http://www.emmys.com/foundation/education.htm
Educational Programs & Services
The Academy Foundation offers various programs for college students and professors, as well as informational opportunities for the telecommunications and general community.
The Student Internship Program offers thirty-one 8-week paid summer internships in 27 categories of telecommunications work. The program is a national competition and has been selected as one of the top ten internship programs of any kind in the U.S. by the Princeton Review's "America's Top Internships." All internships are served during the summer in the Los Angeles area and each intern is mentored by a former intern.
The College Television Awards is a national competition which provides industry recognition for outstanding student-produced films and videos. The TV Academy Foundation awards cash prizes to the winners and Eastman Kodak gives additional product grants. The Bricker Family award of $4,000 is also given to one first-place winner which best represents a humanitarian concern. The Walter Lantz Foundation sponsors two animation awards as well as two animation internships. Winners are honored at a black-tie gala in Los Angeles each spring. A Festival of Winners takes place the day following the gala. Winners are mentored by television industry professionals.
In November, the TV Academy Foundation hosts a four-day faculty seminar for eighteen college professors selected from a nationwide search. The seminar offers panel discussions on production and post production focusing on prime-time telecommunications. The purpose is to expose college media teachers to aspects of the industry that can only be experienced in the Los Angeles area.
The Visiting Professionals Program provides colleges and universities nationwide with television professionals to do lectures, workshops and seminars on virtually every area of the television industry. The speakers are members of the Academy representing all 26 peer groups.
October 14, 2002
October-09-2002
MIPCOM Junior Final Press Release
10TH MIPCOM JUNIOR REACHES ALL-TIME HIGH IN NUMBER OF BUYERS
Underscoring the ever-growing demand for youth programming, 433 buyers of children’s programmes from 53 countries attended the two-day screenings event.
Animation remains the favourite category with the highest number of screenings.
Cannes, October 7th, 2002 – The largest contingent of children’s programme buyers ever registered in MIPCOM Junior’s 10-year history came to the two-day screenings event (October 5th - 6th, Palais des Festivals, Cannes). A total of 433 buyers - a 19.3% increase compared to last year’s 363 buyers - attended the event. At MIPCOM Junior 2000, 418 buyers attended the screenings.
Buyers from the American continent represent the largest increase in the overall number of buyers (+54.8% compared to last year), followed by the Asia Pacific region (+40.5%) and Africa/Middle East (+36.4%).
A total number of 685 programmes were presented at MIPCOM Junior (-8% compared to last year’s 758 programmes).
Programme buyers made 12,052 screenings, a 3.6% increase compared to last year’s 11,634 screenings. The most screened category was animation with 9,851 screenings (+5.88% compared to last year), followed by drama/fiction (893 screenings) and education (557). Animation also accounts for all of MIPCOM Junior’s 30 most screened titles (see attached list).
Most screened programmes include Decode Entertainment and Sunwoo Entertainment’s B-Bot Vs The Alien Posse with 79 screenings, followed by Decode’s Franny’s Feet (75 screenings), Millimages UK’s Fire Quest (72), and Alphanim’s Creepschool (71).
In total 166 seller companies, 192 buyer companies and an overall number of 685 participants from 53 countries attended MIPCOM Junior 2002.
The 10 most represented countries by company are:
COUNTRY NUMBER OF COMPANIES
UNITED KINGDOM 54
USA 48
FRANCE 46
CANADA 29
SPAIN 26
GERMANY 26
NETHERLANDS 14
JAPAN 14
ITALY 11
AUSTRALIA 26
Programmes screened and category:
7/10/2002-JUNIOR
GENDER PROGRAMMES SCREENINGS
ANIMATION 494 9851
DOCUMENTARY 23 262
EDUCATIONAL 58 557
FEATURE FILMS 18 128
FICTION 67 893
GAMES 7 62
MUSIC/ART/CULTURE 9 82
SPORT 3 32
TOTAL 695 12052
Top 30 Most Screened programmes
NAME OF THE PROGRAMME COMPANY PROGRAMME COUNTRY SCREENINGS
B-Boot VS The Alien Posse Decode Entertainment Canada 79
B-Boot VS The Alien Posse Sunwoo Entertainment USA 75
Franny's Feet Decode Entertainment INC. Canada 72
Fire Quest Millimages UK United Kingdom 72
Creepschool Alphanim France 71
The Fairytaler Egmont Imagination United Kingdom 68
Corneil & Bernie Millimages UK United Kingdom 67
Seriously Weird Cine Groupe Canada 63
Seriously Weird Granada International United Kingdom 63
Girl Stuff, Boy Stuff Decode Entertainment Canada 63
Clone High Nelvana International Ltd France 61
Bob Screen The Defective Detective Digital Salad France 60
Cooking?...Child's Play Alphanim France 60
Little King Macius Universal Studios TV Distribution United Kingdom 59
A Cow a Cat and the Ocean Futurikon France 58
Something Else TV-Loonland United Kingdom 58
Dr Dog France Animation France 57
The Disgusting World of Horace Grossman Sunwoo Entertainment USA 57
The Crazy Barn Show TV Animation A/S Denmark 57
WereKids TV-Loonland United Kingdom 55
Bus Stop Pepper's Ghost Productions United Kingdom 53
The Bookoshkis Sunwoo Entertainment USA 53
The Invisible Man B.R.B Internacional Spain 53
Brick's & Brat's Carrere Group France 52
Gene Fusion Banjax United Kingdom 52
The Ark Nelvana International France 52
Piggley Winks Mike Young Productions INC USA 51
Tucker TV Loonland United Kingdom 51
Ebb and Flo The Canning Factory United Kingdom 50
The Ammazing Adrenalini Brothers Egmont Imagination United Kingdom 50
Berenstain Bears Nelvana International France 49
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron?Boy Genius Nickelodeon/MTV USA 49
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MediaGuardian.co.uk | Broadcast | Big Bird heads for Belfast
Big Bird heads for Belfast
Jason Deans
Wednesday October 9, 2002
Sesame Street
The makers of Sesame Street are planning a Belfast-based version of the long running children's show to promote understanding and tolerance between the rival communities in Northern Ireland.
Sesame Workshop wants to team up with a UK broadcaster to develop a local version of the show.
It would be set in a fictional Belfast street, be written and produced in the city and feature Sesame Street's trademark mix of Muppets such as Big Bird and the Cookie Monster, live action inserts and educational material.
"A version of Sesame Street for Northern Ireland is still very much on our radar," Gary Knell, the president and chief executive of Sesame Workshop, told the C21media.net website at the Mipcom TV market in Cannes.
"It won't be easy. The issues are extremely complex and we don't pretend we have all the answers. It'll be about finding the right partners," Mr Knell said.
Localised versions of Sesame Street are already on air in South Africa, where Sesame Workshop is trying to help educate children about the dangers of Aids by featuring a HIV-positive Muppet.
Other versions of the show are broadcast in the Middle East, with special emphasis given to issues arising from the Arab-Israeli conflict.
"As has been proved in South Africa, Egypt, Israel and Palestine, we own a format and a technology that can inspire kids to treat others with respect and tolerance," Mr Knell said.
"We recently held a Sesame Street workshop in Jerusalem and a lot of people from Belfast came along to see if they could learn from our experiences in the Middle East."
Big Bird heads for Belfast
Jason Deans
Wednesday October 9, 2002
Sesame Street
The makers of Sesame Street are planning a Belfast-based version of the long running children's show to promote understanding and tolerance between the rival communities in Northern Ireland.
Sesame Workshop wants to team up with a UK broadcaster to develop a local version of the show.
It would be set in a fictional Belfast street, be written and produced in the city and feature Sesame Street's trademark mix of Muppets such as Big Bird and the Cookie Monster, live action inserts and educational material.
"A version of Sesame Street for Northern Ireland is still very much on our radar," Gary Knell, the president and chief executive of Sesame Workshop, told the C21media.net website at the Mipcom TV market in Cannes.
"It won't be easy. The issues are extremely complex and we don't pretend we have all the answers. It'll be about finding the right partners," Mr Knell said.
Localised versions of Sesame Street are already on air in South Africa, where Sesame Workshop is trying to help educate children about the dangers of Aids by featuring a HIV-positive Muppet.
Other versions of the show are broadcast in the Middle East, with special emphasis given to issues arising from the Arab-Israeli conflict.
"As has been proved in South Africa, Egypt, Israel and Palestine, we own a format and a technology that can inspire kids to treat others with respect and tolerance," Mr Knell said.
"We recently held a Sesame Street workshop in Jerusalem and a lot of people from Belfast came along to see if they could learn from our experiences in the Middle East."
October 10, 2002
http://www.policy.lv/index.php?id=102467&lang=en
full report online as pdf in Latvian and English
Street children in Latvia: problems and solutions
Year of publication: 2002
Author: Inga Lukasinska, Soros Foundation-Latvia Public Policy Fellow
Organisation: Association for Street Children
Financed by: the Soros Foundation-Latvia, COLPI, LGI
Languages: Latvian, English
ABSTRACT
In Latvia the transition period has been a time of both economic and social tensions; it has created new problems and exacerbated existing ones. One of the new problems, which appeared in Latvia without warning, is the problem of street children. Although Latvia's laws protect the rights of all children, they have proved inadequate for dealing with the problem of street children. The question is whether this situation can be changed in a way that is financially and administratively feasible.
This study shows that it is possible and takes a look at the strategic questions that should receive attention if the existing system for protection of children's rights is to work well enough to cope with the problem of street children.
The study:
analyses the causes and effects of the street children phenomenon;
defines the term "street children" and explains the adopted approach;
outlines the difficulties connected with registering the exact number of street children and assesses future prospects for obtaining regular data;
examines current policy on protection of children's rights and evaluates measures
taken at a state and local government level to cope with the street children problem;
makes recommendations based on case studies carried out in various Latvian cities.
The study also includes a number of specific proposals, concerning:
the term "street children";
statistics on street children;
municipal child and family support councils.
full report online as pdf in Latvian and English
Street children in Latvia: problems and solutions
Year of publication: 2002
Author: Inga Lukasinska, Soros Foundation-Latvia Public Policy Fellow
Organisation: Association for Street Children
Financed by: the Soros Foundation-Latvia, COLPI, LGI
Languages: Latvian, English
ABSTRACT
In Latvia the transition period has been a time of both economic and social tensions; it has created new problems and exacerbated existing ones. One of the new problems, which appeared in Latvia without warning, is the problem of street children. Although Latvia's laws protect the rights of all children, they have proved inadequate for dealing with the problem of street children. The question is whether this situation can be changed in a way that is financially and administratively feasible.
This study shows that it is possible and takes a look at the strategic questions that should receive attention if the existing system for protection of children's rights is to work well enough to cope with the problem of street children.
The study:
analyses the causes and effects of the street children phenomenon;
defines the term "street children" and explains the adopted approach;
outlines the difficulties connected with registering the exact number of street children and assesses future prospects for obtaining regular data;
examines current policy on protection of children's rights and evaluates measures
taken at a state and local government level to cope with the street children problem;
makes recommendations based on case studies carried out in various Latvian cities.
The study also includes a number of specific proposals, concerning:
the term "street children";
statistics on street children;
municipal child and family support councils.
October 9, 2002
http://www.ifa.de/f/f1/df1mitar.htm
MEDIENASSISTENT/IN
(Polen, Russland, Litauen und Kasachstan)
Die Medienassistenten/innen unterstützen deutschsprachige Zeitungsredaktionen in ihrer täglichen Arbeit. Das Aufgabengebiet umfasst das Redigieren von Texten, und die Recherche für eigene Beiträge.
Einsatzorte:
Polen: Schlesisches Wochenblatt, Opole
Russland: Moskauer Deutsche Zeitung, Moskau; Zeitung für Dich, Slawgorod; St. Petersburgische Zeitung, St. Petersburg; Wolgazeitung, Saratow; Ihre Zeitung, Asowo
Litauen: Baltische Rundschau, Vilnius
Kasachstan: Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, Almaty
Tschechische Republik: Landeszeitung, Prag
Voraussetzungen:
Journalistikstudium oder praktische journalistische Erfahrungen
Deutsch als Muttersprache
Sprachkenntnisse des Einsatzlandes
Kenntnisse der Situation der deutschen Minderheit im Einsatzland
Alter max. 35 Jahre
MEDIENASSISTENT/IN
(Polen, Russland, Litauen und Kasachstan)
Die Medienassistenten/innen unterstützen deutschsprachige Zeitungsredaktionen in ihrer täglichen Arbeit. Das Aufgabengebiet umfasst das Redigieren von Texten, und die Recherche für eigene Beiträge.
Einsatzorte:
Polen: Schlesisches Wochenblatt, Opole
Russland: Moskauer Deutsche Zeitung, Moskau; Zeitung für Dich, Slawgorod; St. Petersburgische Zeitung, St. Petersburg; Wolgazeitung, Saratow; Ihre Zeitung, Asowo
Litauen: Baltische Rundschau, Vilnius
Kasachstan: Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, Almaty
Tschechische Republik: Landeszeitung, Prag
Voraussetzungen:
Journalistikstudium oder praktische journalistische Erfahrungen
Deutsch als Muttersprache
Sprachkenntnisse des Einsatzlandes
Kenntnisse der Situation der deutschen Minderheit im Einsatzland
Alter max. 35 Jahre
GRANT-MAKERS
Allavida's Charity Know How (CKH) Grants Programme
The programme provides small grants (up to ¸15,000) for cross-border
skill-sharing partnerships among NGOs based in CEE and NIS. Deadlines: Feb
26; Aug 27.
