TechCon Talks DAB, Large and Small
Friday, February 12, 2016(Two radio engineers from Internews in South Sudan are featured in this article from Radio World.)LONDON — The United Kingdom’s Radio Academy’s TechCon event provided a useful...
View ArticleInternews Celebrates World Radio Day in Liberia by Emphasizing the Role of...
Tuesday, February 16, 2016“During the Ebola crisis in Liberia, community radio served as the voice of the community,” said Internews Country Director in Liberia Mr. Henri-Paul Bolap during a five-hour...
View ArticleFor World Radio Day in Guinea, a Special Edition of Ebola Chrono
Thursday, February 18, 2016On World Radio Day, journalists in the capital Conakry in Guinea reflected on the role of radio in the Ebola epidemic and other humanitarian crises, drawing on the day’s...
View ArticleMaking Every Voice Count in Liberia
Wednesday, February 24, 2016From reporting on teenagers promoting reproductive health in Grand Gedeh to the provision of safe drinking water in Bomi, a new network – Local Voices Liberia– is helping...
View ArticleHellen Toby, South Sudan — Working in One of the Most Difficult Places in the...
Monday, March 7, 2016(This story was originally posted on Medium.)Hellen Toby is an assistant news editor at Eye Radio in South Sudan’s capital city Juba. She had never thought of being a journalist,...
View ArticleMapping the Expanding Radio Landscape in Liberia
Wednesday, March 9, 2016“When Internews contracted me to do an assessment of Liberian community radio stations with the aim of creating a community radio map for Liberia, I knew it was going to be both...
View ArticleWomen and the Media in Liberia: The Uneven Course
Wednesday, March 9, 2016Torwon Sulonteh-Brown is the Senior Radio Adviser with Internews’ Liberia Media Development (LMD) program. She was a President of the Female Journalists Association of Liberia...
View Article“Don’t Talk to Me about Ebola…”
Wednesday, March 9, 2016Guinea was proclaimed “Ebola Free” at the end of 2015, but entered a three-month period of reinforced surveillance. Health activists and state authorities have warned repeatedly...
View ArticleWe’re Still Listening: A Survey of the Media Landscape in the Accessible...
Internews commissioned Forcier Consulting to conduct an audience survey in South Sudan. While the ongoing security situation prevents coverage of the country on a fully national basis, this study set...
View ArticleWe're Still Listening
Monday, March 14, 2016South Sudan is the world's youngest and most fragile country and its media landscape reflects these challenges. While the media sector has made gains in recent years, it remains...
View ArticleLive, this is Abyei Today!
Wednesday, April 6, 2016(This story was originally posted on Medium.)“Welcome, Listeners, to Abyei Today!” Rose Monjtoch announces in Arabic as she fires up the program’s signature music.
View ArticleLive, this is Abyei Today!
Thursday, April 7, 2016Internews focuses on filling gaps in coverage of vital issues to drive local change. In Abyei, a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan where conflict is the status quo, a...
View ArticleLiberia: Media mobilize in effort to repeal libel, sedition laws
Thursday, May 12, 2016(Internews' collaboration with the Press Union of Liberia to reform media laws in Liberia is noted in this article from Star Africa.)
View ArticleLiberia’s Archaic Sedition, Criminal Libel Laws in Spotlight
Wednesday, May 11, 2016(Internews' partnership with the Press Union of Liberia to organize the Media Law and Regulatory Reform Stakeholders conference is noted in this article from Front Page...
View ArticleRice for Radio
Friday, May 20, 2016In some rural communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo, there is no advertising market. To make ends meet, at least two radio stations are exploring creative funding models,...
View ArticleGroup of young South Sudanese seek to launch film industry in the country
Friday, May 20, 2016(Internews is supporting the film festival and training described in this video from Watsup Africa-Business.)South Sudan has no film industry. It doesn’t even have a film school....
View ArticleThis Radio Station Is Trying To Heal One Of The Most War-Torn Parts Of Africa
Tuesday, May 31, 2016(Internews' radio project in the Central African Republic is covered in this article from The World Post/Huffington Post.)There is a river that runs through Bambari, one of the...
View ArticleEye Radio in South Sudan (video)
Tuesday, May 31, 2016Eye Radio is a station in Juba, South Sudan managed by Eye Media in partnership with Internews. It is where South Sudanese listeners can tune in seven days a week, 24 hours a day...
View ArticleSouth Sudan's Boda Boda Talk Talk (video)
Wednesday, June 1, 2016Internews in South Sudan has developed an innovative recorded audio program to provide life-saving and life-enhancing information to people displaced at four of the UNMISS...
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