Tagged with: Governance and rights
Posts (80)
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Bridging the gap
Osebi Adams
Research Officer, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action in Nigeria
Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action researcher Osebi Adams on how his work measures efforts to bring the governed and their governors closer together in Nigeria.
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Social media in Tajikistan: a battlefield
Esfandiar Adena
Head of Ö÷²¥´óÐã Bureau in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Esfandiar Adena, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action's Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, on the online conflict between pro-government and opposition voices ahead of Tajikistan's presidential elections.
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Sema Kenya: When the cameras stop rolling
Joseph Warangu
Presenter, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Sema Kenya
Each TV presenter has their own way of preparing for their show. So how does the Ö÷²¥´óÐã Sema Kenya (Kenya Speaks) host Joseph Warungu prepare to connect with his audience?
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Making a world debate local
Ed Pauker
Country Director for Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action, Myanmar
At the World Economic Forum for East Asia in Burma last week, a ground-breaking debate saw Burmese citizens asking questions of their leaders on TV and radio for the first time. Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action's Country Director Ed Pauker reports.
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My barber and I
Eze Eze Ogali
Head of Productions, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action in Nigeria
How does a weekly haircut inspire Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action's Head of Productions Eze Eze Ogali in Nigeria?Â
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What would a post-2015 development goal on free media mean?
James Deane
Director, Policy and Learning
A High Level Panel – co-chaired by David Cameron – has published its recommendations for a new framework to replace the Millennium Development Goals. Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action's Director of Policy and Learning argues that a proposed goal including media freedom and access to information is a bold and imp...
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"This episode was different"
Lana Shehadeh
Research Officer for Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action in the Palestinian Territories
Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action's Lana Shehadeh on how disabled people in the Palestine Territories used a TV debate show Hur El Kalam to get their voice heard.
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Shelf life
Lana Shehadeh
Research Officer for Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action in the Palestinian Territories
Lana Shehadeh on how Palestinian Territories’ TV show Hur el Kalam (Free to Speak) went shopping for its latest show about the government's monitoring of expired goods on sale.
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Open Jirga: Afghans question President Karzai
Shirazuddin Siddiqi
Country Director, Afghanistan
Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action’s Country Director in Afghanistan describes the build up to President Hamid Karzai’s appearance on debate show Open Jirga.
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Zambia debates health, land and women’s rights
Melanie Rodrigues
Assistant Project Manager
Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action is working closely with Zambian broadcasters on debates about Zambia’s most topical issues. But there have been a number of practical challenges.