E-mail: enquiries@allavida.org.
http://www.allavida.org/charityknowhow/kh_grantsprog.cfm
Central and East European Law Initiative (CEELI)
Awards resident Fellowships for intensive legal research, analysis, and
writing.
http://www.abanet.org - Search for grants
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation makes grants in the United States and
selected regions internationally. Organizations seeking funding are
encouraged to view its grants guidelines in detail.
http://www.mott.org
Civil Society International
E-mail lists and websites that provide information on various grant
possibilities.
http://www.civilsoc..org//elctrnic/e-fnd.htm
EastChance
Links to grants in CEE countries.
http://www.eastchance.com/anunt-index.asp?cl=cee&datab=sch
Eurasia Foundation
A privately managed grant-making organization dedicated to funding
programs that build democratic and free market institutions in the twelve
New Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union.
http://www.eurasia.org/grant.html
The Free University of Brussels
human rights network
The new site dedicates itself to human rights scholarship to include
theoretical perspectives, different rights and liberties, guarantees and
protections of human rights, and other special topics that have an impact
on human rights. Specialists in any particular area of human rights are
invited to submit papers for publication on the site. Browse online for
human rights perspectives in a range of topics.
http://www.hrni.org
Ford Foundation
Grants database and information about procedures and deadlines.
http://www.fordfound.org
Foundation Center
Links and books to find funders.
http://fdncenter.org
German Marshall Fund
"The German Marshall Fund of the United States is an American institution
that stimulates the exchange of ideas and promotes
cooperation between the United States and Europe in the spirit of the
postwar Marshall Plan."
http://www.gmfus.org
IREX
Links to grants for scholars and professionals from Eastern and Central
Europe, USA, the New Independent States and Asia.
http://www.irex.org/grants/index.htm
National Endowment for Democracy.
Grants for NGOs in Central and Eastern Europe, and the NIS.
http://www.ned.org/grants/grants.html
Open Society Foundations
Grants within the Soros foundations network.
http://www.soros.org/natfound.html
Research Support Scheme
"RSS grants are intended to help researchers who wish to devote their time
to research carried out in their home countries (with some travel abroad
if necessary to the research and previously approved by RSS). A grant
should therefore be seen as financial support given for the time spent on
the contracted research."
http://www.rss.cz
Sasakawa Peace Foundation
The Japanese foundation provides grants among others in the Central and
East European region.
http://www.spf.org/spf_e/englishpage.html
U.S. Department of Commerce SABIT (Special American Business Internship Training) Program
The program offers grants to U.S. businesses and non-profit organizations,
as well as internships for business executives and scientists from the NIS
to participate in innovation and management training programs.
Tel: 1.202.482.0073. E-mail: tracy_theisen@ita.doc.gov
http://www.mac.doc.gov
Worldwide Guide to Funders' Websites on the Internet
This CD ROM enables charitable organizations and other nonprofits to
identify new sources of funding. It gives access to nearly 3,000
grantmakers' websites from 51 countries. The English sites include
foundations, trusts, companies, and government and other publicly funded
grantmakers. David Wickert Chapel & York Limited
Tel: 44.1.342.836787 E-mail: david.wickert@chapel-york.com
http:// www.chapel-york.com
Allavida's Charity Know How (CKH) Grants Programme
The programme provides small grants (up to ¸15,000) for cross-border
skill-sharing partnerships among NGOs based in CEE and NIS. Deadlines: Feb
26; Aug 27.
E-mail: enquiries@allavida.org.
http://www.allavida.org/charityknowhow/kh_grantsprog.cfm
Central and East European Law Initiative (CEELI)
Awards resident Fellowships for intensive legal research, analysis, and
writing.
http://www.abanet.org - Search for grants
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation makes grants in the United States and
selected regions internationally. Organizations seeking funding are
encouraged to view its grants guidelines in detail.
http://www.mott.org
Civil Society International
E-mail lists and websites that provide information on various grant
possibilities.
http://www.civilsoc..org//elctrnic/e-fnd.htm
EastChance
Links to grants in CEE countries.
http://www.eastchance.com/anunt-index.asp?cl=cee&datab=sch
Eurasia Foundation
A privately managed grant-making organization dedicated to funding
programs that build democratic and free market institutions in the twelve
New Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union.
http://www.eurasia.org/grant.html
The Free University of Brussels
human rights network
The new site dedicates itself to human rights scholarship to include
theoretical perspectives, different rights and liberties, guarantees and
protections of human rights, and other special topics that have an impact
on human rights. Specialists in any particular area of human rights are
invited to submit papers for publication on the site. Browse online for
human rights perspectives in a range of topics.
http://www.hrni.org
Ford Foundation
Grants database and information about procedures and deadlines.
http://www.fordfound.org
Foundation Center
Links and books to find funders.
http://fdncenter.org
German Marshall Fund
"The German Marshall Fund of the United States is an American institution
that stimulates the exchange of ideas and promotes
cooperation between the United States and Europe in the spirit of the
postwar Marshall Plan."
http://www.gmfus.org
IREX
Links to grants for scholars and professionals from Eastern and Central
Europe, USA, the New Independent States and Asia.
http://www.irex.org/grants/index.htm
National Endowment for Democracy.
Grants for NGOs in Central and Eastern Europe, and the NIS.
http://www.ned.org/grants/grants.html
Open Society Foundations
Grants within the Soros foundations network.
http://www.soros.org/natfound.html
Research Support Scheme
"RSS grants are intended to help researchers who wish to devote their time
to research carried out in their home countries (with some travel abroad
if necessary to the research and previously approved by RSS). A grant
should therefore be seen as financial support given for the time spent on
the contracted research."
http://www.rss.cz
Sasakawa Peace Foundation
The Japanese foundation provides grants among others in the Central and
East European region.
http://www.spf.org/spf_e/englishpage.html
U.S. Department of Commerce SABIT (Special American Business Internship Training) Program
The program offers grants to U.S. businesses and non-profit organizations,
as well as internships for business executives and scientists from the NIS
to participate in innovation and management training programs.
Tel: 1.202.482.0073. E-mail: tracy_theisen@ita.doc.gov
http://www.mac.doc.gov
Worldwide Guide to Funders' Websites on the Internet
This CD ROM enables charitable organizations and other nonprofits to
identify new sources of funding. It gives access to nearly 3,000
grantmakers' websites from 51 countries. The English sites include
foundations, trusts, companies, and government and other publicly funded
grantmakers. David Wickert Chapel & York Limited
Tel: 44.1.342.836787 E-mail: david.wickert@chapel-york.com
http:// www.chapel-york.com
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> INTERNEWS RUSSIA ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR ITS JOURNALISM SCHOOL
> ---------------------------------------
> Internews Russia is now accepting applications from regional TV
> journalists interested in participating in the next session of its
> ""School of Journalism,"" scheduled to take place from November
> 25 to December 21 in Moscow.
>
> Internews has been training broadcast journalists at its school
> since the spring of 1996. Participants attend classes on several
> topics during the program, including theory and practice of TV
> journalism, journalism ethics, legal aspects of journalism, how
> to work with an author's text and read it on the air, research,
> video recording, editing, and montage. Students receive a
> diploma upon successful completion of the four-week program.
>
> The school is offered to regional journalists at no cost, and
> participants are chosen competitively. Applicants must submit
> to Internews a videocassette sample of their work, a brief
> description of themselves and their work, and a completed
> application form (available online at
> http://www.internews.ru/internews/school/november2002.zip ).
>
> All application materials must be received at Internews no later than
> November 7. School organizers ask applicants to send the materials
> as soon as possible or via commercial mail, as regular mail is often
> unreliable. Selected participants will be notified by letter on
> November 18. The results will also be posted on the Internews Web
> site at http://www.internews.ru
>
> For more information on the upcoming session of the Internews-
> Russia School of Journalism, contact Sergei Palko at Internews Russia,
> 119019 Moscow, Russia, 8a Nikitsky Boulevard, Tsentralny Dom
> Zhurnalista. Tel: (7-095) 956-22-48. Fax: (7-095)291-21-74. E-mail:
> palko@internews.ru. Or visit the Internews Web site at
> http://www.internews.ru/internews/school/november2002.html
> -----------------------------------
> INTERNEWS RUSSIA ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR ITS JOURNALISM SCHOOL
> ---------------------------------------
> Internews Russia is now accepting applications from regional TV
> journalists interested in participating in the next session of its
> ""School of Journalism,"" scheduled to take place from November
> 25 to December 21 in Moscow.
>
> Internews has been training broadcast journalists at its school
> since the spring of 1996. Participants attend classes on several
> topics during the program, including theory and practice of TV
> journalism, journalism ethics, legal aspects of journalism, how
> to work with an author's text and read it on the air, research,
> video recording, editing, and montage. Students receive a
> diploma upon successful completion of the four-week program.
>
> The school is offered to regional journalists at no cost, and
> participants are chosen competitively. Applicants must submit
> to Internews a videocassette sample of their work, a brief
> description of themselves and their work, and a completed
> application form (available online at
> http://www.internews.ru/internews/school/november2002.zip ).
>
> All application materials must be received at Internews no later than
> November 7. School organizers ask applicants to send the materials
> as soon as possible or via commercial mail, as regular mail is often
> unreliable. Selected participants will be notified by letter on
> November 18. The results will also be posted on the Internews Web
> site at http://www.internews.ru
>
> For more information on the upcoming session of the Internews-
> Russia School of Journalism, contact Sergei Palko at Internews Russia,
> 119019 Moscow, Russia, 8a Nikitsky Boulevard, Tsentralny Dom
> Zhurnalista. Tel: (7-095) 956-22-48. Fax: (7-095)291-21-74. E-mail:
> palko@internews.ru. Or visit the Internews Web site at
> http://www.internews.ru/internews/school/november2002.html
> -----------------------------------
Grants offered to report on cross- Mediterranean cultural issues
Journalists from Europe, North Africa and the Middle East are invited to
send proposals to the European Culture Foundation (ECF) for projects
involving travel to the other side of the Mediterranean to cover a
cultural event or issue.
ECF sees this program as an opportunity to enrich and broaden
cross-Mediterranean dialogue by reporting on culture as a catalyst for
deeper, mutual understanding. The foundation is an independent, non-profit
organization, based in Amsterdam, which promotes cultural participation
and cooperation in Europe and beyond its borders.
The project, called Mediterranean Meeting Points (MMP Media), invites
media professionals to propose a journalistic project in which they would
cross the Mediterranean to investigate and report on an important or
revealing cultural event or issue. Coverage of this event through an
article, photograph or broadcast should give a fresh insight into
Mediterranean arts and culture, while facilitating a wider understanding
of North- South realities.
Print journalists, photojournalists, cartoonists, radio and TV producers
and new media reporters from Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and
Turkey are all eligible for support. All applicants must have an interest
in cross-Mediterranean issues, experience reporting on cultural and social
issues and a regular professional contract with an established media
outlet from the specified region. Freelance journalists who can guarantee
the publication of their article or project are also welcome to apply.
MMP Media has set an ongoing call for proposals. Proposals can be sent at
any time, but must reach the European Cultural Foundation at least eight
weeks before the starting date of a proposed project, and preferably
earlier when visas are required. Applicants will be informed of the
assessment team's decision within five weeks of the project starting date.
Journalists from Europe, North Africa and the Middle East are invited to
send proposals to the European Culture Foundation (ECF) for projects
involving travel to the other side of the Mediterranean to cover a
cultural event or issue.
ECF sees this program as an opportunity to enrich and broaden
cross-Mediterranean dialogue by reporting on culture as a catalyst for
deeper, mutual understanding. The foundation is an independent, non-profit
organization, based in Amsterdam, which promotes cultural participation
and cooperation in Europe and beyond its borders.
The project, called Mediterranean Meeting Points (MMP Media), invites
media professionals to propose a journalistic project in which they would
cross the Mediterranean to investigate and report on an important or
revealing cultural event or issue. Coverage of this event through an
article, photograph or broadcast should give a fresh insight into
Mediterranean arts and culture, while facilitating a wider understanding
of North- South realities.
Print journalists, photojournalists, cartoonists, radio and TV producers
and new media reporters from Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and
Turkey are all eligible for support. All applicants must have an interest
in cross-Mediterranean issues, experience reporting on cultural and social
issues and a regular professional contract with an established media
outlet from the specified region. Freelance journalists who can guarantee
the publication of their article or project are also welcome to apply.
MMP Media has set an ongoing call for proposals. Proposals can be sent at
any time, but must reach the European Cultural Foundation at least eight
weeks before the starting date of a proposed project, and preferably
earlier when visas are required. Applicants will be informed of the
assessment team's decision within five weeks of the project starting date.
Mass Media for a Minority
Mass Media for a Minority
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19 September 2002
As it tries to find its own voice, Budapest’s Romani radio station is caught between the mission of serving its audience and the necessity of attracting more advertisers.
by Doug Merlino
BUDAPEST, Hungary--It’s a little after 7 in the evening in the studio of Budapest’s Radio C, and Bela Ponczok is hunched over the microphone, a black cap pulled low on his forehead as he keeps up a steady banter with callers to his nightly request program.
“Hello Gypsies! What do you want to hear tonight?”
An excited young woman comes on the air and requests “Evil Hides in My Stick” by the Varadi Family, sending the song out to an exhaustive list of friends and relatives.
For the next hour and a half, a stream of listeners phones in with requests for songs by Hungarian Gypsy bands. The interactivity, along with Ponczok’s lively banter, make the show the most popular on Radio C, Hungary’s only radio station aimed directly at Romani listeners.
But while loved by many of Budapest’s 100,000 Roma, Ponczok’s show is also part of a controversy that has surrounded the station since it debuted for a month-long trial run in February 2001. At the time, Radio C--for Cigany, the Hungarian for “Gypsy”--was hailed as a major step forward for the Roma by the Hungarian government, the European Union, and international media such as the New York Times. But since taking to the airwaves permanently in October 2001, the station has been beset both by money problems and criticism from Romani leaders.
While station manager Gyorgy Kerenyi calls the existence of Radio C “a very big step in the emancipation of the Roma,” critics brand the station a lost opportunity: an unprofessional mess that perpetuates negative stereotypes.
“Radio C is not brave enough to give a voice to the Roma community,” says Jeno Zsigo, leader of the Hungarian Roma Parliament, an organization that provides legal aid to Roma and arranges cultural events.
