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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><EM><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: DE; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri">Birgitte Jallov: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri" lang=EN-US>Empowerment Radio. Voices Building a Community. Krogegaard (Empowerhouse), 2012<Xxml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></EM></P></DIV>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri" lang=EN-US>Birgitte Jallov’s <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Empowerment Radio. Voices Building a Community</I> reveals a practitioner’s vast experience, thoroughly rooted in theoretical reflection and fed by the energizing enthusiasm of an aficionado.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri" lang=EN-US>In development assistance, community radio is widely considered a major agent of social, cultural and political development. The number of community radios supported has increased tremendously, especially over the recent decade. Expectations towards the impact of community radios are high; to quote just a few from newer publications:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>provision of independent, trustworthy information from local voices; the power to mobilize groups and bring change to societies, preventing the spillover of violence, facilitating ethnic collaboration, creating dialogue, playing an important role in the achievement of the millennium development goals, and helping people to celebrate their own culture and strengthen their identities. Community radio is promoted as a simple, effective solution, although the steering of the participatory stations is rather complex if compared to journalistic media; their strengths – the inclusion of communities in all aspects, from ownership to programming and fundraising – is at the same time the biggest challenge for the sustainability of the stations, not only regarding financial survival, but also organizational sustainability and the essential social and cultural embedment. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri" lang=EN-US>At the same time, as Jallov points out, “there is no, there cannot be, and there should not be one model to follow, because every community radio is different, because every community is different: the history is different, the people are different, their culture and language are different, their day-to-day lives are different, and their challenges are different.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri" lang=EN-US>Respecting variety without corrupting principal concepts, Birgitte Jallov focuses on core processes to reach the specific and most adequate realization of a station in every community. Based on her rich hands-on-experience, she provides examples illustrating processes of preparation, establishment, and building of long-term sustainability and empowerment, as well as the provision of an enabling environment. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri" lang=EN-US>For those who wish to learn more about the different aspects illustrated in the book, and seek broader support in the understanding and development of community radios, Birgitte Jallov offers a follow up with the seven-week online </SPAN><SPAN><FONT size=3>course <EM>How to turn voices into community change. <o:p></o:p></EM></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Zurich Cn BT', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri,Bold'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" lang=EN-US>Details about the webinar and links to order the book can be found under: </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB><A href="http://empowerhouse.dk/training/"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Zurich Cn BT', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>http://empowerhouse.dk/training/</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Zurich Cn BT', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>. </SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Zurich Cn BT', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US><FONT size=2>A. Sofie Jannusch (CAMECO)</FONT></SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: DE"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<DIV><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-US></SPAN> </DIV><br/><div style='clear: both;'>A. Sofie Jannusch<br>Catholic Media Council<br>P.O.Box 10 21 04<br>52021 Aachen<br>Fon: **49-241-70 13 12 12<br>skype: sofie.jannusch<br>Fax: **49-241-70 13 12 33<br>Email: sofie.jannusch@cameco.org<br>Internet: http://www.cameco.org </div><br/></body></html>