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  1. Sema Kenya: When the cameras stop rolling

    Each TV presenter has their own way of preparing for their show. So how does the BBC Sema Kenya (Kenya Speaks) host Joseph Warungu prepare to connect with his audience?

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  2. Six forgotten female stories which now ‘exist’ on Wikipedia

    Just 17% of profiles on Wikipedia are women. And even fewer exist in languages other than English. BBC Media Action teams in Nepal, Afghanistan and India joined a global edit-a-thon to help change the record as part of the BBC 100 Women season.

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  3. Building a new Libya

    New research finds that Libyans are interested in the process to build a new constitution, but know little about it, says BBC Media Action researcher Karen Wespieser. 

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  4. Audience research in the time of COVID-19

    At BBC Media Action, audiences are at the heart of everything we do. To understand our audiences and our impact, our work begins and ends with research – and this remains true even in a time of crisis. Hear from our Head of Research, Sonia Whitehead, about how we're adapting to COVID-19.

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  5. HIV and AIDS: A global health success story?

    On World AIDS Day, our senior health advisor explains how media and communications has helped tackle HIV and AIDS in Nigeria.

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  6. Climate Asia: explore the findings

    Over 33,000 interviews. Seven countries. Over 10 KB of data. The largest ever research study into people’s perceptions of climate change in Asia has published its results – and they’re all available online.

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  7. How can media and communication improve your health?

    ‘When have you taken steps to improve your health as a result of something you read or heard in the media or talking to someone?’ asks an activity in a BBC Media Action health workshop exploring the complexities of behaviour change.

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  8. How media is helping during Afghanistan’s hunger crisis

    Our head of communications, Carolynne Wheeler, caught up with our Afghanistan project manager, Mursal Abrar, and our Afghanistan research manager, Mahdi Zaki, to learn about our project focused on nutrition with the World Food Programme.

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