As one of a growing number of media outlets in Central Europe and the Balkans broadcasting for and staffed by Roma--there are similar radio stations in Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, and Bulgaria, and Romani television stations in Belgrade and Sofia--Radio C’s rocky start shows how difficult it is to establish a media voice for a previously silent minority. With Hungary on the verge of joining the EU--which has identified the plight of the Roma as a key concern--many eyes are on Radio C.
WHOSE RADIO?
Frequent promotional spots on Radio C proclaim it “Our Radio”--especially for Budapest’s Roma. But since before the station went on the air, manager Kerenyi and much of Budapest’s Romani elite have clashed over how the station would best serve its audience.
“The whole editorial plan is set by Gyorgy Kerenyi,” says Aladar Horvath, leader of the Roma Civil Rights Foundation and member of the Hungarian parliament from 1990 to 1994. “This radio station is too important to be based on one person.”
Kerenyi is not a Roma, but has extensive experience in non-mainstream media. Since 1989, Kerenyi, 39, has helped run Hungary’s first alternative nightclub, worked at the country’s first pirate radio station and written for Hungary’s first post-communist alternative magazine. In 1997, he became editor of Amaro Drom, a nonprofit magazine on Romani issues.
Along with five others, Kerenyi sits on the board of owners that secured the station’s broadcast license last year. With a five-year contract, he can only be removed by a vote of all the other owners.
The board includes only two Roma. Some critics charge them with being too close to the center-right Fidesz (Alliance of Young Democrats) party that led Hungary’s coalition government when the station’s license was granted. They say Kerenyi sold out when he agreed to the makeup of the board.
Kerenyi insists that he is just trying to take the middle road, because, he says, creating a station to please all Roma “is absolutely impossible.” He adds, “I’m independent … Roma politicians want us to make propaganda for them.”
Others accuse the station of poor journalism.
“It is a silent radio,” says Szilvia Varro, a non-Roma journalist who helped found the station but left after differing with Kerenyi over editorial direction. “When we started, there was a goal that the news should focus on local Roma. Now, there is nothing, just news on Israel, Indonesia, the United States.”
Kerenyi agrees that the news reporting is not up to par, but faults inexperienced reporters and lack of time. “We are sometimes amateurs,” he says. “We do a lot of things by accident. We have no time to look really deep because we’re always running to solve problems.”
FIGHT THE POWER
While Radio C’s programming includes talk shows, a weekly Romani-language program, a legal aid show, hourly news reports, and a music mix of Gypsy, world, jazz, and hip-hop, Ponczok’s request program is by far the station’s most popular--and controversial.
Many callers send songs to people in jails, known in Hungary by the name of the street they’re located on. So a call dedicating a song to “My brother on Marko Street” is really for a relative in jail.
“It’s a catastrophe,” Roma leader Jeno Zsigo says. “It reinforces the stereotype that Roma are criminals. There are 2 million people in Budapest who can listen to the station and think that all Roma are in prison.”
Roma make up 60 percent of Hungary’s prison population, even though they account for only around 5 percent of the country’s total population of 10 million.
On the streets near Radio C, many Roma identify the request show as their favorite program and Ponczok as the station’s best DJ.
“My mother calls in almost every day to request a song for my brother,” says Aniko, 19, standing in a group of five young Roma. “Everybody calls in to request songs for their friends in prison. It’s the only reason why Radio C is good.”
Kerenyi defends the program. “We are not afraid of the image we show to gadjos--to white people,” he says. But he admits that callers are now discouraged from mentioning prisons on the air--a request that is often ignored. Now Kerenyi says he is thinking about reserving one day a week for prison requests.
“A lot of Roma are in prison,” he says. “It’s a fact. It’s a fact that could be used against the government, against the establishment, against the power.”
AN UNCERTAIN FINANCIAL FUTURE
On a recent Tuesday evening, Kerenyi sat on the corner of his desk squeezing homemade apple brandy from a plastic sports bottle into coffee mugs he then passed around, celebrating the receipt of a $36,000 grant from the Levi Strauss Foundation. The grant was a welcome infusion of cash for the station, which maintains a salaried staff of around 50, most of whom are Roma.
“We’ve got cash-flow problems,” Kerenyi says. Radio C operates on $35,000 a month and is about $100,000 in debt, according to Kerenyi. Most funding for the station comes from Western sources, especially George Soros’ Open Society Institute, which also backs other Romani media projects in the region.
“Mr. Soros doesn’t want to continue funding [Radio C] indefinitely,” says Brigitta Sandor, a program manager for the Soros Foundation in Budapest. “He’d like to force them to find an advertising community, to force them to survive on their own.”
Kerenyi says he wants half of the station’s income to come from advertising by its fourth year of operation. A few local businesses, such as pawnshops, now advertise on the station, but it has landed few big clients. Those include a mobile phone company, an Internet service provider and a recently signed contract with the Hungarian phone company.
“All those have come through personal connections,” says Antal Kote, a Romani manager at the station, referring to the corporate advertisers, all of whom run in the same left-wing circles as Kerenyi.
Zoltan Valcsicsak, a manager in Levi’s Hungarian operation, says it will be hard for Radio C to hit its advertising goals.
“At Hungarian companies, there is a fear that if I use Roma in my commercial, non-Roma will have a problem with it,” he says. “Companies don’t consider the Roma an important consumer group.”
IDENTITY CRISIS
Despite the bickering over the station’s management, Radio C has presented young Roma with opportunities to break into the media.
Ponczok, 21, met Kerenyi four years ago at a club for Romani high school students. For Ponczok, now a student at a catering school, Radio C’s training sessions and exposure offer a chance at a media career.
“He will be a star on commercial radio,” Kerenyi says, adding that he is trying to get Ponczok profiled in women’s magazines and on TV.
Other Roma, including reporters, technicians, talk-show hosts, and managers, also work at the station.
“This station is like a school,” says Andras Mata, a 25-year-old Romani reporter. “You’re getting a chance, but you don’t need a diploma or a special paper, only talent and interest.”
Ponczok says Radio C is a step forward for Roma.
“We feel comfortable having the radio station, we feel more self-confident. The fact that we have a radio station is an achievement,” he says.
But is it sufficient simply that the Roma have a radio station? And what should its goals be?
“It’s not enough,” says Krisztina Debre, 24, one of the few Roma reporters on mainstream Hungarian TV. “When they let it go this way, they accept this poorer treatment of Roma. Radio C must be more than simply a message that it exists.”
Kerenyi insists that his critics will be proved wrong.
“It’s a fantastic story what’s happening with the people here,” he says. “In the last year, I’ve watched these guys grow more confident.
“This radio, it’s an identity-building course for the Roma. They can listen and think, ‘We are in the mainstream now.’ There is Kossuth [Hungarian public radio], there is Juventus [a commercial top-40 station], there is Radio C. It’s so important that Roma not only get entertainment from this station, but that they get an identity from it.”
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Doug Merlino, a freelance journalist, is a former editor at the Budapest Business Journal.
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Mass Media for a Minority
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19 September 2002
As it tries to find its own voice, Budapest’s Romani radio station is caught between the mission of serving its audience and the necessity of attracting more advertisers.
by Doug Merlino
BUDAPEST, Hungary--It’s a little after 7 in the evening in the studio of Budapest’s Radio C, and Bela Ponczok is hunched over the microphone, a black cap pulled low on his forehead as he keeps up a steady banter with callers to his nightly request program.
“Hello Gypsies! What do you want to hear tonight?”
An excited young woman comes on the air and requests “Evil Hides in My Stick” by the Varadi Family, sending the song out to an exhaustive list of friends and relatives.
For the next hour and a half, a stream of listeners phones in with requests for songs by Hungarian Gypsy bands. The interactivity, along with Ponczok’s lively banter, make the show the most popular on Radio C, Hungary’s only radio station aimed directly at Romani listeners.
But while loved by many of Budapest’s 100,000 Roma, Ponczok’s show is also part of a controversy that has surrounded the station since it debuted for a month-long trial run in February 2001. At the time, Radio C--for Cigany, the Hungarian for “Gypsy”--was hailed as a major step forward for the Roma by the Hungarian government, the European Union, and international media such as the New York Times. But since taking to the airwaves permanently in October 2001, the station has been beset both by money problems and criticism from Romani leaders.
While station manager Gyorgy Kerenyi calls the existence of Radio C “a very big step in the emancipation of the Roma,” critics brand the station a lost opportunity: an unprofessional mess that perpetuates negative stereotypes.
“Radio C is not brave enough to give a voice to the Roma community,” says Jeno Zsigo, leader of the Hungarian Roma Parliament, an organization that provides legal aid to Roma and arranges cultural events.
As one of a growing number of media outlets in Central Europe and the Balkans broadcasting for and staffed by Roma--there are similar radio stations in Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, and Bulgaria, and Romani television stations in Belgrade and Sofia--Radio C’s rocky start shows how difficult it is to establish a media voice for a previously silent minority. With Hungary on the verge of joining the EU--which has identified the plight of the Roma as a key concern--many eyes are on Radio C.
WHOSE RADIO?
Frequent promotional spots on Radio C proclaim it “Our Radio”--especially for Budapest’s Roma. But since before the station went on the air, manager Kerenyi and much of Budapest’s Romani elite have clashed over how the station would best serve its audience.
“The whole editorial plan is set by Gyorgy Kerenyi,” says Aladar Horvath, leader of the Roma Civil Rights Foundation and member of the Hungarian parliament from 1990 to 1994. “This radio station is too important to be based on one person.”
Kerenyi is not a Roma, but has extensive experience in non-mainstream media. Since 1989, Kerenyi, 39, has helped run Hungary’s first alternative nightclub, worked at the country’s first pirate radio station and written for Hungary’s first post-communist alternative magazine. In 1997, he became editor of Amaro Drom, a nonprofit magazine on Romani issues.
Along with five others, Kerenyi sits on the board of owners that secured the station’s broadcast license last year. With a five-year contract, he can only be removed by a vote of all the other owners.
The board includes only two Roma. Some critics charge them with being too close to the center-right Fidesz (Alliance of Young Democrats) party that led Hungary’s coalition government when the station’s license was granted. They say Kerenyi sold out when he agreed to the makeup of the board.
Kerenyi insists that he is just trying to take the middle road, because, he says, creating a station to please all Roma “is absolutely impossible.” He adds, “I’m independent … Roma politicians want us to make propaganda for them.”
Others accuse the station of poor journalism.
“It is a silent radio,” says Szilvia Varro, a non-Roma journalist who helped found the station but left after differing with Kerenyi over editorial direction. “When we started, there was a goal that the news should focus on local Roma. Now, there is nothing, just news on Israel, Indonesia, the United States.”
Kerenyi agrees that the news reporting is not up to par, but faults inexperienced reporters and lack of time. “We are sometimes amateurs,” he says. “We do a lot of things by accident. We have no time to look really deep because we’re always running to solve problems.”
FIGHT THE POWER
While Radio C’s programming includes talk shows, a weekly Romani-language program, a legal aid show, hourly news reports, and a music mix of Gypsy, world, jazz, and hip-hop, Ponczok’s request program is by far the station’s most popular--and controversial.
Many callers send songs to people in jails, known in Hungary by the name of the street they’re located on. So a call dedicating a song to “My brother on Marko Street” is really for a relative in jail.
“It’s a catastrophe,” Roma leader Jeno Zsigo says. “It reinforces the stereotype that Roma are criminals. There are 2 million people in Budapest who can listen to the station and think that all Roma are in prison.”
Roma make up 60 percent of Hungary’s prison population, even though they account for only around 5 percent of the country’s total population of 10 million.
On the streets near Radio C, many Roma identify the request show as their favorite program and Ponczok as the station’s best DJ.
“My mother calls in almost every day to request a song for my brother,” says Aniko, 19, standing in a group of five young Roma. “Everybody calls in to request songs for their friends in prison. It’s the only reason why Radio C is good.”
Kerenyi defends the program. “We are not afraid of the image we show to gadjos--to white people,” he says. But he admits that callers are now discouraged from mentioning prisons on the air--a request that is often ignored. Now Kerenyi says he is thinking about reserving one day a week for prison requests.
“A lot of Roma are in prison,” he says. “It’s a fact. It’s a fact that could be used against the government, against the establishment, against the power.”
AN UNCERTAIN FINANCIAL FUTURE
On a recent Tuesday evening, Kerenyi sat on the corner of his desk squeezing homemade apple brandy from a plastic sports bottle into coffee mugs he then passed around, celebrating the receipt of a $36,000 grant from the Levi Strauss Foundation. The grant was a welcome infusion of cash for the station, which maintains a salaried staff of around 50, most of whom are Roma.
“We’ve got cash-flow problems,” Kerenyi says. Radio C operates on $35,000 a month and is about $100,000 in debt, according to Kerenyi. Most funding for the station comes from Western sources, especially George Soros’ Open Society Institute, which also backs other Romani media projects in the region.
“Mr. Soros doesn’t want to continue funding [Radio C] indefinitely,” says Brigitta Sandor, a program manager for the Soros Foundation in Budapest. “He’d like to force them to find an advertising community, to force them to survive on their own.”
Kerenyi says he wants half of the station’s income to come from advertising by its fourth year of operation. A few local businesses, such as pawnshops, now advertise on the station, but it has landed few big clients. Those include a mobile phone company, an Internet service provider and a recently signed contract with the Hungarian phone company.
“All those have come through personal connections,” says Antal Kote, a Romani manager at the station, referring to the corporate advertisers, all of whom run in the same left-wing circles as Kerenyi.
Zoltan Valcsicsak, a manager in Levi’s Hungarian operation, says it will be hard for Radio C to hit its advertising goals.
“At Hungarian companies, there is a fear that if I use Roma in my commercial, non-Roma will have a problem with it,” he says. “Companies don’t consider the Roma an important consumer group.”
IDENTITY CRISIS
Despite the bickering over the station’s management, Radio C has presented young Roma with opportunities to break into the media.
Ponczok, 21, met Kerenyi four years ago at a club for Romani high school students. For Ponczok, now a student at a catering school, Radio C’s training sessions and exposure offer a chance at a media career.
