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A tribute to Om Prakash Puri
Veteran Indian actor, Om Puri, who passed away last week, fronted our HIV and AIDS drama series, Jasoos Vijay 鈥� helping make it one of India鈥檚 most watched TV shows of its time. Devika Bahl, creative director for the series shares fond memories of an exceptional man.
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Tackling disability discrimination in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, our journalism mentors Senjuti Masud and Bishawjit Das have been training journalists to improve how people with disabilities are portrayed in the media and tackle negative stereotyping and perceptions. Read their story鈥�
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How can media help? Research from six humanitarian crises.
To coincide with World Humanitarian Day, 主播大秀 Media Action has launched a new humanitarian microsite, sharing data from six humanitarian evaluations to build the evidence base on how media can help people affected by crises.
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World Radio Day 2015
Today is World Radio Day and its theme is 鈥榶outh鈥�. Find out how 主播大秀 Media Action is using the unique power of radio to inform, connect and empower young people around the world.
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Earth Headlines
World Environment Day: The Earth Headlines project provides journalism training with the aim of improving mainstream Indian media coverage of environmental issues.
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Taking the verdict home
World Press Freedom Day: Amara Bangura recalls Sierra Leone鈥檚 civil war 鈥� and how it inspired him to report on the Charles Taylor trial.
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South Sudan: reaching out to mothers and babies amid conflict
Our health radio shows are back on air. But as fighting continues, the challenges have changed, says our producer Daniel Realkuy Awad Barnaba聽in Juba.
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Burma's Bright Young Stars
Young journalism trainees in Burma are experiencing astonishing change and looking to the future.
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Pushing boundaries: a TV birth in Bangladesh
Ujan Ganger Naiya (Sailing Against the Tide) is a TV drama about teenage sisters in a rural village in Bangladesh, the first series explores the dangers of early pregnancy.
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主播大秀work vs Housework: gender roles and girls education in South Sudan
Gender roles are often the reason girls drop out of school in South Sudan. We produce radio show 'Our School' to amplify issues and barriers to girls education across the country so they can be discussed and overcome. Our editor shares a very unusual story of a young boy turning the tables on ge...
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'Thoughts of my Burmese friends haunt me still' - reflecting on Myanmar
主播大秀 Media Action鈥檚 Series Producer Dipak Bhattarai was working with their Myanmar team in Yangon when the military coup took place in the early morning of 1 February. He reflects on the experience and what it means for the journalists and young people with whom he worked.
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South Sudan: making PSAs that matter
Great sound, simple language and one core message: key lessons from our recent training for partner radio stations in South Sudan. 主播大秀 Media Action's Cassie Biggs blogs from Juba.聽
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Off the beaten track in South Sudan: taking action to support women's rights
Access to trusted and accurate information is essential in challenging harmful norms and traditions. Our senior project manager in South Sudan, Silvia Boarini, recounts a visit to one of our listening groups, and how Mama Lia took action to support her daughter's rights.
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Bold female voices: broadcasting under the shadow of Boko Haram
At the height of the Boko Haram insurgency local radio stations stayed on air. Three years on from the Chibok schoolgirls鈥� kidnapping, Rachael Borlase profiles the female broadcasters in Northern Nigeria proudly telling their own stories.
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Meet Suspilne: a rebranded, modern broadcaster in Ukraine
主播大秀 Media Action and partners began to reform UA:PBC in 2017 with one objective: to revolutionise its news operation and design a newsroom that would cater to a wider audience, with media and multi-platform content that is trusted, impartial, informing and engaging. Earlier this month, we presen...
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Hear Me Too: a drama to tackle violence against Rohingya women in Cox鈥檚 Bazar
For International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, hear from Sarah Bradshaw, Training Manager for 主播大秀 Academy International and experienced radio producer/director, who helped our teams in Bangladesh to develop a new radio drama to change attitudes towards gender-based violence.
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Visualising voting in rural Cambodia
On the eve of Cambodia鈥檚 general election, 主播大秀 News' head of visual journalism explores how infographics can make complex information accessible to any audience.
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Nigerian elections: We鈥檝e had enough. No violence. Just vote.
Why Nigerian celebrities are spreading a message of peace in the run-up to the country鈥檚 general elections. Liberty Bunce, Project Manager for 主播大秀 Media Action explains鈥�
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Goodbye Caroline, hello Simon - behind the scenes with 主播大秀 Media Action's CEOs
On 11 July, 主播大秀 Media Action 鈥� the 主播大秀鈥檚 international charity 鈥� will say goodbye to their CEO of 14 years, Caroline Nursey OBE, upon her retirement and welcome Simon Bishop as their new CEO.
