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> The Drum Beat - Issue 439 - International Media Development Reports
> April 21 2008
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>>From The Communication Initiative Network - where communication and media 
>>are central to social and economic development.
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> This issue of The Drum Beat highlights a series of working group and 
> research reports published by the Center for International Media 
> Assistance (CIMA) at the National Endowment for Democracy. CIMA's research 
> reports were written by independent consultants on specific media 
> assistance topics, and its working group reports are based on discussions 
> held by experts - academics, practitioners, funders - on specific topics. 
> We include here brief descriptions of those reports, with links to more 
> detailed summaries of the reports, and from there - links to the full 
> reports themselves.
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>
> The Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA), an initiative of the 
> National Endowment for Democracy (NED), aims to strengthen the support, 
> raise the visibility, and improve the effectiveness of media assistance 
> programmes throughout the world. CIMA approaches its mission by providing 
> information, building networks, conducting research, and highlighting the 
> role independent media play in the creation and development of sustainable 
> democracies around the world. CIMA convenes working groups, commissions 
> research reports, and holds events. The Center also has compiled a 
> searchable bibliography of international media assistance resources. 
> CIMA's advisory council advises the Center on topics in media development 
> that need further study and how it can assist existing organisations 
> involved in media assistance.
>
>
> The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is a private, non-profit 
> organisation created in 1983 to strengthen democratic institutions around 
> the world through non-governmental efforts. Since its inception, NED has 
> funded media programmes around the world. NED promotes democracy through 
> its roles as a grant-making institution, as a center for international 
> scholars, and as host of the World Movement for Democracy. NED has awarded 
> grants for a wide variety of support activities, including journalism 
> training, legal aid for members of the media, education of media 
> consumers, and aid to local print and broadcast outlets. NED supports the 
> building of a network of media practitioners and experts through the 
> Global Forum for Media Development. NED also supports the International 
> Journalists' Network (IJNet), an online resource published by the 
> International Center for Journalists.
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> RESEARCH REPORTS
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> 1. Scaling a Changing Curve: Traditional Media Development and the New 
> Media
> by Shanthi Kalathil
> This report examines the use of information and communication technology 
> (ICT) in independent media development, analysing the use of new media, 
> including blogs, social networking sites, cell phone messaging, and other 
> relatively new technology applications in communication for development. 
> The report contextualises new media in the rapidly changing global 
> information industry, and offers recommendations on how independent 
> media-development programmes can take advantage of, and keep abreast of, 
> these new global trends.
> http://www.comminit.com/en/node/268329/348
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> 2. Independent Media's Vital Role in Development
> by Peter Graves
> To demonstrate the importance of fostering independent media, this report 
> provides examples of how access to information has transformed political, 
> economic, and social systems. It shows what can happen when conditions 
> allow independent media to operate and flourish. The report was written to 
> support an examination of the various ways in which media today have a 
> significant impact on decision making and the improvement of society. The 
> document is organised into the following topics with media-related 
> examples: Media Create Political Change; Media Reduce Corruption; Media 
> and the Economy; Media and Society; Media Improve Education; Media Support 
> Disaster Relief; Media Improve Health Practices; Media Serve Local 
> Communities; and Media Influence Public Policy.
> http://www.comminit.com/en/node/267788/348
>
>
> 3. University Journalism Education: A Global Challenge
> by Ellen Hume
> This is a study on the current state of journalism education worldwide. 
> The report suggests that not only is there a surge in student demand for 
> university-based journalism studies worldwide, but it is likely that most 
> entry-level journalists come from university programmes. Concerns about 
> journalists emerging directly from universities into the field include: a 
> lack of practical training in journalism education; the trend of merging 
> journalism with public relations; the lack of educational grounding in the 
> ethics of independent journalism; and the failure of universities to 
> "underscore the journalists' mission as independent watchdogs holding the 
> powerful accountable."
> http://www.comminit.com/en/node/267749/348
>
>
> 4. Global Investigative Journalism: Strategies for Support
> by David E. Kaplan
> This report was commissioned to determine the size and strength of the 
> field of investigative journalism and what types of assistance are needed 
> to help the field expand. The report "explores the rapid growth of 
> investigative journalism overseas and suggests ways to best support and 
> professionalize its practice in developing and democratizing countries." 
> The document emphasises that in-country needs vary widely from short-term 
> workshops and consulting where an economy is growing and a sophisticated 
> press exists, to a "holistic 'package' not only of training, but of 
> protection of individual journalists, incentives, reliable information 
> streams (e.g. internet access), institutional support to the 
> better-quality media outlets, legal backup and support to centres..." It 
> offers the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism as a model. The 
> study finds no clear relationship between the economic health of the press 
> and its investigative tradition, but a correlation by country b!
> etween lesser degrees of corruption, an investigative reporting tradition, 
> and the country being home to an investigative reporting association. The 
> document maps the international donor and development field, along with 
> investigative reporting implementing organisations, finding that a lack of 
> coordination and consultation is hindering the field.
