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Monday, 9 November 2009

[creative-radio] CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards

January 28, 2010: Deadline to apply for CNN MultiChoice African Journalist
Awards!

Applications are now being accepted for the CNN MultiChoice African
Journalist Awards. This competition aims to encourage, promote, and
recognize excellence in African journalism. There are 16 different award
categories, including an HIV/AIDS Reporting Award, Environment Award, Arts
and Culture Award, and Tourism Award. Entries are accepted from print,
television, internet, radio, or photographic media, and there is a
specific category for Radio General News.

The judges will be looking for work which: tells a story in a clear,
comprehensive, and balanced manner; makes stories or issues accessible and
relevant to audiences; demonstrates journalistic ability and integrity;
displays well-organized research, depth, and insight; and was broadcast or
published in 2009. Entries must be submitted in English, French, or
Portuguese.

Winners in each award category will receive a laptop computer and printer.
From the category winners, the judges will select a grand prize winner,
who will receive an additional cash prize and the opportunity to
participate in the CNN Journalism Fellowship in the United States.

For more information on how to enter, go to:
http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/africanawards/index.html
or e-mail: cnnafrica.competition@turner.com

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[creative-radio] Winneba, Ghana: Use radio to pursue community development

Use radio to pursue community development

http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/200911/31224.php

[excerpt]

Mr Paul Adu-Gyamfi, Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC), has
stressed that radio must be used as a tool for community mobilization and
development.

Addressing a durbar to mark the 10th anniversary celebration of Radio
Peace in Winneba, Mr Adu-Gyamfi commended the station for its excellent
performance over the years.

He said Radio Peace broadcasts 80 percent of its programmes in Mfantse,
Awutu and Effutu and the remaining 20 percent in English, which makes it
to have a sense of belonging.

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Winneba
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winneba

[excerpt]

Winneba, traditionally known as Simpa,[1] is an historic fishing town in
Ghana, lying on the south coast, 35 miles west of Accra[2] and 90 miles
east of Cape Coast.[1] The population was recorded as 40,017 in a census
in 2000.[3] Its inhabitants are known as Simpafo or Effutufo.[4] It is the
capital of the Awutu/Effutu/Senya District in Central Region.

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[creative-radio] Russian independent media facing testing times

Russian independent media facing testing times

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Journalists from small independent radio stations across Russia have been
told they must go online and embrace social networking to help them
survive.

The Yekaterinburg Independent Radio Festival has heard that many radio
stations are struggling with few staff and reduced incomes.

They've been urged to expand on to digital platforms and reach new audiences.

http://www.mediahelpingmedia.org/content/view/525/2/

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[creative-radio] Liberia's 'Radio Life' builds community, supports peace

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Liberia's 'Radio Life' builds community, supports peace: By Jessica Weiss,
IJNet Editor ... http://bit.ly/4ld1Yz

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[creative-radio] "Climate Catastrophe ": PANOS RADIO SOUTH ASIA's Latest Panoscope Issue, 9 November 2009

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Climate Catastrophe

Pakistan is one of those countries, which make comparatively insignificant contribution to the causes of climate change but are extremely vulnerable to its effects. From coastal populations in the south to those relying on snow-fed rivers for agriculture in the north have become vulnerable communities. Agricultural productivity has been hit hard by the changes in land and water regimes. According to the officials, dry lands areas in arid and semi-arid regions are most vulnerable and affected agriculture productivity, putting the country's food security at risk. The country intends to develop efficient water management systems, create mass awareness campaign and change cropping patterns. However these measures need additional financial resources that are already scarce. Tragic part of the story is that the country's vulnerability to climate change is inflamed by apparent failures in governance, non-sustainable use of resources and ignorance.
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Sunday, 8 November 2009

[creative-radio] Low-Power Radio and What the Media Won't Tell You About the Media

Low-Power Radio and What the Media Won't Tell You About the Media

Saturday 07 November 2009

by: Amber Sands, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed

[excerpt]

http://www.truthout.org/110709E

There's a classic problem for progressives who want to change the media:
the media doesn't like to cover itself. Especially not when it comes to
issues that challenge the status quo of corporate control. It's like
turning to the military for news about the peace movement, or asking Big
Oil to report on climate change legislation.

So you may not have heard much about the grassroots effort to create
hundreds of new, non-commercial radio stations. Overcoming nine years of
opposition from the broadcasting lobby, the Local Community Radio Act is
on the verge of a vote in the House of Representatives.

The bill would expand low-power FM (LPFM) radio, first introduced by the
Federal Communications Commission in 2000. Media activists and community
groups nationwide demanded this access to the airwaves to combat the
deregulation that concentrated media ownership into fewer hands. The FCC
began licensing low-power stations between the larger ones on the radio
dial, but Congress promptly hobbled the low-power service with
restrictions.

If you're wondering why Congress would step on the toes of the agency that
regulates communications, well, ask the media - they may not cover media
regulation, but they spend millions influencing it.

Fearing competition from stations that would carry original, local
programming, broadcasters claimed that LPFM stations might interfere with
the signals of full-power stations. The broadcasting lobby demanded that
Congress widen the required distance between the radio frequencies of an
existing full-power station and a would-be LPFM. Congress made the spacing
requirements so vast that only rural areas can meet the criteria for a
low-power license.

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Saturday, 7 November 2009

[creative-radio] Journalism between hope and trembling: the example of the Philippines

Raymund Villanueva still remembers July 2 2006 with horror. In the early
morning that Sunday, the little broadcasting center of the community radio
station „Radyo Cagayano", which he helped building up, was being burned
down completely. At about two in the morning, eight mummed soldiers
infiltrated the premises in the small town of Baggao in the Northern
Philippines, captivated and gagged the employees and ignited the entire
radio station with petrol. Radyo Cagayano had just started broadcasting a
few weeks ago and had especially stood up for the interests of local
farmers. Until today, Radyo Cagayano has been unable to pick up his work
again due to a murder on one of his employees and heavy reprisal. Raymund
Villanueva supports the broadcasting station with technical equipment and
know-how, after his own radio station has been prohibited by the
government on the day of the emergency act of February 24 2006.

[excerpt]
http://www.un-kampagne.de/index.php?id=205