http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/1069 en_GB_DOC http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/159911/1/1069 Partners in Media Asia Pvt. Ltd. is organising India Radio Forum on May 30, 2008 at Mumbai, India. The event aims to inform and update the FM fraternity of the medium’s evolution in the region, and to invite opinions from the industry worldwide about the future of radio in Asia. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/159902/1/1069 Building on the popular culture of blogging, BBC’s ZigZagmag.net has created an interactive online space to enable aspiring Iranian journalists generate high quality content for a variety of BBC platforms. The virtual newsroom encourages learning and communication through discussions and training. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/159118/1/1069 Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, was in Mumbai, India to launch his new commercial venture ‘Wikia’. Here he shared his desire to increase local Indian language contributions on the site and the need to challenge spam content. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/155149/1/1069 Microsoft and Zurich based DAISY, the digital talking books consortium, will work together to develop a free, downloadable plug-in that would translate documents into a digital audio standard for the blind. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/143122/1/1069 Radio Sagarmatha, the pioneering Kathmandu-based community radio broadcaster, has been awarded the AMARC International Solidarity Prize 2006 in recognition of its outstanding work in defence of human rights and democracy in Nepal.