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A global network of journalists developing a critical vision of the dominant media, sharing information on the global challenges (environment, social rights, etc.), and aiming to contribute to the circulation of alternative information.

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Fisheries Community Radio
:: Chitra Ranawake :: January 2009 ::

The story of a Fishermen’s community radio service devoted to community interests in Sri Lanka. The two commonest occupations of the rural poor in Sri Lanka are agriculture and fishing. While agriculture has state and private extension services at various levels, the fishing community has been almost totally neglected. State radio has several regional stations devoting much time to agricultural problems. So when Ratin Roy, Consultant FAO/BOBP asked me as Deputy Director, broadcasting if (...)

The Finicky Woman
:: Laurence Hugues :: January 2009 ::

Interview with Doha Chams, journalist at Assafir, Lebanese political daily in Arabic "At the office they call me the "maddening woman," says Doha Chams. "As soon as the chief editor wants to cut one of my articles, I shout until he gives up. "If you give up just once, you will always give up." Doha Chams works in the publishing company of the newspaper Assafir ("messenger" in Arabic), a Lebanese daily claiming to be the "voice of people who have no voice." Founded when pan-Arabism was at (...)

The Alliance and the Media
:: Pipal Tree :: January 2009 ::

This paper gives an analysis of the situation of the global media in relation to social responsibility. It also attempts to outline the Alliance’s Socioprofessional Network of Journalists. What does the media have to say about ecological imbalances in our world and increasing social inequalities? The trend of the media to serve limited social functions gives basis for concern. The abundance of newspapers, journals, and TV channels has unfortunately not led to diversity of content and (...)

For an Alternative in the Media: The Building of a Global Network of Journalists
:: Siddhartha :: January 2009 ::

Report on the international workshop of journalists, held in Bangalore and organized by the network Transforming Word. An international workshop of journalists was organized in Bangalore (India, December 7th to 10th, 2000) by Transforming Word, an Asian network of journalists and writers working on a "different" globalization, a civic alternative based on a social, economic, cultural and political commitment. The workshop revealed a true convergence of views on the situation of the (...)

Report of the World Commission on Culture and Develoment
:: Lavinia Mohr :: 1995 ::

Riding the Tide or Swimming against the Current? "As a first step, and within a market context, the Commission suggests that the time may have come for commercial regional or international satellite radio and television interests which now use the global commons free of charge to contribute to the financing of a more plural media system." So says UNESCO’s World Commission on Culture and Development in its report entitled Our Creative Diversity. Among the several subjects in the (...)

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