“He will be a star on commercial radio,” Kerenyi says, adding that he is trying to get Ponczok profiled in women’s magazines and on TV.
Other Roma, including reporters, technicians, talk-show hosts, and managers, also work at the station.
“This station is like a school,” says Andras Mata, a 25-year-old Romani reporter. “You’re getting a chance, but you don’t need a diploma or a special paper, only talent and interest.”
Ponczok says Radio C is a step forward for Roma.
“We feel comfortable having the radio station, we feel more self-confident. The fact that we have a radio station is an achievement,” he says.
But is it sufficient simply that the Roma have a radio station? And what should its goals be?
“It’s not enough,” says Krisztina Debre, 24, one of the few Roma reporters on mainstream Hungarian TV. “When they let it go this way, they accept this poorer treatment of Roma. Radio C must be more than simply a message that it exists.”
Kerenyi insists that his critics will be proved wrong.
“It’s a fantastic story what’s happening with the people here,” he says. “In the last year, I’ve watched these guys grow more confident.
“This radio, it’s an identity-building course for the Roma. They can listen and think, ‘We are in the mainstream now.’ There is Kossuth [Hungarian public radio], there is Juventus [a commercial top-40 station], there is Radio C. It’s so important that Roma not only get entertainment from this station, but that they get an identity from it.”
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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October 8, 2002
Media & Violence
About Student Voice
The International Student Voice conference first began in 1997 as a student media initiative and an outreach program of the Faculty of the Political Science of the University in Zagreb. Since then, it has provided news media training for over 500 students from more than 25 European countries thus becoming the largest annual meeting of young journalists in Europe. With the support of several foundations and organizations, such as International Center for Education of Journalists in Opatija, Student Voice has created the only regular student news media program in Central and Eastern Europe.
Student Voice conferences have been dealing with the most important questions of student journalism and journalism in general, providing essential journalism training and promoting understanding and cooperation among students from many countries, especially from South Eastern Europe. From the first conference in 1997 until today, Student Voice brought to Croatia a number of eminent journalists and experts who tackled numerous important issues such as: freedom of speech, propaganda and journalism, yellow in journalism etc. In its five-year tradition, the conference has managed to connect young journalists from all over the world. Together with the Associated Collegiate Press, the largest US student media organization that represents nearly 700 mediums, Student Voice established a bridge conference that enables European journalism students to participate in the biggest US National College Media Conventions.
Student Voice finds its biggest European partner in the Forum of European Journalism Students currently hosted by the Portuguese School of Journalism and includes almost all European schools of journalism through its publications and e-mail groups.
Student Voice 2000 and 2001
In 2000, about 130 young journalists gathered on the island of to Hvar discuss "Yellow in Journalism - Tabloids - Infotainment - Sensationalism". Panel sessions and numerous workshops were led by eminent experts such as John Ryan, former executive editor of The Guardian, Gabriella Cseh, media law expert with The Council of Europe, Boris Dežulovic, former editor of the most popular Croatian satirical weekly Feral Tribune and many others. The conference brought reports on sensationalism in science, politics and show business and presented the world of talk shows, paparazzi, glamour and scandals, edited stories and completely different kind of journalists who, as it appears, have been receiving more and more attention from the world audience.
In 2001 the conference tackled globalization as a phenomenon, its connection with the mass media and its positive and negative impacts to the region. Representatives from the BBC and Croatian media talked about how journalists must "think globally" when they report about news events; how news events in one country affect people living in other countries and how pop culture has turned the world into the global village. Sociologist Dražen Šimleša spoke about multinational companies and their tendency to maintain unfair social status quo. He was opposed by Majda Tafra from Coca - Cola. Hrvoje Hribar, Croatian movie director and Mirjana Krizmanic, psychologist, gave excellent presentations on the fear of small countries to lose their identity because of the globalization of popular culture. Several case studies were presented by active participants or journalists who were covering the Genoa meeting and antiglobalization movements.
Conference Structure
Four-day program includes group sessions and discussions which will take place in the morning, while afternoons are reserved for workshops in which participants will deal with practical questions of journalism, closely linked to the main topic.
Official language
English with simultaneous translation into Croatian.
Accommodation
The accommodation will be provided in the Amfora hotel, Hvar www.hvar.hr
Transfer to Hvar
All participants are expected to arrive in Split on October 9th /Wednesday/ where a Student Voice hydrofoil will wait to take them to the island of Hvar. The exact time of departure will be announced well in advance. If you will be arriving to Zagreb and do not have an option to organize your own transportation to Split, please contact us at the latest by the end od September
Application
The application form is attached and should be filled in and returned at the latest by September 25 by fax or e-mail. If you want to participate in the "Storyhunt" workshop, please sign up now because the number of participants for this group is very limited. If you need a visa to enter Croatia, you have to submit your application at the latest by September 15 so that we can send the invitation letter in time to have your visa issued.
Organizers
The Faculty of Political Science in Zagreb and Croatian Student Council, in cooperation with the Associated Collegiate Press - USA.
Island of Hvar
Called the "Croatian Madeira", Hvar is listed among the ten nicest spots on the Earth according to The Traveler and The New York Times. It is said to bathe in more sunshine than any other place in the region. The fine weather is so reliable that hotels give a discount on cloudy days and a free stay if you ever see snow. This peculiar Mediterranean island is luxuriantly green, with brilliant patches of lavender, rosemary and heather. For more check www.hvar.hr.
Contacts and mailing address:
Marijana Grbesa and Domagoj Bebic
Faculty of Political Science Lepusiceva 6 10 000 ZAGREB, Croatia
phone: +385 1 4826 942 or +385 1 4655 490
fax: +385 1 4826 941 or +385 1 4655 316
e-mail: mgrbesa@fpzg.hr; domagoj.bebic@fpzg.hr
About Student Voice
The International Student Voice conference first began in 1997 as a student media initiative and an outreach program of the Faculty of the Political Science of the University in Zagreb. Since then, it has provided news media training for over 500 students from more than 25 European countries thus becoming the largest annual meeting of young journalists in Europe. With the support of several foundations and organizations, such as International Center for Education of Journalists in Opatija, Student Voice has created the only regular student news media program in Central and Eastern Europe.
Student Voice conferences have been dealing with the most important questions of student journalism and journalism in general, providing essential journalism training and promoting understanding and cooperation among students from many countries, especially from South Eastern Europe. From the first conference in 1997 until today, Student Voice brought to Croatia a number of eminent journalists and experts who tackled numerous important issues such as: freedom of speech, propaganda and journalism, yellow in journalism etc. In its five-year tradition, the conference has managed to connect young journalists from all over the world. Together with the Associated Collegiate Press, the largest US student media organization that represents nearly 700 mediums, Student Voice established a bridge conference that enables European journalism students to participate in the biggest US National College Media Conventions.
Student Voice finds its biggest European partner in the Forum of European Journalism Students currently hosted by the Portuguese School of Journalism and includes almost all European schools of journalism through its publications and e-mail groups.
Student Voice 2000 and 2001
In 2000, about 130 young journalists gathered on the island of to Hvar discuss "Yellow in Journalism - Tabloids - Infotainment - Sensationalism". Panel sessions and numerous workshops were led by eminent experts such as John Ryan, former executive editor of The Guardian, Gabriella Cseh, media law expert with The Council of Europe, Boris Dežulovic, former editor of the most popular Croatian satirical weekly Feral Tribune and many others. The conference brought reports on sensationalism in science, politics and show business and presented the world of talk shows, paparazzi, glamour and scandals, edited stories and completely different kind of journalists who, as it appears, have been receiving more and more attention from the world audience.
In 2001 the conference tackled globalization as a phenomenon, its connection with the mass media and its positive and negative impacts to the region. Representatives from the BBC and Croatian media talked about how journalists must "think globally" when they report about news events; how news events in one country affect people living in other countries and how pop culture has turned the world into the global village. Sociologist Dražen Šimleša spoke about multinational companies and their tendency to maintain unfair social status quo. He was opposed by Majda Tafra from Coca - Cola. Hrvoje Hribar, Croatian movie director and Mirjana Krizmanic, psychologist, gave excellent presentations on the fear of small countries to lose their identity because of the globalization of popular culture. Several case studies were presented by active participants or journalists who were covering the Genoa meeting and antiglobalization movements.
Conference Structure
Four-day program includes group sessions and discussions which will take place in the morning, while afternoons are reserved for workshops in which participants will deal with practical questions of journalism, closely linked to the main topic.
Official language
English with simultaneous translation into Croatian.
Accommodation
The accommodation will be provided in the Amfora hotel, Hvar www.hvar.hr
Transfer to Hvar
All participants are expected to arrive in Split on October 9th /Wednesday/ where a Student Voice hydrofoil will wait to take them to the island of Hvar. The exact time of departure will be announced well in advance. If you will be arriving to Zagreb and do not have an option to organize your own transportation to Split, please contact us at the latest by the end od September
Application
The application form is attached and should be filled in and returned at the latest by September 25 by fax or e-mail. If you want to participate in the "Storyhunt" workshop, please sign up now because the number of participants for this group is very limited. If you need a visa to enter Croatia, you have to submit your application at the latest by September 15 so that we can send the invitation letter in time to have your visa issued.
Organizers
The Faculty of Political Science in Zagreb and Croatian Student Council, in cooperation with the Associated Collegiate Press - USA.
Island of Hvar
Called the "Croatian Madeira", Hvar is listed among the ten nicest spots on the Earth according to The Traveler and The New York Times. It is said to bathe in more sunshine than any other place in the region. The fine weather is so reliable that hotels give a discount on cloudy days and a free stay if you ever see snow. This peculiar Mediterranean island is luxuriantly green, with brilliant patches of lavender, rosemary and heather. For more check www.hvar.hr.
Contacts and mailing address:
Marijana Grbesa and Domagoj Bebic
Faculty of Political Science Lepusiceva 6 10 000 ZAGREB, Croatia
phone: +385 1 4826 942 or +385 1 4655 490
fax: +385 1 4826 941 or +385 1 4655 316
e-mail: mgrbesa@fpzg.hr; domagoj.bebic@fpzg.hr
Grants offered to report on cross- Mediterranean cultural issues
Journalists from Europe, North Africa and the Middle East are invited to send proposals to the European Culture Foundation (ECF) for projects involving travel to the other side of the Mediterranean to cover a cultural event or issue.
ECF sees this program as an opportunity to enrich and broaden cross-Mediterranean dialogue by reporting on culture as a catalyst for deeper, mutual understanding. The foundation is an independent, non-profit organization, based in Amsterdam, which promotes cultural participation and cooperation in Europe and beyond its borders.
The project, called Mediterranean Meeting Points (MMP Media), invites media professionals to propose a journalistic project in which they would cross the Mediterranean to investigate and report on an important or revealing cultural event or issue. Coverage of this event through an article, photograph or broadcast should give a fresh insight into Mediterranean arts and culture, while facilitating a wider understanding of North- South realities.
Print journalists, photojournalists, cartoonists, radio and TV producers and new media reporters from Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Turkey are all eligible for support. All applicants must have an interest in cross-Mediterranean issues, experience reporting on cultural and social issues and a regular professional contract with an established media outlet from the specified region. Freelance journalists who can guarantee the publication of their article or project are also welcome to apply.
MMP Media has set an ongoing call for proposals. Proposals can be sent at any time, but must reach the European Cultural Foundation at least eight weeks before the starting date of a proposed project, and preferably earlier when visas are required. Applicants will be informed of the assessment team’s decision within five weeks of the project starting date. On average, MMP Media projects should last between four and 10 days. The maximum duration is two weeks
All MMP applicants must be able to guarantee the publication of their material through an agreement with their regular employer or media contact. Applications must be submitted in English or French. Work produced though MMP Media may be presented in the language used for publication or broadcast with a summary in English and French.
For more information, contact Vanessa Reed, grants officer at the European Cultural Foundation at Jan van Goyenkade 5, NL-1075 HN Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Telephone 31-20-676 02 22. Fax 31-20-676 02 31. E-mail vreed@eurocult.org. Web site: www.eurocult.org
Journalists from Europe, North Africa and the Middle East are invited to send proposals to the European Culture Foundation (ECF) for projects involving travel to the other side of the Mediterranean to cover a cultural event or issue.
ECF sees this program as an opportunity to enrich and broaden cross-Mediterranean dialogue by reporting on culture as a catalyst for deeper, mutual understanding. The foundation is an independent, non-profit organization, based in Amsterdam, which promotes cultural participation and cooperation in Europe and beyond its borders.
The project, called Mediterranean Meeting Points (MMP Media), invites media professionals to propose a journalistic project in which they would cross the Mediterranean to investigate and report on an important or revealing cultural event or issue. Coverage of this event through an article, photograph or broadcast should give a fresh insight into Mediterranean arts and culture, while facilitating a wider understanding of North- South realities.
Print journalists, photojournalists, cartoonists, radio and TV producers and new media reporters from Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Turkey are all eligible for support. All applicants must have an interest in cross-Mediterranean issues, experience reporting on cultural and social issues and a regular professional contract with an established media outlet from the specified region. Freelance journalists who can guarantee the publication of their article or project are also welcome to apply.
MMP Media has set an ongoing call for proposals. Proposals can be sent at any time, but must reach the European Cultural Foundation at least eight weeks before the starting date of a proposed project, and preferably earlier when visas are required. Applicants will be informed of the assessment team’s decision within five weeks of the project starting date. On average, MMP Media projects should last between four and 10 days. The maximum duration is two weeks
All MMP applicants must be able to guarantee the publication of their material through an agreement with their regular employer or media contact. Applications must be submitted in English or French. Work produced though MMP Media may be presented in the language used for publication or broadcast with a summary in English and French.
For more information, contact Vanessa Reed, grants officer at the European Cultural Foundation at Jan van Goyenkade 5, NL-1075 HN Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Telephone 31-20-676 02 22. Fax 31-20-676 02 31. E-mail vreed@eurocult.org. Web site: www.eurocult.org
INTERNEWS RUSSIA ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR ITS JOURNALISM SCHOOL
> Internews Russia is now accepting applications from regional TV
> journalists interested in participating in the next session of its
> ""School of Journalism,"" scheduled to take place from November
> 25 to December 21 in Moscow.
