Linking Media Voices

Media21 Global Journalism Network

...centres around short (week-long), practical thematic workshops in Geneva, Switzerland, or regional locations worldwide that bring journalists together with experts from multiple perspectives and disciplines. In this way, a growing worldwide network of "global journalists" emerges to foster dialogue and transparency through communication with the public, highlighting problems and solutions to global challenges...

Kids News Network (KNN)

...television news programmes by and for children aged 8 - 14 years in an effort to enhance the diversity of the media and to give children a voice. As of October 2008, programmes had been launched in Indonesia, Afghanistan, Zambia, South Africa, Suriname, Peru, and Burma. For example, "Cerita Anak...empowers young Indonesians, with news topics such as the child help lines and what to do during an earthquake. Children learn about their own rights and share their opinions on the online forum..."

New Technology, New Landscapes

ICTs In-Take of the Media

...explores the way in which new information and communication technologies (ICTs) are changing the media landscape. The author argues very definition of what makes news has been challenged, such that the audience has been brought to the foreground and social ownership has been strengthened. While the changes detailed within the article highlight the potential that media transformation may hold for placing people at the centre, the author casts a critical lens...

Considering the Media's Framing and Agenda-Setting Roles in States' Responsiveness to Natural Crises and Disasters

...distinguishes between the "push" of messages by traditional media, and the "pull" of new media in which users determine their usage and involvement in issues of their choice. The document describes Twitter reporting of earthquakes and arrests; short messaging service (SMS) technology to pass on disaster- and conflict-related news and information; Google maps; citizen-sourced crisis data through email and telephones; and internet weblogs, podcasts, photos, video, wikis, tags, aggregators, and online chats...