Blog posts by year and monthSeptember 2012
Posts (9)
Accountability in action: Sudoor Sawal
How BBC Media Action’s partnership with a Nepalese radio station gave people the chance to ask public officials to work more transparently.
Fieldwork for most seasons: research in Afghanistan
BBC Media Action’s Research Manager on the challenges of conducting fieldwork in Afghanistan.
The circle of self-censorship
The team leader of the Media Neighbourhood project on witnessing the pressures facing journalists in Ukraine and Armenia.
Journalism in today’s Syria: an insider’s view
A Syrian journalist and blogger reflects on the mission impossible facing journalists attempting impartial coverage of the Syrian conflict.
Accurate information for healthier lives
BBC Media Action’s radio producer and presenter in Ethiopia on making honest sexual health programming for young people.
BBC Media Action in Burma: new beginnings
Chair of BBC Media Action and Director of BBC Global News on how BBC Media Action has been given unprecedented permission to open a project office and deliver journalism training in Burma.
Burma: "It's unpredictable"
While on a fact-finding trip to the country, BBC Media Action's Asia Regional Director Kathryn Tomlinson reflects on the changing media landscape in Burma.
In fear of stepping on Museveni’s tail
The editor of Kampala’s Observer newspaper on the pressures facing Uganda’s free and independent media.
Supporting media: what works and why?
Dr Mary Myers on how to foster quality journalism in countries where media freedoms and rights are constrained. She introduces a BBC Media Action synthesis report of five county case studies.