>
> Internews has been training broadcast journalists at its school
> since the spring of 1996. Participants attend classes on several
> topics during the program, including theory and practice of TV
> journalism, journalism ethics, legal aspects of journalism, how
> to work with an author's text and read it on the air, research,
> video recording, editing, and montage. Students receive a
> diploma upon successful completion of the four-week program.
>
> The school is offered to regional journalists at no cost, and
> participants are chosen competitively. Applicants must submit
> to Internews a videocassette sample of their work, a brief
> description of themselves and their work, and a completed
> application form (available online at
> http://www.internews.ru/internews/school/november2002.zip ).
>
> All application materials must be received at Internews no later than
> November 7. School organizers ask applicants to send the materials
> as soon as possible or via commercial mail, as regular mail is often
> unreliable. Selected participants will be notified by letter on
> November 18. The results will also be posted on the Internews Web
> site at http://www.internews.ru
>
> For more information on the upcoming session of the Internews-
> Russia School of Journalism, contact Sergei Palko at Internews Russia,
> 119019 Moscow, Russia, 8a Nikitsky Boulevard, Tsentralny Dom
> Zhurnalista. Tel: (7-095) 956-22-48. Fax: (7-095)291-21-74. E-mail:
> palko@internews.ru. Or visit the Internews Web site at
> http://www.internews.ru/internews/school/november2002.html
> -----------------------------------
> Internews Russia is now accepting applications from regional TV
> journalists interested in participating in the next session of its
> ""School of Journalism,"" scheduled to take place from November
> 25 to December 21 in Moscow.
>
> Internews has been training broadcast journalists at its school
> since the spring of 1996. Participants attend classes on several
> topics during the program, including theory and practice of TV
> journalism, journalism ethics, legal aspects of journalism, how
> to work with an author's text and read it on the air, research,
> video recording, editing, and montage. Students receive a
> diploma upon successful completion of the four-week program.
>
> The school is offered to regional journalists at no cost, and
> participants are chosen competitively. Applicants must submit
> to Internews a videocassette sample of their work, a brief
> description of themselves and their work, and a completed
> application form (available online at
> http://www.internews.ru/internews/school/november2002.zip ).
>
> All application materials must be received at Internews no later than
> November 7. School organizers ask applicants to send the materials
> as soon as possible or via commercial mail, as regular mail is often
> unreliable. Selected participants will be notified by letter on
> November 18. The results will also be posted on the Internews Web
> site at http://www.internews.ru
>
> For more information on the upcoming session of the Internews-
> Russia School of Journalism, contact Sergei Palko at Internews Russia,
> 119019 Moscow, Russia, 8a Nikitsky Boulevard, Tsentralny Dom
> Zhurnalista. Tel: (7-095) 956-22-48. Fax: (7-095)291-21-74. E-mail:
> palko@internews.ru. Or visit the Internews Web site at
> http://www.internews.ru/internews/school/november2002.html
> -----------------------------------
Here's looking at a film festival, kid
Sunday, October 06, 2002
By MAIA DAVIS
Staff Writer
Stacy Janos is just 11, but she can already name her favorite film genre.
"I'm into comedy,'' the Paramus girl says.
Her friend, Yasemin Eriskin, also of Paramus, prefers romantic movies as long as they don't get too heated or mushy.
"If it's just an hour full of romance, I can't sit and watch that,'' 11-year-old Yasemin states firmly.
On Saturday, the two girls were able to satisfy some of their love of movies at a film festival for kids.
The 2002 Kids First! Film, Video, and DVD Festival kicked off its East Coast tour at the Clearview Cinema's Warner theater in downtown Ridgewood with showings on two screens throughout the day.
The festival, which also featured live musical performances and magic shows, was sponsored by the Coalition for Quality Children's Media, a national non-profit group that publishes ratings of children's film and videos.
Founded in 1991, the coalition runs a Web site, www.kidsfirstinternet.org, and has published, "A Parent's Guide to The Best Children's Videos, DVDs, and CD-ROMs.'' It also holds workshops that teach children how to evaluate movies for themselves.
Among the offerings Saturday were a film that shows impressionist artist Claude Monet when he was a young, penniless painter; a documentary that follows an African-American family's long journey off welfare; and a big-screen showing of a preschooler TV favorite, "Dora the Explorer."
Coalition President Ranny Levy said her group does not support the censorship efforts of some religious conservatives.
"We're not here to tell the media what to put out and what they can't put out, but we're here to tell parents and educators what's age-appropriate and how media affects them,'' she said. "Our focus is really media education of kids.''
The coalition held its first film festival in 2000 in Santa Fe, N.M., where the group is based, and will hold festivals in 13 locations this year. Saturday's event marked the start of a tour that will travel to four theaters in the New York metropolitan area.
Saturday was the first time in Ridgewood, and organizers said the turnout was disappointing. By late morning, only a few dozen parents and children had shown up.
Levy said the festival usually draws bigger crowds. She said the event won't be held in Ridgewood again unless some community group steps up to help. In some cities, for example, a local children's museum promotes the festival.
"We know people love it when they show up,'' said Levy, who was interviewed by phone.
Indeed, preschoolers at Saturday's event seemed thrilled at seeing a segment of the TV production "Blue's Clues'' on the giant screen.
"A clue! A clue!'' some yelled out, when the telltale paw print appeared on screen.
One of those youngsters was 3-year-old Benjamin Unger of Glen Rock.
His dad, Dan, said he brought his son after reading about the festival in a weekly paper.
Unger said he and his wife are careful about what TV shows and videos their children watch. Occasionally, he said, it's important for even young children to experience the magic of movie theaters.
"I believe in the intimacy of film, how it was really developed to be shown in a screen format,'' Unger said. "It's really special to see it in a theater with other people in the audience. And just the size of the screen, it's much more captivating.''
Maia Davis' e-mail address is davis@northjersey.com
Sunday, October 06, 2002
By MAIA DAVIS
Staff Writer
Stacy Janos is just 11, but she can already name her favorite film genre.
"I'm into comedy,'' the Paramus girl says.
Her friend, Yasemin Eriskin, also of Paramus, prefers romantic movies as long as they don't get too heated or mushy.
"If it's just an hour full of romance, I can't sit and watch that,'' 11-year-old Yasemin states firmly.
On Saturday, the two girls were able to satisfy some of their love of movies at a film festival for kids.
The 2002 Kids First! Film, Video, and DVD Festival kicked off its East Coast tour at the Clearview Cinema's Warner theater in downtown Ridgewood with showings on two screens throughout the day.
The festival, which also featured live musical performances and magic shows, was sponsored by the Coalition for Quality Children's Media, a national non-profit group that publishes ratings of children's film and videos.
Founded in 1991, the coalition runs a Web site, www.kidsfirstinternet.org, and has published, "A Parent's Guide to The Best Children's Videos, DVDs, and CD-ROMs.'' It also holds workshops that teach children how to evaluate movies for themselves.
Among the offerings Saturday were a film that shows impressionist artist Claude Monet when he was a young, penniless painter; a documentary that follows an African-American family's long journey off welfare; and a big-screen showing of a preschooler TV favorite, "Dora the Explorer."
Coalition President Ranny Levy said her group does not support the censorship efforts of some religious conservatives.
"We're not here to tell the media what to put out and what they can't put out, but we're here to tell parents and educators what's age-appropriate and how media affects them,'' she said. "Our focus is really media education of kids.''
The coalition held its first film festival in 2000 in Santa Fe, N.M., where the group is based, and will hold festivals in 13 locations this year. Saturday's event marked the start of a tour that will travel to four theaters in the New York metropolitan area.
Saturday was the first time in Ridgewood, and organizers said the turnout was disappointing. By late morning, only a few dozen parents and children had shown up.
Levy said the festival usually draws bigger crowds. She said the event won't be held in Ridgewood again unless some community group steps up to help. In some cities, for example, a local children's museum promotes the festival.
"We know people love it when they show up,'' said Levy, who was interviewed by phone.
Indeed, preschoolers at Saturday's event seemed thrilled at seeing a segment of the TV production "Blue's Clues'' on the giant screen.
"A clue! A clue!'' some yelled out, when the telltale paw print appeared on screen.
One of those youngsters was 3-year-old Benjamin Unger of Glen Rock.
His dad, Dan, said he brought his son after reading about the festival in a weekly paper.
Unger said he and his wife are careful about what TV shows and videos their children watch. Occasionally, he said, it's important for even young children to experience the magic of movie theaters.
"I believe in the intimacy of film, how it was really developed to be shown in a screen format,'' Unger said. "It's really special to see it in a theater with other people in the audience. And just the size of the screen, it's much more captivating.''
Maia Davis' e-mail address is davis@northjersey.com
October 7, 2002
Cinekid
Cinekid 2002
In 2002, the Cinekid organisation will be organising the international film, television and new media festival for children for the 16th time.
For eight days, from Sunday 13 October to Sunday 20 October in the centre of Amsterdam, Cinekid will be showing the latest films for young people from all over the world, together with a selection of the best television programmes from inside and outside the Netherlands.
In addition to watching films, children can try out the latest interactive games and CD-Roms in a hall filled with computers, and actively participate in cross-media workshops.
Cinekid will be held in Pathé City cinema and in De Balie, next to the Leidseplein. A special Cinekid Selection will be screened in Theatre De Meervaart in Amsterdam Osdorp, while children from all over the Netherlands will also be able to enjoy the festival: during the local autumn school holidays a satellite festival will be organised in 33 different cities under the name Cinekid on Location.
For film and TV professionals there is Cinekid International, of which the Cinekid market, the ScreeninClub, forms an important element. Cinekid will also be organising seminars concerning subjects of national and international importance in the area of media for the young.
Cinekid 2002
In 2002, the Cinekid organisation will be organising the international film, television and new media festival for children for the 16th time.
For eight days, from Sunday 13 October to Sunday 20 October in the centre of Amsterdam, Cinekid will be showing the latest films for young people from all over the world, together with a selection of the best television programmes from inside and outside the Netherlands.
In addition to watching films, children can try out the latest interactive games and CD-Roms in a hall filled with computers, and actively participate in cross-media workshops.
Cinekid will be held in Pathé City cinema and in De Balie, next to the Leidseplein. A special Cinekid Selection will be screened in Theatre De Meervaart in Amsterdam Osdorp, while children from all over the Netherlands will also be able to enjoy the festival: during the local autumn school holidays a satellite festival will be organised in 33 different cities under the name Cinekid on Location.
For film and TV professionals there is Cinekid International, of which the Cinekid market, the ScreeninClub, forms an important element. Cinekid will also be organising seminars concerning subjects of national and international importance in the area of media for the young.
WORLD PRESS PHOTO 2002 EXHIBITION IN SKOPJE
From December 12 th 2002 till January 7th 2003 World Press Photo exhibition
can be seen in Museum of contemporary art in Skopje. This traveling
exhibitionfor the second time in a row is coming in Skopje thanks to
Macedonian Institute for Media. Each year, an independent international
jury, consisting of nine members, judges the entries (in nine different
categories), submitted by photojournalists, agencies, newspapers and
magazines from all corners of the world. The annual exhibition is shown each
year at about 75 venues in 37 countries all over the world, seen by over a
million people, subject to the condition that all prizewinning entries are
exhibited without any form of censorship. This year's exhibition contains a
total of 207 photographs. The exhibition does not only show the best in
press photography in the past year, it can also be seen as a historical
document containing the world's main events of 2001.The fact that hundreds
of thousands of visitors around the globe will view this exhibition bears
out the power of the photograph to transcend cultural and linguistic
frontiers. The World Press Photo foundation is an independent platform for
international press photography, founded in 1955. This platform manifests
itself in the annual World Press Photo of the Year Contest and the
corresponding yearbook and exhibition.The World Press Photo Foundation is
worldwide sponsored by Canon, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Kodak
Professional, a division of Eastman Kodak Company. This traveling exhibition
is brought to Skopje with the support of Royal Netherlands Embassy in
Macedonia.
From December 12 th 2002 till January 7th 2003 World Press Photo exhibition
can be seen in Museum of contemporary art in Skopje. This traveling
exhibitionfor the second time in a row is coming in Skopje thanks to
Macedonian Institute for Media. Each year, an independent international
jury, consisting of nine members, judges the entries (in nine different
categories), submitted by photojournalists, agencies, newspapers and
magazines from all corners of the world. The annual exhibition is shown each
year at about 75 venues in 37 countries all over the world, seen by over a
million people, subject to the condition that all prizewinning entries are
exhibited without any form of censorship. This year's exhibition contains a
total of 207 photographs. The exhibition does not only show the best in
press photography in the past year, it can also be seen as a historical
document containing the world's main events of 2001.The fact that hundreds
of thousands of visitors around the globe will view this exhibition bears
out the power of the photograph to transcend cultural and linguistic
frontiers. The World Press Photo foundation is an independent platform for
international press photography, founded in 1955. This platform manifests
itself in the annual World Press Photo of the Year Contest and the
corresponding yearbook and exhibition.The World Press Photo Foundation is
worldwide sponsored by Canon, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Kodak
Professional, a division of Eastman Kodak Company. This traveling exhibition
is brought to Skopje with the support of Royal Netherlands Embassy in
Macedonia.
::: KOSOVA/O :::
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Mission Statement:
The project mission is to stimulate peacebuilding and defuse the tensions which contribute to
continued violence in Kosovo/a by encouraging a re-evaluation of inter-ethnic perceptions and by
creating a safe forum for dialogue on the subject of multi-ethnicity.
Project Objectives:
-to shed doubt upon accepted stereotypes by pointing out commonly shared, human emotions, experiences, reactions and hopes and by encouraging a sense of mutual recognition in viewers.
-to use film as a safe means of getting-to-know individuals and life on the other side of the 'ethnic divide'
-to develop a sense of peacemaking and of the possibility for future coexistence in Kosova/o among the participating youths and viewing public
-to make a statement on diversity and universality which will spark recognition among viewers in other conflict areas around the world by inviting other non-governemental organizations to use the film in their peacebuilding projects.