> http://www.comminit.com/en/node/267874/348
>
>
> 5. The Role of Media-support Organizations and Public Literacy in 
> Strengthening Independent Media Worldwide
> by Ann C. Olson
> This report covers two communication issues: media literacy - educating 
> the public about the function and responsibilities of the media and how to 
> discern reliable from unreliable or biased news sources - and supporting 
> organisations for media, including journalists' professional associations. 
> The purpose of the study is to explore the potential for support of these 
> journalism organisations and the role of media literacy in sustaining or 
> strengthening independent media around the world.
> http://www.comminit.com/en/node/267903
>
>
> 6. U.S. Public and Private Funding of Independent Media Development Abroad
> by Peter Graves and edited by Angela Stephens
> This report, based on results of a survey of public and private media 
> sector funders and implementers, interviews, and a review of literature, 
> surveys the major donors, the types of programmes they fund (direct 
> assistance to media outlets, journalism training, public information 
> campaigns, improving the legal environment for media, and media 
> management), and what opportunities exist to educate potential donors 
> about the importance of developing independent media. Independent media 
> sector development includes direct assistance to media outlets, journalism 
> training, creating a legal enabling environment for independent media, 
> media/business management training to ensure financial sustainability, and 
> developing non-governmental professional associations supportive of 
> independent media. As stated in the report, United States official 
> development assistance and private sector philanthropy are at their 
> highest levels ever, and represent an opportunity to increase funding for 
> the i!
> ndependent media sector worldwide through outreach and advocacy to donors 
> about the importance of building and strengthening independent media 
> around the world.
> http://www.comminit.com/en/node/267796/348
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> WORKING GROUP REPORTS
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>
> 7. Community Radio: Its Impact and Challenges to Its Development
> This working group report describes results of a meeting on the impact of 
> community radio, as well as the role and challenges of community radio 
> development within the larger context of media development. The group 
> included community radio developers and activists, representatives from 
> donor and implementing organisations, as well as scholars and 
> policymakers, who met to form recommendations on whether and how to 
> address community radio development within larger assistance initiatives. 
> The group discussed creating an enabling environment for community radio 
> development, issues related to the sustainability of community radio 
> stations, and appropriate assistance strategies that donors and 
> implementers should consider, against a background of first-hand accounts 
> of where and why community radio has been effective.
> http://www.comminit.com/en/node/267738/348
>
>
> 8. Media Assistance: Challenges and Opportunities for the Professional 
> Development of Journalists
> This report focuses on both a need for professional development for 
> working journalists in developing countries and those countries with 
> emerging opportunities for independent media and a need for training in 
> independent journalistic practices. The report represents input from 
> practitioners who have observed, studied, planned, and implemented media 
> education programmes of the United States and other Western governments, 
> as well as those of private funders. The document reviews discussion by 
> the group on the topics of universities, journalism centres, and "best 
> practices" for training.
> http://www.comminit.com/en/node/267760/348
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>
> 9. Media Law Assistance: Establishing an Enabling Environment for Free and 
> Independent Media to Flourish
> This media law working group report describes the role of international 
> media assistance in fostering a legal enabling environment for free and 
> independent media. The working group consisted of participants from media 
> institutions and government, non-governmental, and international 
> organisations, as well as lawyers, academics, and donors. Its goal was to 
> form recommendations for policy makers on how to improve United States 
> foreign assistance with respect to media law in countries where it 
> inhibits free media. According to the working group findings, a "legal 
> enabling environment" requires not only laws on freedom of expression, but 
> journalistic access to information without intimidation, the right to 
> protect sources, a transparent and apolitical licensing system, and the 
> right of citizens to own and operate media without censorship and control 
> and with legal business status. Further, civil society, as stated here, 
> must be educated and prepared to support and oversee its med!
> ia independence through organisations working to ensure fair 
> implementation of existing laws. The document concludes with 
> recommendations rooted in the recognition of media development as its own 
> distinct development sector.
> http://www.comminit.com/en/node/267846/348
>
>
> 10. Toward Economic Sustainability of the Media in Developing Countries
> This report details the results of a working group convened on the topic 
> of economic sustainability of the media in developing and less-developed 
> countries. The working group's ultimate goal was to form recommendations 
> for policymakers on how to improve United States foreign assistance with 
> respect to economic sustainability of media. Strategies for sustainability 
> were found to be similar in developed and developing countries, but 
> differed between emerging democracies and closed regimes where news is 
> subject to varying degrees of government control. The document's 
> conclusions seek to summarise how to promote media development as a sector 
> and how to engage foundations and international organisations for media 
> assistance.
> http://www.comminit.com/en/node/267784
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> BIBLIOGRAPHY
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> 11. CIMA has compiled a bibliography containing books, reports, articles, 
> working papers, and manuals relevant to the field of international media 
> assistance. This database is intended for use by all interested parties. 
> CIMA hopes to update and expand the bibliography through user 
> participation. The Center seeks additions to the contents as well as 
> suggestions to improve this database.
> http://www.comminit.com/en/node/266155
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> Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)
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