11 May 2015 Nepal needs better communication infrastructure to respond to disaster
When the 7.8 Richter scale earthquake hit Kathmandu, the only thing everybody wanted to do was communicate.
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When the 7.8 Richter scale earthquake hit Kathmandu, the only thing everybody wanted to do was communicate.
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As Nepal seeks to recover from the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake of April 29 that killed at least 6,100 people, its communications networks are also in ruins.
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In the aftermath of Cyclone Pam’s devastation of the Pacific island of Vanuatu, grassroots communication groups are broadcasting news and serving as contact points for those in urgent need.
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To mark International Development Week, 1-7 February 2015, WACC is beginning a short series of articles highlighting a communications project in Zimbabwe tackling the plight of child brides.
...Communication must be lifted up as a fundamental human right and communicators called to practise an ethics of freedom and accountability.
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The spring issue of the quarterly publication Media Development considers the art of storytelling in the context of church and of cinema.
UNESCO Report paints a picture of change and disruption to media freedom, pluralism, independence and the safety of journalists brought on by technology and, to a lesser extent, the global financial crisis....
In February 2014 the Committee to Protect Journalists released its annual analysis of Attacks on the Press, including a “Risk List” of the places where press freedom suffered most in 2013. At the top of the list, surprisingly, was cyberspace....
Internews Community Radio Network (CRN) stations in South Sudan have made heroic efforts to remain on air and keep their listeners informed about rapidly changing events during the conflict in South Sudan....
Censorship of journalism in Mexico has reached the capital city according to a new report....