Project Activities:
- to create a 60-minute documentary film, "Kosovo/a" which interweaves the everyday lives, points of view, experiences and future visions of four young people living in Kosovo/a today (16-23 years-old) from both Serbian and Albanian communities.
- to screen the film during June-August 2002 in each municipality of Kosova/o and hold discussions after the film on the issues raised within it.
- to broadcast the film on Radio Television Kosovo in the autumn of 2002 and other as-yet-unidentified broadcasters throughout the Balkan region.
THE PROBLEM
Two years after a severe ethnic conflict, which was itself only the most recent chapter in a centuries-long tug of war, ethnic tensions and violence continue in Kosova/o. The intentions of the international community to create a multi-ethnic community show few signs of success. While the 1999 NATO bombings and the presence of UN peacekeepers(KFOR) have put an end to unrestricted, open conflict, international organizations have not yet been able to eliminate the causes of the conflict and ensure a peaceful future to the region.
One of the most fundamental, long-term problems in Kosovo/a today is a continued and increasing ethnic polarization. This problem was at the heart of the 1998-1999 conflict, as it was in the many conflicts that preceded it over the centuries. The cycle of victim to victimizer and back again shows no sign of abatement: the anger of the victim leading to retribution against a perceived oppressor whose sufferings, in turn, transform him into a victim. The key element that allows for this transformation is the misidentification of guilt. Rather than seeking justice against the actual perpetrators of violence, it is far easier and faster to identify a group which can be blanketed with blame and targeted randomly. This stereotyping leads to violence against innocents, creating new victims and continuing the cycle.
The issue, therefore, has to do with perceptions of the other. As long as each sides blames the other as a whole for their past or current sufferings, they can justify their ethnic hatred, demonize the other and perpetuate ethnic divisions. This project will allow viewers from each community to travel into the other world get to know specific individuals and hear what they actually think, feel, fear and dream in order to rethink these ill-conceived perceptions.
OBJECTIVES
A) ENCOURAGING PEACE
The overall objective of any post-war peacebuilding initiative is to create an environment of peaceful co-existence which can prevent a re-escalation of violent conflict. In the case of Kosova/o, where ethnic tensions continue to exist and violence is on the rise, the primary aim is to defuse the situation. Short of 'cleansing' the region and/or redrawing borders-options the international community are not willing to contemplate-a means must be found to inhibit the causes of those tensions. If they are created by anger and fear, then the focus must be on eliminating the factors that feed these sentiments. Nothing can eliminate the memories of war and acts of terror nor the continuing loss resulting from them, but it is possible to affect the perceptions of one's adversaries as irredeemable enemies. These perceptions can be gradually weakened by several means. One way is to create a point of contact in which individual members of the communities can communicate on a human level, get to know each other and develop trust.
B) CHANGING PERCEPTIONS
The purpose of this project is to alter individuals' perceptions of the other through communication and mutual recognition. Members of the communities should be able to find a non-threatening, non-political language by which they can discover common ground. It is an assumption of this project that creative endeavor provides the conditions in which this kind of communication can take place. Because of the extremely volatile situation in Kosovo/a at present, however, it is not possible to bring the general public together to discuss, to be creative or to build relationships. But it is possible-and will be the purpose of this project-to create a safe environment in which an indirect dialogue can begin: the hermetically sealed world of film.
C) USING FILM TO INTRODUCE 'THE ENEMY'
The primary objective by which the project means to achieve its purpose is through creating a documentary film(length: 60 minutes) consisting of four separate, interwoven components: two Albanian and two Serbian stories. The intention is to juxtapose the stories to highlight common outlooks, shared values and potential recognition points for viewers. The film will be shown to audiences in towns and villages throughout Kosova/o with the support of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe(OSCE) and the UNMIK Department of Culture. Two important assumptions underpin this project: first, that common features exist in the lives and sentiments of these two groups; and second, that the recognition of these similarities can spark a re-evaluation of cultural stereotypes in the minds of the viewing public.
Within each community, two young people between the ages of 16 and 23 are the focus of the film made by an international crew. Each person serves as our entry into his/her world-friends, family and larger community. The participants were invited to film elements themselves which, when they help to deepen the intimacy of their stories, are included in black and white in the final film. The film centers on their outlooks, concerns, goals, emotions, obstacles and perceptions drawing upon their everyday life experiences, relationships and creative activities. The principle aim and challenge of the film is to uncover universals shared by all people regardless of age, sex or ethnicity. In order to achieve our goals, the film must allow viewers to enter into the lives on both sides of the divide. This means that elements of politics and blame cannot play a role in the film. Given the recent conflict, it is impossible to eliminate all political or war-related references, but these only occur indirectly as they relate to character, the present and the future.
D) DEVLOPING A SENSE OF PEACEBUILDING AMONG PARTICIPANTS
Given its overall reconciliation objective, this project also aims to encourage a sense of peacemaking among those participating in it. There are several reasons for choosing adolescents and young adults to make the film. In general, they are more accessible, more open to new ideas and changing perceptions than their parents and grandparents. Kosovar/n youth are already looking forward and are not afraid of challenging taboos. The knowledge that their contributions are part of a larger project which seeks to discover common ground has naturally affected the way these young people relate to each other and the way they think about the question of living together. Over the filming and screening periods, they have had chances to meet and we hope that they will continue to develop relationships between them.
Additionally, a welcome by-product of this project is to empower at least this small number of youths. By allowing them to tell their stories and to see their creative output valued and taken seriously; the final product should be a tangible symbol for them of their efforts and may inspire them to future creative activities. And, if the film fulfills its purpose and makes a contribution towards a peaceful future for Kosova/o, they should have a feeling of personal satisfaction and achievement.
E) HAVING AN IMPACT ON OTHER CONFLICT ZONES
There is one final, interrelated objective associated with the film project: to have an impact on other ethnically-, racially- or nationally- divided groups throughout the world. It is often easier to recognize one's own weaknesses refracted through the mirror of another. Perhaps young people in a racially divided town in Mississippi, or across the religious divide in Belfast or Jerusalem, or along the border of Eritrea and Ethiopia may think again about their prejudices and preconceptions as a result of experiencing the journey this film will take them on. The film will thus be available for other NGO's working on conflict resolution and will hopefully have a wider visibility through international broadcast and film festivals.
THE PROJECT
The project consists of two distinct activities: making the film and distributing it.
THE MAKING OF THE FILM
· Specific film research and scriptwriting took place in Kosova in October-November 2001. The youth were selected from Albanian and Serbian communities of similar size and sociological composition-Mitrovica (north and south), Gracanica(Pristina) and Vushtrri.
· The one-month shoot began in mid-November 2001 in both communities simultaneously in order to maximize potential communication links between the participants. A team of three women-two Dutch one American-worked as co-directors and crew. The kids were invited to shoot short segments of the film reflecting their perceptions of daily life and what was important to them.
· Post-production took take place over the period January -May 2002 in Amsterdam with the same international team editing the film. We expect to add an epilogue of the participants and their friends and family watching and reacting to the film-together; as well as reactions by Kosovar/n audiences during screening/discussion tour
THE TOUR
· This is the core of peacebuilding aspect of the project. It will entail a 2-month tour throughout Kosova/o showing the finished film in as many towns and villages within the 30 municipalities as possible. This tour was developed with the help of UNMIK Department of Culture and Kosova Film, providing equipment and space in municipal cultural centers, the OSCE, providing logistical support, and other local and international NGOs.
· The centerpiece of each stop on the tour is the film screening which will be followed by a discussion forum led by the producer, and a local facilitator from each community, trained in conflict resolution techniques. Local facilitators were determined essential in order to have the legitimacy and authority to discuss such sensitive and potentially explosive issues and to know how best to encourage an open, effective dialogue.
· Additional organizations conducting peacebuilding initiatives in Kosovo/a were also invited to link their activities to this project.
· In addition to broadcasting the film after the tour's completion, Radio Television Kosovo/a plans to develop news items and programming to further introduce the project to the Kosovar/n population. Project partner, Press Now, has many contacts with broadcasters throughout the region and will assist in getting the film shown on Serbian, Albanian, Macedonian and Montenegrin and other Balkan television stations.
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Mission Statement:
The project mission is to stimulate peacebuilding and defuse the tensions which contribute to
continued violence in Kosovo/a by encouraging a re-evaluation of inter-ethnic perceptions and by
creating a safe forum for dialogue on the subject of multi-ethnicity.
Project Objectives:
-to shed doubt upon accepted stereotypes by pointing out commonly shared, human emotions, experiences, reactions and hopes and by encouraging a sense of mutual recognition in viewers.
-to use film as a safe means of getting-to-know individuals and life on the other side of the 'ethnic divide'
-to develop a sense of peacemaking and of the possibility for future coexistence in Kosova/o among the participating youths and viewing public
-to make a statement on diversity and universality which will spark recognition among viewers in other conflict areas around the world by inviting other non-governemental organizations to use the film in their peacebuilding projects.
Project Activities:
- to create a 60-minute documentary film, "Kosovo/a" which interweaves the everyday lives, points of view, experiences and future visions of four young people living in Kosovo/a today (16-23 years-old) from both Serbian and Albanian communities.
- to screen the film during June-August 2002 in each municipality of Kosova/o and hold discussions after the film on the issues raised within it.
- to broadcast the film on Radio Television Kosovo in the autumn of 2002 and other as-yet-unidentified broadcasters throughout the Balkan region.
THE PROBLEM
Two years after a severe ethnic conflict, which was itself only the most recent chapter in a centuries-long tug of war, ethnic tensions and violence continue in Kosova/o. The intentions of the international community to create a multi-ethnic community show few signs of success. While the 1999 NATO bombings and the presence of UN peacekeepers(KFOR) have put an end to unrestricted, open conflict, international organizations have not yet been able to eliminate the causes of the conflict and ensure a peaceful future to the region.
One of the most fundamental, long-term problems in Kosovo/a today is a continued and increasing ethnic polarization. This problem was at the heart of the 1998-1999 conflict, as it was in the many conflicts that preceded it over the centuries. The cycle of victim to victimizer and back again shows no sign of abatement: the anger of the victim leading to retribution against a perceived oppressor whose sufferings, in turn, transform him into a victim. The key element that allows for this transformation is the misidentification of guilt. Rather than seeking justice against the actual perpetrators of violence, it is far easier and faster to identify a group which can be blanketed with blame and targeted randomly. This stereotyping leads to violence against innocents, creating new victims and continuing the cycle.
The issue, therefore, has to do with perceptions of the other. As long as each sides blames the other as a whole for their past or current sufferings, they can justify their ethnic hatred, demonize the other and perpetuate ethnic divisions. This project will allow viewers from each community to travel into the other world get to know specific individuals and hear what they actually think, feel, fear and dream in order to rethink these ill-conceived perceptions.
OBJECTIVES
A) ENCOURAGING PEACE
The overall objective of any post-war peacebuilding initiative is to create an environment of peaceful co-existence which can prevent a re-escalation of violent conflict. In the case of Kosova/o, where ethnic tensions continue to exist and violence is on the rise, the primary aim is to defuse the situation. Short of 'cleansing' the region and/or redrawing borders-options the international community are not willing to contemplate-a means must be found to inhibit the causes of those tensions. If they are created by anger and fear, then the focus must be on eliminating the factors that feed these sentiments. Nothing can eliminate the memories of war and acts of terror nor the continuing loss resulting from them, but it is possible to affect the perceptions of one's adversaries as irredeemable enemies. These perceptions can be gradually weakened by several means. One way is to create a point of contact in which individual members of the communities can communicate on a human level, get to know each other and develop trust.
B) CHANGING PERCEPTIONS
The purpose of this project is to alter individuals' perceptions of the other through communication and mutual recognition. Members of the communities should be able to find a non-threatening, non-political language by which they can discover common ground. It is an assumption of this project that creative endeavor provides the conditions in which this kind of communication can take place. Because of the extremely volatile situation in Kosovo/a at present, however, it is not possible to bring the general public together to discuss, to be creative or to build relationships. But it is possible-and will be the purpose of this project-to create a safe environment in which an indirect dialogue can begin: the hermetically sealed world of film.
C) USING FILM TO INTRODUCE 'THE ENEMY'
The primary objective by which the project means to achieve its purpose is through creating a documentary film(length: 60 minutes) consisting of four separate, interwoven components: two Albanian and two Serbian stories. The intention is to juxtapose the stories to highlight common outlooks, shared values and potential recognition points for viewers. The film will be shown to audiences in towns and villages throughout Kosova/o with the support of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe(OSCE) and the UNMIK Department of Culture. Two important assumptions underpin this project: first, that common features exist in the lives and sentiments of these two groups; and second, that the recognition of these similarities can spark a re-evaluation of cultural stereotypes in the minds of the viewing public.
Within each community, two young people between the ages of 16 and 23 are the focus of the film made by an international crew. Each person serves as our entry into his/her world-friends, family and larger community. The participants were invited to film elements themselves which, when they help to deepen the intimacy of their stories, are included in black and white in the final film. The film centers on their outlooks, concerns, goals, emotions, obstacles and perceptions drawing upon their everyday life experiences, relationships and creative activities. The principle aim and challenge of the film is to uncover universals shared by all people regardless of age, sex or ethnicity. In order to achieve our goals, the film must allow viewers to enter into the lives on both sides of the divide. This means that elements of politics and blame cannot play a role in the film. Given the recent conflict, it is impossible to eliminate all political or war-related references, but these only occur indirectly as they relate to character, the present and the future.
D) DEVLOPING A SENSE OF PEACEBUILDING AMONG PARTICIPANTS
Given its overall reconciliation objective, this project also aims to encourage a sense of peacemaking among those participating in it. There are several reasons for choosing adolescents and young adults to make the film. In general, they are more accessible, more open to new ideas and changing perceptions than their parents and grandparents. Kosovar/n youth are already looking forward and are not afraid of challenging taboos. The knowledge that their contributions are part of a larger project which seeks to discover common ground has naturally affected the way these young people relate to each other and the way they think about the question of living together. Over the filming and screening periods, they have had chances to meet and we hope that they will continue to develop relationships between them.
