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Information becoming toughest commodity to get i...
With their country’s economy in crisis, Venezuelans are facing shortages of just about everything – milk, flour, toilet paper, cooking oil–and information. The Venezuelan government’s “communications hegemony is silencing the media and journalists,” said Sergio Dahbar, the former editor ... |
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It’s not what the Hong Kong protesters are say...
Guest post by John Sinden. The original interview was featured on American University’s SIS International Relations Online. Many parallels can be drawn between the 2014 Hong Kong student protests and the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Both protests demand higher political participatio... |
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Post-2015 Goals Should Include Independent Media...
Access to information, transparency, independent media, accountability and citizen participation are not being adequately addressed by the global effort to set a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a diverse group of global development specialists. Drawn from an informal su... |
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Event wrap-up: Data Journalism
Using data journalism to bridge the gap from media to overall development One of CIMA’s first blog posts highlighted the importance of raising the visibility of media development across sectors. Since then, we have taken an active role in working toward building ties with other sectors and resear... |
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Political Support Key for Myanmar Media
“As we already know, media reform is the most important process in President U Thein Sein’s reform. We didn’t have enough experience of the role of media in democracy to implement the reform process. We want to develop a vibrant democracy in our country, which is not possible without citizen p... |
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Political support key for media in Myanmar
Over the past two years, the euphoria surrounding the rebirth of independent media in Myanmar has given way to increasing concern in light of high profile setbacks, including the arrest and harsh sentencing of prominent journalists and the passage of controversial new media laws. It is unclear if th... |