Blog posts by year and monthJune 2013
Posts (8)
Singing a different tune
Aveseh Asough, a BBC Media Action trainer in Nigeria, on how karaoke inspires her to teach journalists how to tell the stories authorities sometimes don't want to hear.
Social media in Tajikistan: a battlefield
Esfandiar Adena, BBC Media Action's Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, on the online conflict between pro-government and opposition voices ahead of Tajikistan's presidential elections.
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?
Making a world debate local
At the World Economic Forum for East Asia in Burma last week, a ground-breaking debate saw Burmese citizens asking questions of their leaders on TV and radio for the first time. BBC Media Action's Country Director Ed Pauker reports.
How do we get to a better evidence base on media and conflict?
BBC Media Action's Director of Policy and Learning on a recent review of the strength of evidence around the role of media and information in periods of conflict and political change.
'Juba Idol': a music competition with a difference
BBC Media Action's senior producer Daniel Barnaba on how his team in South Sudan competed to write songs for a radio programme that aims to improve family health.
My barber and I
How does a weekly haircut inspire BBC Media Action's Head of Productions Eze Eze Ogali in Nigeria?
What would a post-2015 development goal on free media mean?
A High Level Panel – co-chaired by David Cameron – has published its recommendations for a new framework to replace the Millennium Development Goals. BBC Media Action's Director of Policy and Learning argues that a proposed goal including media freedom and access to information is a bold and imp...
