Monthly Archive for January, 2008

South Asia workshop: Online broadcasting

Panos South Asia is organising a 5-day South Asian regional ‘Online Radio Broadcasting Training Workshop’ for media and other communication practitioners in South Asia, from 17- 21 March 2008 at its Media Centre in Kathmandu, Nepal. The workshop aims to provide know-how on the potential the Internet offers to radio and point them to ways of incorporating it in their respective media outlets’ strategy.

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ICTs and elections in Africa

The Panos Institute West Africa (PIWA) has launched a media production contest on ICTs open to all print and broadcast media journalists from West and Central Africa.

Prizes will be awarded to the best print articles and radio programmes on the theme ICTs and elections in Africa.

Articles or radio programmes should focus specifically on one of the following issues:

  • the use of Internet during campaigns (“cybercampaigns”, public debate using Internet) ;
  • impact of Internet on campaigns and elections;
  • mobile telephony and elections ;
  • ICTs and elections’ transparency (electoral file, voter card, data transmission security, statistics);
  • ICT theme in election candidates’ programmes.

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Community Radio: A user’s guide to the technology

“Community Radio: A user’s guide to the technology” is a guide to technical parameters of community radio in India. Produced by UNESCO for potential community radio operators, this technical manual takes into account the intention of the Government of India to establish 4000 community radio stations by 2008.
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