."

The signal will have a tentative range of about 6 kilometers, but "it's a matter of [antenna] length" says Nicholas Perrin, a member of the broadcast collective.

"We're close to the Olympic Village . . . if we hit Strathcona and Main Street, great," says Muir.

Muir and his small team of collaborators are hoping for a "clandestine news source . . . something you could happen upon."

The intention is to provide an alternative view of what being host to the International Olympics Committee really means, says Muir.

The broadcast crew believes that their signal will be allowed by the Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission, which normally restricts radio signal usage to licensed broadcasters, due to an exemption clause that allows for low-power signals at special events, such as the CBC's September broadcast from the Surrey Museum. The clause prohibits unlicensed broadcast, however, and according to section 9, restricts "programming that is religious or political in nature."

According to an email from Lauren Ehrenworth, a media relations officer for Industry Canada, these types of broadcast can "cause interference to existing public safety radio operations and aeronautical radio navigation and communications and could interfere with reception from properly licensed radio broadcasting stations in the surrounding area."

Ehrenworth makes it clear that it is their objective to "achieve voluntary compliance through an approach of cooperation and education with the operator(s) as a first step in redressing the situation."

The future of this pirate broadcast does not just depend on radio, however. The VIVO website
http://www.videoinstudios.com/ will stream the signal for the duration of the games, regardless. The main frequency itself, 91.5 FM, can also be adjusted if the need arises.
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[creative-radio] INDIA: Orissa's first community radio station goes on air

 

Orissa's first community radio station goes on air

http://ow.ly/17cCo

Bhubaneswar, Feb 13 : Orissa's first community radio station has gone on
air in Konark.

The radio station, named Radio Namaskar, has been established by
non-governmental organisation Young India near the Sun Temple of Konark.
It is completely managed by local residents.

"We are just providing a medium to give vent to the aspirations, concerns
and communication needs of the local community that are otherwise
overlooked by the mainstream media," N.A. Saha Ansari, Young India
president, told IANS Saturday.

The programmes on the radio station, which went on air Friday, are mainly
in Oriya and are aired at 90.4 Mhz in FM frequency. They have four main
areas -- local governance, women's issues, food security and youth issues.

"We have programmes on these issues as they are of concern to the local
community," said Sabita Kar, the programme executive of Radio Namaskar.

Copyright Indo Asian News

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[creative-radio] Internews - #Job - Country Director - community #radio - #Liberia

 

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[creative-radio] CKUT radio: Proroguing Palestinian Human Rights?

 

* CKUT radio: Proroguing Palestinian Human Rights?

Friday February 12th 17h00-18h00
live broadcast on CKUT radio, 90.3fm
tune-in globally via live stream at www.ckut.ca

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=327417435497

discussion on the wave Conservative government cuts to NGOs across Canada
including live commentary from:

* Mary Corkery, executive director KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice
Initiatives in Toronto, Canada.

* Michel Lambert, executive direction of the Montreal-based international
solidarity organization Alternatives

* Dave Bleakney, national representative with the Canadian Union of Postal
Workers (CUPW) in Ottawa.

* Rick Salutin, novelist and critic based in Toronto who writes a regular
column in the Globe and Mail.

An in-studio discussion on CKUT radio's daily community news program Off the
Hour hosted by journalist and community organizer Stefan Christoff. This
special discussion aims to address the recent wave of government cuts to major
NGOs in Canada, across the country organizations including Alternatives, the
Montreal-based international solidarity organization and KAIROS the ecumenical
social justice group based in Toronto are facing major funding slashes from the
Conservative government in Ottawa.

Across the media landscape these government cuts to longstanding NGOs has
created major debate and discussion particularly on the Conservative
government's focus on slashing funding towards groups outspoken towards Israeli
military policies towards the Palestinian people living under military
occupation in the West Bank and under blockade in Gaza. Conservative minister
Jason Kenney has been particularly outspoken in regards to the funding cuts,
explicitly outlining that the government cut funding towards KAIROS due to the
organizations defense for Palestinian human rights.

As critical voices towards Israel's apartheid policies towards the Palestinian
people grow across Canada and globally the Conservative government has moved in
the past years to attempt to stifle democratic discussion on Canada's policy
positions towards Israel/Palestine and to criminalize the growing movement of
boycott, divestment and sanctions in opposition to Israeli apartheid modeled
after the global solidarity movements against apartheid in South Africa which
played a key role in bringing down the racist apartheid regime in South Africa
20 years ago.

* CKUT radio is a major community radio station in Montreal with extensive ties
to grassroots social movements and cultural workers across Montreal, Canada and
globally, more info at: http://www.ckut.ca/

* Stefan Christoff is a Montreal-based journalist and community organizer
http://www.twitter.com/spirodon/

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[creative-radio] Women’s Media Fdn. announces Boston fellowship, and Co urage in Journalism award

 

RT @mediamentor: RT @utknightcenter: #Women #journalists who cover human
#rights can apply for #fellowship:
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The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) is accepting
applications until April 9, 2010 for the Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship and
accepting nominations until March 5 for the Courage in Journalism Awards.

The Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship is named for the Boston Globe
correspondent who was killed in Iraq in 2003. She was a winner of the
IWMF's Courage in Journalism Award in 1998.

One woman journalist will be accepted to spend the academic year in Boston
(September 2010—May 2011) in a tailored program designed to combine
academic research with training in covering human rights. The fellowship
is open to women journalists from around the world whose work focuses on
human rights and social justice. Journalists working in print, broadcast
and Internet media—including freelancers—are eligible. Applicants should
have at least three years experience in journalism. Excellent written and
verbal English skills are required.

Learn more about the fellowship in this press release and these FAQs. See
also this list of previous fellows, who include Jenny Manrique of
Colombia. The application is available here.

Separately, the IWMF is seeking nominations for its Courage in Journalism
Awards. Past winners from Latin Americas include Lydia Cacho and Maribel
Gutierrez Moreno from Mexico; Mabel Rehnfeldt, Paraguay; Marielos Monzon,
Guatemala; Jineth Bedoya Lima and Maria Jimena Duzan, Colombia; and Blanca
Rosales Valencia, Peru. Nominations can be made here.

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