Additionally, a welcome by-product of this project is to empower at least this small number of youths. By allowing them to tell their stories and to see their creative output valued and taken seriously; the final product should be a tangible symbol for them of their efforts and may inspire them to future creative activities. And, if the film fulfills its purpose and makes a contribution towards a peaceful future for Kosova/o, they should have a feeling of personal satisfaction and achievement.
E) HAVING AN IMPACT ON OTHER CONFLICT ZONES
There is one final, interrelated objective associated with the film project: to have an impact on other ethnically-, racially- or nationally- divided groups throughout the world. It is often easier to recognize one's own weaknesses refracted through the mirror of another. Perhaps young people in a racially divided town in Mississippi, or across the religious divide in Belfast or Jerusalem, or along the border of Eritrea and Ethiopia may think again about their prejudices and preconceptions as a result of experiencing the journey this film will take them on. The film will thus be available for other NGO's working on conflict resolution and will hopefully have a wider visibility through international broadcast and film festivals.
THE PROJECT
The project consists of two distinct activities: making the film and distributing it.
THE MAKING OF THE FILM
· Specific film research and scriptwriting took place in Kosova in October-November 2001. The youth were selected from Albanian and Serbian communities of similar size and sociological composition-Mitrovica (north and south), Gracanica(Pristina) and Vushtrri.
· The one-month shoot began in mid-November 2001 in both communities simultaneously in order to maximize potential communication links between the participants. A team of three women-two Dutch one American-worked as co-directors and crew. The kids were invited to shoot short segments of the film reflecting their perceptions of daily life and what was important to them.
· Post-production took take place over the period January -May 2002 in Amsterdam with the same international team editing the film. We expect to add an epilogue of the participants and their friends and family watching and reacting to the film-together; as well as reactions by Kosovar/n audiences during screening/discussion tour
THE TOUR
· This is the core of peacebuilding aspect of the project. It will entail a 2-month tour throughout Kosova/o showing the finished film in as many towns and villages within the 30 municipalities as possible. This tour was developed with the help of UNMIK Department of Culture and Kosova Film, providing equipment and space in municipal cultural centers, the OSCE, providing logistical support, and other local and international NGOs.
· The centerpiece of each stop on the tour is the film screening which will be followed by a discussion forum led by the producer, and a local facilitator from each community, trained in conflict resolution techniques. Local facilitators were determined essential in order to have the legitimacy and authority to discuss such sensitive and potentially explosive issues and to know how best to encourage an open, effective dialogue.
· Additional organizations conducting peacebuilding initiatives in Kosovo/a were also invited to link their activities to this project.
· In addition to broadcasting the film after the tour's completion, Radio Television Kosovo/a plans to develop news items and programming to further introduce the project to the Kosovar/n population. Project partner, Press Now, has many contacts with broadcasters throughout the region and will assist in getting the film shown on Serbian, Albanian, Macedonian and Montenegrin and other Balkan television stations.
ECF - Art for Social Change program back
World Press Photo Exhibition
In 2001 and 2002 within Art for Social Change a number of photo projects in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were initiated in which young people used camera and video to experiment with images and expression. At the same time the European Cultural Foundation supported a World Press Photo seminar for young press photographers from the Baltic States giving the participants as an assignment to make a photo story about young people at risk. The picture stories of the photographers and a selection of the photo’s made by the kids who participated in the AFSC photo projects will be merged in one exhibition organized in parallel to the international World Press Photo exhibition shown in Vilnius City Hall this Autumn. The official opening of the exhibition is 6 September at 16 pm, Didzioji street 31 in Vilnius. A catalogue of the exhibition will be printed in a limited print-run.
World Press Photo Exhibition
In 2001 and 2002 within Art for Social Change a number of photo projects in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were initiated in which young people used camera and video to experiment with images and expression. At the same time the European Cultural Foundation supported a World Press Photo seminar for young press photographers from the Baltic States giving the participants as an assignment to make a photo story about young people at risk. The picture stories of the photographers and a selection of the photo’s made by the kids who participated in the AFSC photo projects will be merged in one exhibition organized in parallel to the international World Press Photo exhibition shown in Vilnius City Hall this Autumn. The official opening of the exhibition is 6 September at 16 pm, Didzioji street 31 in Vilnius. A catalogue of the exhibition will be printed in a limited print-run.
http://www.ifj.org/hrights/tolerance/prize.html
IFJ Journalism For Tolerance Prize
For Excellence in Journalism
Combating Racism and Discrimination
Categories for Print/On-line, Radio and Television
Entries Close 7 January 2003
Promoting tolerance, combating racism and discrimination
and contributing to an understanding
of cultural, religious and ethnic differences.
The IFJ Journalism for Tolerance Prize is about promoting tolerance, combating racism and discrimination and contributing to an understanding of cultural, religious and ethnic differences.
The Prize is an annual competition among journalists from all sectors of media with a simple objective: to promote better understanding among journalists from all communities of the importance of tolerance and defence of human rights, particularly when it comes to reporting on minorities.
The Prize rewards individuals and their work, promoting benchmarks on how to tackle discrimination in whatever form it comes - whether on the basis of language, religion or belief, or ethnic origin.
The Prize promotes editorial independence, high standards of professionalism and journalists' ethics, and diversity in media.
The Prize targets a number of key regions where coverage of minority affairs is often fraught with difficulties and tension.
The Journalism for Tolerance Prize, which is supported by the European Union, is driven by values of journalism and is organised by journalists themselves.
The Prize
The Journalism for Tolerance Prize is awarded in five regions:
Latin America
Central and Western Africa
Eastern and Southern Africa
South Asia
South East Asia
In each region, there are three categories of the Prize awarded for outstanding reporting on actions to combat racism and discrimination:
Print/on-line
Radio
Television
Each region will have a total pool of Euro 3,000 to award to the winners. Each winner will also receive a certificate of recognition. The winners will also be invited to attend a prize giving ceremony and forum in their region in March 2003.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
The IFJ is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation that promotes co-ordinated international action to defend press freedom and social justice through the development of strong, free and independent trade unions of journalists. The IFJ works closely with the United Nations, particularly Unesco, the United Nations Human Rights Commission, WIPO and the ILO, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the European Union, the Council for Europe and with a range of international trade union and freedom of expression organisations.
The IFJ mandate covers both professional and industrial interests of journalists.
The IFJ administers other prizes including the Lorenzo Natali Prize for Journalism.
More Information
How to Enter
Rules of the Competition
Application Form
Français : Prix de la FIJ - Journalisme pour la tolérance
Español: Premio FIP periodismo para la tolerancia
Portuguese: Prémio FIJ jornalismo de tôlerancia (PDF)
Winners 2000
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With the support of the European Commission
For a Better Understanding of the World of Development.
IFJ Journalism For Tolerance Prize
For Excellence in Journalism
Combating Racism and Discrimination
Categories for Print/On-line, Radio and Television
Entries Close 7 January 2003
Promoting tolerance, combating racism and discrimination
and contributing to an understanding
of cultural, religious and ethnic differences.
The IFJ Journalism for Tolerance Prize is about promoting tolerance, combating racism and discrimination and contributing to an understanding of cultural, religious and ethnic differences.
The Prize is an annual competition among journalists from all sectors of media with a simple objective: to promote better understanding among journalists from all communities of the importance of tolerance and defence of human rights, particularly when it comes to reporting on minorities.
The Prize rewards individuals and their work, promoting benchmarks on how to tackle discrimination in whatever form it comes - whether on the basis of language, religion or belief, or ethnic origin.
The Prize promotes editorial independence, high standards of professionalism and journalists' ethics, and diversity in media.
The Prize targets a number of key regions where coverage of minority affairs is often fraught with difficulties and tension.
The Journalism for Tolerance Prize, which is supported by the European Union, is driven by values of journalism and is organised by journalists themselves.
The Prize
The Journalism for Tolerance Prize is awarded in five regions:
Latin America
Central and Western Africa
Eastern and Southern Africa
South Asia
South East Asia
In each region, there are three categories of the Prize awarded for outstanding reporting on actions to combat racism and discrimination:
Print/on-line
Radio
Television
Each region will have a total pool of Euro 3,000 to award to the winners. Each winner will also receive a certificate of recognition. The winners will also be invited to attend a prize giving ceremony and forum in their region in March 2003.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
The IFJ is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation that promotes co-ordinated international action to defend press freedom and social justice through the development of strong, free and independent trade unions of journalists. The IFJ works closely with the United Nations, particularly Unesco, the United Nations Human Rights Commission, WIPO and the ILO, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the European Union, the Council for Europe and with a range of international trade union and freedom of expression organisations.
The IFJ mandate covers both professional and industrial interests of journalists.
The IFJ administers other prizes including the Lorenzo Natali Prize for Journalism.
More Information
How to Enter
Rules of the Competition
Application Form
Français : Prix de la FIJ - Journalisme pour la tolérance
Español: Premio FIP periodismo para la tolerancia
Portuguese: Prémio FIJ jornalismo de tôlerancia (PDF)
Winners 2000
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With the support of the European Commission
For a Better Understanding of the World of Development.
http://www.ifj.org/publications/press/pr/422.html
Media Release October 1st 2002
Multilingual Service for Journalists on EU Affairs:
Joint EurActiv and IFJ Project
for a Crosslingual Portal
The "CrossLingual II Network" was launched on Friday 27th September to provide a multilingual online service for news and other information on the European Union. Over the next two years, the online network will develop the technology and content model of the EurActiv portal in collaboration with partners in Central and Eastern Europe. As a result, journalists will be able to access to information on EU activities in their own language.
EurActiv's multilingual content will be available for syndication to "EU Actors'" websites, media news sites, mobile operators and of course journalists working on EU affairs. The IFJ Website will soon have the facility to provide automatic translation into French, Spanish and German at the click of a button through the popular Systran facility.
The CrossLingual Project is supported by the eContent programme of the EU's Directorate General 'Information Society'. Members of the consortium include EurActiv, Systran (language software developer), DB Scape (specialist in multilingual content management), Telelingua (translation support) and the International Federation of journalists (IFJ). Partners from Central and Eastern European media, specialised in EU policies, included Bruxinfo (Hungary), EON (Slovenia), Club Europa (Romania), Integrace (Czech Republic), Unia Polska (Poland), Novinite (Bulgaria) and Abhaber (Turkey).
Oliver Money-Kyrle, Projects Director of the International Federation of Journalists said: "With Enlargement negotiations entering their final stage easy access to information on EU affairs is of particular importance to journalists in accession countries. This project provides a vital service to the public by breaking down the barriers to information and improving understanding of the EU." More background information available at www.euractiv.com.
Media Release October 1st 2002
Multilingual Service for Journalists on EU Affairs:
Joint EurActiv and IFJ Project
for a Crosslingual Portal
The "CrossLingual II Network" was launched on Friday 27th September to provide a multilingual online service for news and other information on the European Union. Over the next two years, the online network will develop the technology and content model of the EurActiv portal in collaboration with partners in Central and Eastern Europe. As a result, journalists will be able to access to information on EU activities in their own language.
EurActiv's multilingual content will be available for syndication to "EU Actors'" websites, media news sites, mobile operators and of course journalists working on EU affairs. The IFJ Website will soon have the facility to provide automatic translation into French, Spanish and German at the click of a button through the popular Systran facility.
The CrossLingual Project is supported by the eContent programme of the EU's Directorate General 'Information Society'. Members of the consortium include EurActiv, Systran (language software developer), DB Scape (specialist in multilingual content management), Telelingua (translation support) and the International Federation of journalists (IFJ). Partners from Central and Eastern European media, specialised in EU policies, included Bruxinfo (Hungary), EON (Slovenia), Club Europa (Romania), Integrace (Czech Republic), Unia Polska (Poland), Novinite (Bulgaria) and Abhaber (Turkey).
Oliver Money-Kyrle, Projects Director of the International Federation of Journalists said: "With Enlargement negotiations entering their final stage easy access to information on EU affairs is of particular importance to journalists in accession countries. This project provides a vital service to the public by breaking down the barriers to information and improving understanding of the EU." More background information available at www.euractiv.com.
What is the World Summit all about?
The World Summit on the Information Society is the latest in a series of important world events convened by the United Nations. It seeks to
explore the effect of information and communications technologies on our lives and our planet. Some of the many issues identified by the Youth Caucus as important to consider include access to technology and
knowledge, changing role/style of education, cultural diversity, local
content, technology for youth employment, public space online,
environmental impact of technology, and cross-cultural communication.
The World Summit, to be held in Geneva, December 10-12th 2003, will
bring together government leaders, non-government organisations,
business and others to address these concerns and others. Clearly, the
issues are all exceedingly relevent to young people. Young people are
those who are growing up with the internet, are students in educational systems, in general know more about technology and this emerging society than anyone else, and who are often running the most innovative companies/non-profit projects in this area. It's a vital process for all youth organisations to be part of....
What is the Preparatory process?
In preparation for the World Summit, consultations, planning and
negociations will occur at a national, regional and international level.
Three global preparatory meetings in Geneva will be the focus of
attention (the first meeting was already held in July 2002, the second
will be in February 2003, the third likely to be in September 2003).
Regional meetings will also be very important (Africa already held in
May 2002, Europe in November 2002, Asia and Latin America in January
2003). National level consultations are also occuring in many countries.
What is the Youth Caucus?
The youth caucus brings together young people who are active around
information society issues, for example youth organizations/youth-led
small enterprises that operate access centers, run community media
initiatives, or develop technology applications, student organisations
representing educational concerns, and other youth organisations active
at an international level (for example national youth councils,
UNESCO-affiliated groups, and those interested in the intersection of
ICTs with sustainable development, healthcare, or employment). The youth
caucus was formed at the First Preparatory Committee meeting in July
2002, and works to mainstream youth perspectives into civil society,
business and government input for the World Summit. The Youth Caucus
receives some secretarial and other support via the Youth Creating
Digital Opportunity program of TIG, IISD and GKP. Some of the
organisations involved include TakingITGlobal, AEGEE, Communications
Rights in the Information Society, the International Young Professionals
Foundation, YOIS etc.
