Full coverage: Media

30.09.2005 At the inauguration of the South Australian Film Festival at Chennai,South Australia Premier Mike Rann said the two States were working on forging a memorandum of understanding in various areas.

29.09.2005 Banglalink, a cell phone operator in the country, has introduced voice message service styled i'bubble that will enable all Banglalink subscribers to send a message as voice instead of text to all local mobile operators.

28.09.2005 Seven years ago, these rural newsletters started off as communication tools for limited use by women self-help groups.Today, these newsletters have emerged as the voice of not just these groups, but also of their villages.

28.09.2005 Accurate information about family planning and reproductive health issues is difficult to come by in Afghanistan--for journalists as well as the general public. A 5-day workshop for radio, TV, and print journalists in Kabul earlier this month aimed to begin to change that.

27.09.2005 The first International Forum of Environmental Journalists ended yesterday in Pozega. The three day forum was organized by the Croatian Environmental Press Centre, under the patronage of Ministry of Environmental Protection, Construction and Spatial Planning, discussed the subject of “Importance of Environmental Journalism in Environmental protection and prevention of devastation”.

27.09.2005 Seven years ago, these rural newsletters started off as communication tools for limited use by women self-help groups. Their purpose was to initiate a dialogue between the women, encourage them to share information and also, give them an opportunity to voice their opinion. Today, these newsletters are an effective means for communicating the concerns of the entire village.

23.09.2005 Jamal Dajani and David Michaelis--the only Palestinian-Israeli team working together in American media--travel to Jerusalem, their mutual birthplace, to explore new solutions and offer unique insights into the divisive conflict. Experience their journey in October on Link TV.

22.09.2005 U.S. talk show host Bill O'Reilly remarked last week that he wished Hurricane Katrina had hit the United Nations building in New York, adding, "and I wouldn't have rescued them." Citizens for Global Solutions asks you to email O'Reilly's boss and demand he apologize for his hate-speak.

21.09.2005 L’Associazione Puntocritico onlus ha istituito il premio nazionale Mare
Nostrum per creare, in collaborazione con analoghe esperienze già presenti
nel nostro paese, un’attenzione su tutto ciò che in Italia, in campo
culturale ed in quello della solidarietà con i popoli del sud del mondo, si
muove e lavora per una società multiculturale, solidale e giusta.
Il premio pone il suo obiettivo specifico sulla scrittura in lingua italiana
di scrittori, poeti e giornalisti provenienti dal sud del mondo.

21.09.2005 Operacija:grad koja je svoje programe smjestila u staru tvornicu Badel u Šubićevoj ulici, u organizaciji udruga [BLOK] i Platforma 9,81, okupila je 26 organizacije sa nezavisne zagrebačke kulturne scene koje su predstavile svoje programe široj javnosti.

20.09.2005 Konferencijata 'EEII 2005', održana na 10. i 11. septemvri, ja inicirase idejata za slobodno internet radoi preku prestavuvanje na slobodnite Internet radija i radio mrezi od Brazil i Avstrija. Posle odrzuvanjeto na konferencijata, sojuzot na zdruzenija klubtura ja inicirase mrezata na slobodni radija vo Hrvatska.

20.09.2005 'EEII 2005' konferencija održana između 10. i 11. rujna inicirala je ideju slobodnog Internet radija kroz predstavljanja i prezentacije slobodnih Internet radija i radio mreža iz Brazila i Austrije. Nakon konferencije 'EEII 2005 tour', održan kroz savez udruga Klubtura, inicirao je također mrežu slobodnih Internet radija Hrvatske.

20.09.2005 According to this research, television still remains the main source of information for citizens of Kosova (84%), with a great difference against radio (8%) and print media (6%). The most preferred media in Kosova are TV21, Radio Dukagjini and Koha ditore, whereas the most trusted media still remain RTK, Radio Kosova and Koha ditore.

19.09.2005 Sipas këtij hulumtimi, televizioni edhe më tutje mbetet burimi kryesor i informatave për qytetarët e Kosovës (84%), me dallim shumë të madh në krahasim me radiot (8%) dhe gazetat (6%). Mediumet më të preferuara në Kosovë janë TV21, Radio Dukagjini and Koha ditore, përderisa mediumet më të besueshme edhe më tutje janë RTK, Radio Kosova dhe Koha ditore.

14.09.2005 France-based media organisation Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Nepalese government for blocking access to the website of Gorkha News on 9 September. Everest World Limited, which edits the site, said it has been censored because of “its stand against curbs on the Nepalese press."

14.09.2005 Medici Senza Frontiere (Msf) ha lanciato un nuovo appello per una rapida mobilitazione degli operatori umanitari in Niger: sono urgenti distribuzioni di cibo mirate nelle aree colpite da malnutrizione grave. Accertamenti sulla situazione nutrizionale nella regione di Zinder rivelano infatti un peggioramento della situazione, e nulla fa pensare che le condizioni allarmanti miglioreranno nei prossimi mesi. Nei giorni scorsi Medici Senza Frontiere aveva denunciato la complice disattenzione dei Tg italiani che nell'estate hanno dedicato alla crisi appena lo 0,1% delle notizie (cioè 19 minuti).

13.09.2005 The MDG Asia Pacific report, A Future Within Reach was released recently. Sri Lankan journalist Nalaka Gunawardene shares his observations on how the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) can be taken more seriously.

13.09.2005 The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) has set up a community radio station - Apna Radio - which will broadcast local advertising and local non-political news.

13.09.2005 While much of the press has focused on the urban devastation of Hurricane Katrina, thousands of rural Louisiana residents remain cut off and their condition is unknown, says the Center for Rural Strategies. Lorna Bourg, a veteran of rural community development, brings us stories from some parts of Louisiana she visited after the hurricane hit.

12.09.2005 Amerikkalaista mediatyötä tekevää kansalaisjärjestöä vaaditaan sulkemaan Uzbekistanin toimistonsa. Useat kansainväliset demokratiaa edistävät järjestöt ovat jo kuukausien ajan kohdanneet vaikeuksia Uzbekistanin hallituksen osalta. Asiantuntijoiden mukaan Uzbekistan pelkää kansalaisten nousevan hallitusta vastaan, kuten naapurimaissa Georgiassa, Ukrainassa ja Kirgistanissa on käynyt.