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 services for the slums of Calcutta, Internews is creating new space for change. Our work is led by a group of media professionals, who believe that our modern world continues to face injustice, suffering and formidable challenges. But, we think that it is indeed possible to combat injustice; that problems do indeed have solutions. What is needed is a collective effort in both persistence and innovation. We believe that the media can play a significant role in creating an empowering environment, conducive to social change – and we are finding that decision-makers are taking a good look at the evidence and increasingly agreeing with us. Media which is local and national, digital and print, traditional and new, but above all independent, and responsive to the needs of its audiences.
Since 1995, Internews Europe has been working with the Internews family around the globe, helping the media to better fulfil its social role, bringing people information that is relevant, professionally produced, high-quality, and delivered in the fastest and most user-friendly manner. Our main contribution is connecting people whenever and wherever possible. Connecting across borders – by means of technologies, training and production.
In the following pages, we describe our latest programmes, which build upon almost two decades of experience in supporting local media. This new work has its foundation in projects that have trained thousands of media professionals in the former Soviet Union, the European Union, the Balkans, Africa, Central and SE Asia. These projects also formed new generations of media lawyers that are central to defending and expanding the public space that societies need in order to develop. The work that we are now showcasing combines technological innovation with our deep knowledge of what it takes to help local media serve its communities effectively. Some of these projects are avowedly experimental, and others are based on new strategic partnerships, such as the one we have pioneered with the Elders in supporting local human rights journalism. But we believe that they all have the potential to support our overriding mission to empower people with the news and information that they need – and give them the means to make their voices heard."
MAIN CONTENT:
1. About Internews Europe
2. Executive Director’s welcome
3. Supporting the bottom billion
4. Spotlight on corruption
5. Independent media roadmap
6. Nurturing grassroots journalism
7. Internews worldwide
8. Bottom of the pyramid news service
9. Opening new links
10. Expanding green issues
11. Balanced coverage, better health
12. Media in crisis zones
13. Triggering change
14. Supporting human rights
15. The global forum for media development