2011 ANNUAL REPORT INTERNEWS HUMANITARIAN INFORMATION PROJECTS2011 ANNUAL REPORT INTERNEWS HUMANITARIAN INFORMATION PROJECTS
When Information Saves Lives
Publisher: 
Internews
- Published on: 
01/2012

News spreads quickly around the world in theimmediate aftermath of a crisis. Details, videos, and testimonials circulate onthe web and via media outlets within seconds of a natural disaster or theoutbreak of violence.

But for people in the midst of the crisis, gettinginformation is usually much harder. Power goes down. Mobile networks fail.Local journalists can be victims and even become targets themselves, unable toreport out. And survivors are often left to rebuild their lives with noeffective means to communicate with those providing aid.

There is growing evidence that commun...

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ANN KITE YO PALE / LET THEM SPEAK: BEST PRACTICE AND LESSONS LEARNED IN COMMUNICATION WITH DISASTER AFFECTED COMMUNITIES – HAITI 2010ANN KITE YO PALE / LET THEM SPEAK: BEST PRACTICE AND LESSONS LEARNED IN COMMUNICATION WITH DISASTER AFFECTED COMMUNITIES – HAITI 2010
Publisher: 
Internews Europe, BBC World Service Trust, UkAid
- Published on: 
11/2011

New report published by infoasaid captures practical case studies and best practice in communications with affected communities during the 2010 responses in Haiti.

The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck the south of Haiti on January 12th 2010 triggered the largest humanitarian response since the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004. But the earthquake was unfortunately not the only serious emergency to strike Haiti in 2010. The outbreak of cholera in the town of St Marc on October 18th 2010 brought a new, highly infectious and d...

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DADAAB, KENYA: HUMANITARIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT AMONG REFUGEES IN THE CAMPSDADAAB, KENYA: HUMANITARIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT AMONG REFUGEES IN THE CAMPS
Publisher: 
Internews
- Published on: 
09/2011

Seriouscommunication gaps between the humanitarian sector and refugees in Dadaab,Kenya, are increasing refugee suffering and putting lives at risk, a new jointassessment report led by Internews concludes. 

Dadaab, thelargest refugee camp complex in the world, is home to hundreds of thousandsfleeing the drought in Somalia – people who are being put further at riskbecause of information gaps that are hampering the aid response. “Despiteimportant efforts from individual agencies, current communication strategiesfor affected communities are not working as effectively as they coul...

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LIBYA MEDIA ASSESSMENT LIBYA MEDIA ASSESSMENT
Publisher: 
Internews
- Published on: 
09/2011

The "Libya Media Assessment" has been conducted betwen the 17th May and the 4th June 2011 in eastern Libya and Misrata. The team visited Benghazi, Misrata, Ajdabya, Al Baida and Derna.

The report notes that current media initiatives are “new, raw, and very fluid.” The country’s media is in need of a range of journalistic, editorial and technical production skills, as well as ethics training. Media outlets are developing in a high-pressure environment of conflict as social and administrative structures tenuously evolve. 

The report calls for the development of a r...

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PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN INFORMATION TO FLOOD-AFFECTED PEOPLE IN PAKISTANPROVIDING HUMANITARIAN INFORMATION TO FLOOD-AFFECTED PEOPLE IN PAKISTAN
Publisher: 
Infoasaid
- Published on: 
04/2011

The infoasaid research report ‘Providing Humanitarian Information to Flood-Affected People in Pakistan’ provides a snapshot of the effectiveness of humanitarian information efforts in the provinces of Sindh and Punjab in Pakistan three months after the devastating July 2010 floods. 

The primary goal of the research that surveyed over 1,000 people from eight flood-affected areas in these provinces in November and December 2010, was to provide real-time information to support rapid and effective humanitarian information efforts.    

The report offers a...

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MEDIA, INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND COMMUNITIES: LESSONS FROM HAITIMEDIA, INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND COMMUNITIES: LESSONS FROM HAITI
Publisher: 
Knight Foundation
- Published on: 
01/2011

The report “Media, Information Systems and Communities: Lessons from Haiti” clearly shows that Haiti became the first real-world response in which new technologies, coupled with more traditional media, helped save lives. The report cautioned against calling the Haitian experience a “new-media success story,” considering that much remains to be learned in how to effectively use these new tools. The report also notes that radio, long a dominant media in crises around the world, remained a strong and effective tool to disseminate critical information to survivors.

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MEDIA4DIVERSITYMEDIA4DIVERSITY
Taking the pulse of diversity in the media
Publisher: 
The European Commission
- Published on: 
07/2009

The publication Media4diversity, published in 2009, was commissioned by the European Union to identify the most significant and/or innovative initiatives taken by or about the media to combat discrimination and/or to promote diversity.

The study is the result of a one-year survey and joint work by the European Commission, the Media Diversity institute, the International Federation of Journalists and Internews Europe

Background of the study:

The powerful influence of the media on our societies is well-known - it shapes our views and our behaviour.  The truth unfortu...

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THE POWER OF INFORMATIONTHE POWER OF INFORMATION
Internews: turning up the volume on voices all too often ignored
Publisher: 
Internews Europe
- Published on: 
10/2008

The 2008 Annual Report presents Internews Europe’s goals, mission and values.

It outlines the programmatic answers provided by Internews Europe to targeted issues, and presents our projects and their related success stories, to give a better understanding of our work worlwide.

Internews Europe Executive Director Welcome message:

"Dear Colleagues and Friends,

Internews Europe is at the forefront of the social and political transformation that the new communication era is shaping. From human rights journalism on Facebook, climate change media on MTV and SMS news se...

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THE PROMISE OF UBIQUITYTHE PROMISE OF UBIQUITY
Mobile as media platform in the global south
Publisher: 
Internews Europe
- Published on: 
07/2008

“A lot of the most interesting innovation in mobiles is coming from the South - financial transactions, M-government and so on.” - Ken Banks, FrontlineSMS (www.frontlinesms.com)

African peasants paint their mobile phone number over their front doors. Indian slum dwellers buy SIM cards to use on friends’ handsets. Chinese students spend three months’ allowance on a phone they can use to surf the web. Once almost the exclusive domain of rich countries, the mobile revolution has swept through the developing world. An estimated 3.8 billion people, or half the world’s popul...

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MEDIA MATTERSMEDIA MATTERS
Perspectives on Advancing Governance & Development from the Global Forum for Media Development
- Published on: 
10/2006

Media Matters is an independent publication of Internews Europe on behalf of the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) about the central role of the media in effective development.

Published in October 2006 after a year-long collaboration among media-development practitioners and leading social, political and communications scientists, Media Matters presents core messages to the international development community and to policy-makers on the central role of independent media in effective development. It draws together thinking and analysis that covers the breadth and depth of the...

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