What is the European Regional Meeting?
The European Regional Meeting will be held in Bucharest, Romania. It is designed to provide a space for development of the European position on the WSIS and in itself, provide an opportunity for the Europeans to find a shared vision of the type of information society they would like to live in. I think it will have about 1000 participants or more. It is also considered the "North American" regional meeting, but I doubt many North Americans will attend.
What you need to do:
1) Register to attend the Regional Meeting in Bucharest at their
website. If you do not have UN accreditation, you are most welcome to
accredit through TakingITGlobal while you begin the process of applying for your own - just send me an email and I will add your name to our list.
2) Join wsisyoutheurope@yahoogroups.com which is a mailing list for
young Europeans interested in the WSIS process. Simply go to
http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/wsisyoutheurope/join/ to sign up!
3) Send a quick introduction to the list, including information about
yourself, your organization, and your thoughts on key priority areas for the WSIS, in general, from a european perspective, and from a youth perspective.
4) We will together draft a document of initial input to the meeting
with specific language we think should be included in the Bucharest
Declaration. The Ambassador of Romania to the UN has specifically
invited our input and this needs to come very soon, so that there is
time for them to consider and perhaps incorporate our suggestions.
THE WIDER ISSUE OF EUROPEAN YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN WSIS
More broadly, I am interested in getting European youth groups more
organized yourselves around WSIS, allowing me to focus more on other
regions that 'need more help' as they have less organised youth
structures. I know there has been interest from the Swiss and Dutch
National Youth Councils, AEGEE and YOIS - but this needs to become more coordinated and other groups need to get involved. For example, I think it would be wonderful to set up a European Youth Secretariat for WSIS at one of the member orgs (perhaps YOIS, European Youth Forum, OBESSU,AEGEE, the Swiss National Youth Council etc) that can have someone work part-full time coordinating activities for the political process for European youth orgs. What are your thoughts? Any groups interested? Maybe the European Regional Meeting can serve as a meeting place to work out how input is going to become more coordinated in Europe?
Also, there is the matter of participation of young people on government delegations. I suggest you approach your government about including a youth rep on their delegation to the European Regional Meeting and future global preparatory meetings. Preferably this would be someone from a legitimate national youth organisation who has a strong interest/background in information society issues (not necessarily the President/leader of an organisation). If you write to me, I will be happy to connect you to the people who are leading your governments' delegation. At the same time, I am also going to email all the heads of government delegations encouraging them to include a young person on their delegation and giving them the name of some organisations in their countries (like yours) they might look to in selecting a youth delegate.
I hope this helps alert you to the process of the WSIS and the
need/opportunities to get involved.
Warmest regards,
Donald Charumbira
Secretary General
World Assembly of Youth
Further info from:
Nick Moraitis
Strategy and Partnership Coordinator
TakingITGlobal - Toronto, Canada
www.takingitglobal.org
nick@takingitglobal.org
The World Summit on the Information Society is the latest in a series of important world events convened by the United Nations. It seeks to
explore the effect of information and communications technologies on our lives and our planet. Some of the many issues identified by the Youth Caucus as important to consider include access to technology and
knowledge, changing role/style of education, cultural diversity, local
content, technology for youth employment, public space online,
environmental impact of technology, and cross-cultural communication.
The World Summit, to be held in Geneva, December 10-12th 2003, will
bring together government leaders, non-government organisations,
business and others to address these concerns and others. Clearly, the
issues are all exceedingly relevent to young people. Young people are
those who are growing up with the internet, are students in educational systems, in general know more about technology and this emerging society than anyone else, and who are often running the most innovative companies/non-profit projects in this area. It's a vital process for all youth organisations to be part of....
What is the Preparatory process?
In preparation for the World Summit, consultations, planning and
negociations will occur at a national, regional and international level.
Three global preparatory meetings in Geneva will be the focus of
attention (the first meeting was already held in July 2002, the second
will be in February 2003, the third likely to be in September 2003).
Regional meetings will also be very important (Africa already held in
May 2002, Europe in November 2002, Asia and Latin America in January
2003). National level consultations are also occuring in many countries.
What is the Youth Caucus?
The youth caucus brings together young people who are active around
information society issues, for example youth organizations/youth-led
small enterprises that operate access centers, run community media
initiatives, or develop technology applications, student organisations
representing educational concerns, and other youth organisations active
at an international level (for example national youth councils,
UNESCO-affiliated groups, and those interested in the intersection of
ICTs with sustainable development, healthcare, or employment). The youth
caucus was formed at the First Preparatory Committee meeting in July
2002, and works to mainstream youth perspectives into civil society,
business and government input for the World Summit. The Youth Caucus
receives some secretarial and other support via the Youth Creating
Digital Opportunity program of TIG, IISD and GKP. Some of the
organisations involved include TakingITGlobal, AEGEE, Communications
Rights in the Information Society, the International Young Professionals
Foundation, YOIS etc.
What is the European Regional Meeting?
The European Regional Meeting will be held in Bucharest, Romania. It is designed to provide a space for development of the European position on the WSIS and in itself, provide an opportunity for the Europeans to find a shared vision of the type of information society they would like to live in. I think it will have about 1000 participants or more. It is also considered the "North American" regional meeting, but I doubt many North Americans will attend.
What you need to do:
1) Register to attend the Regional Meeting in Bucharest at their
website. If you do not have UN accreditation, you are most welcome to
accredit through TakingITGlobal while you begin the process of applying for your own - just send me an email and I will add your name to our list.
2) Join wsisyoutheurope@yahoogroups.com which is a mailing list for
young Europeans interested in the WSIS process. Simply go to
http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/wsisyoutheurope/join/ to sign up!
3) Send a quick introduction to the list, including information about
yourself, your organization, and your thoughts on key priority areas for the WSIS, in general, from a european perspective, and from a youth perspective.
4) We will together draft a document of initial input to the meeting
with specific language we think should be included in the Bucharest
Declaration. The Ambassador of Romania to the UN has specifically
invited our input and this needs to come very soon, so that there is
time for them to consider and perhaps incorporate our suggestions.
THE WIDER ISSUE OF EUROPEAN YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN WSIS
More broadly, I am interested in getting European youth groups more
organized yourselves around WSIS, allowing me to focus more on other
regions that 'need more help' as they have less organised youth
structures. I know there has been interest from the Swiss and Dutch
National Youth Councils, AEGEE and YOIS - but this needs to become more coordinated and other groups need to get involved. For example, I think it would be wonderful to set up a European Youth Secretariat for WSIS at one of the member orgs (perhaps YOIS, European Youth Forum, OBESSU,AEGEE, the Swiss National Youth Council etc) that can have someone work part-full time coordinating activities for the political process for European youth orgs. What are your thoughts? Any groups interested? Maybe the European Regional Meeting can serve as a meeting place to work out how input is going to become more coordinated in Europe?
Also, there is the matter of participation of young people on government delegations. I suggest you approach your government about including a youth rep on their delegation to the European Regional Meeting and future global preparatory meetings. Preferably this would be someone from a legitimate national youth organisation who has a strong interest/background in information society issues (not necessarily the President/leader of an organisation). If you write to me, I will be happy to connect you to the people who are leading your governments' delegation. At the same time, I am also going to email all the heads of government delegations encouraging them to include a young person on their delegation and giving them the name of some organisations in their countries (like yours) they might look to in selecting a youth delegate.
I hope this helps alert you to the process of the WSIS and the
need/opportunities to get involved.
Warmest regards,
Donald Charumbira
Secretary General
World Assembly of Youth
Further info from:
Nick Moraitis
Strategy and Partnership Coordinator
TakingITGlobal - Toronto, Canada
www.takingitglobal.org
nick@takingitglobal.org
October 3, 2002
http://www.ijnet.org/Archive/2002/9/26-13382.html
WAN’s World Young Reader Conference set for Helsinki in 2003
Finland will host the 5th World Young Reader Conference of the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) from September 7 to 10 in the capital city of Helsinki.
This bi-annual meeting is an event for publishers, editors and newspaper in education specialists to explore projects for developing young readership.
The conference in Helsinki will explore ways to assure the place of the newspaper in the future of a new mobile generation of young people who are increasingly accustomed to getting all the news they want whenever they want it -- for free. Sessions will examine research, successful editorial and marketing strategies and creative newspapers in education strategies, including convergence, all aimed at young readers both in the home and at school.
A WAN announcement said that Finland may have found some of the answers to this dilemma, thanks in part to its own dynamic newspapers in education and young reader projects. In a country that is a world leader in cell phone use, especially among the young, a new survey has found that newspaper readership among 12 to 20-year-olds increased over the past two years for the first time since 1982.
The audience for the conference will be global. The previous conference, held in South Africa in 2001, attracted delegates from 33 countries.
The Paris-based WAN, the global organization for the newspaper industry, represents 18,000 newspapers. Its membership includes 71 national newspaper associations, individual newspaper executives in 93 countries, 14 news agencies and seven regional and worldwide press groups. In 1991, WAN established a global Newspapers in Education Committee.
For more information, contact WAN, 25 rue d'Astorg, 75008 Paris, France. Telephone (33-1) 47 42 85 00. Fax (33-1) 47 42 49 48. E-mail contact_us@wan.asso.fr. Web site www.fiej.org/
(September 24, 2002)
WAN’s World Young Reader Conference set for Helsinki in 2003
Finland will host the 5th World Young Reader Conference of the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) from September 7 to 10 in the capital city of Helsinki.
This bi-annual meeting is an event for publishers, editors and newspaper in education specialists to explore projects for developing young readership.
The conference in Helsinki will explore ways to assure the place of the newspaper in the future of a new mobile generation of young people who are increasingly accustomed to getting all the news they want whenever they want it -- for free. Sessions will examine research, successful editorial and marketing strategies and creative newspapers in education strategies, including convergence, all aimed at young readers both in the home and at school.
A WAN announcement said that Finland may have found some of the answers to this dilemma, thanks in part to its own dynamic newspapers in education and young reader projects. In a country that is a world leader in cell phone use, especially among the young, a new survey has found that newspaper readership among 12 to 20-year-olds increased over the past two years for the first time since 1982.
The audience for the conference will be global. The previous conference, held in South Africa in 2001, attracted delegates from 33 countries.
The Paris-based WAN, the global organization for the newspaper industry, represents 18,000 newspapers. Its membership includes 71 national newspaper associations, individual newspaper executives in 93 countries, 14 news agencies and seven regional and worldwide press groups. In 1991, WAN established a global Newspapers in Education Committee.
For more information, contact WAN, 25 rue d'Astorg, 75008 Paris, France. Telephone (33-1) 47 42 85 00. Fax (33-1) 47 42 49 48. E-mail contact_us@wan.asso.fr. Web site www.fiej.org/
(September 24, 2002)
http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=12911
Interactive storytelling versus linear storytelling
02/10/2002 Editor: Monique de Haas
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People telling each other stories is probably the most ancient form of entertainment that still exists. The means by which stories are told has evolved simply because the means at the hands of people have evolved. Word of mouth and theatre plays evolved into writing, which in the twentieth century evolved into radio, which evolved into television. All are predominantly forms of linear storytelling.
When Brenda Laurel first wrote "Computers as theatre" in 1991 she might not have known she made some of the first important steps towards analysing the structure of interactive storytelling. What makes her work special? Brenda Laurel started out as a drama student and by chance became a game developer back in the eighties. Working on stories in games she became curious about the difference between telling stories in a linear version and telling them in an interactive mode- as is used in game play.
In a linear story, the public is led to the plot by means of a linear sequence in which they take in the storyline that unfolds before their eyes. There is only one route to get to the plot and that is by following the storyline (which can involve flashbacks or flash forwards which is only a means of using time in a linear story).
However when telling stories in games this differs as more than one outcome of a game play is possible. In other words there are multiple plots and multiple routes towards these multiple plots. Whole new challenges arise, in transferring meaning this way. Consistency in all the storylines and all of the plots is necessary to give heads and tails to every individual storyline that a person can be following. That person still needs contextual, structural and formal characteristics to understand the story.
These characteristics are culturally determined by the way in which we are used to consume (linear) stories. For instance, we need to get acquainted with the main character, understand its role and purpose in the story, understand the task he or she is involved with, et cetera...Then we need story structure to get us towards one of many plots. In interactive storytelling this means changing storylines and possible outcomes.
If we engage people in an interactive task, we actually need the same characteristics in order to transmit meaning and to guide people through the task they have to fulfill. If we want to engage people in an interactive story, they need to be in control of their own storyline every time. As I discussed in my first article the essence of cross media communication is to set the user in the middle of the communication process.
So to get people involved in a cross media communication process we must keep in mind the rules of interactive storytelling... However this is not enough, because communicating a cross media is different from the situation in games discussed above. Cross media communication does not use a closed environment in which the player is absorbed (as is in games), but rather the story environment is totally open ended, as there are very different personal real live situations for every one involved in a cross media communication process.
Interactive storytelling versus linear storytelling
02/10/2002 Editor: Monique de Haas
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People telling each other stories is probably the most ancient form of entertainment that still exists. The means by which stories are told has evolved simply because the means at the hands of people have evolved. Word of mouth and theatre plays evolved into writing, which in the twentieth century evolved into radio, which evolved into television. All are predominantly forms of linear storytelling.
When Brenda Laurel first wrote "Computers as theatre" in 1991 she might not have known she made some of the first important steps towards analysing the structure of interactive storytelling. What makes her work special? Brenda Laurel started out as a drama student and by chance became a game developer back in the eighties. Working on stories in games she became curious about the difference between telling stories in a linear version and telling them in an interactive mode- as is used in game play.
In a linear story, the public is led to the plot by means of a linear sequence in which they take in the storyline that unfolds before their eyes. There is only one route to get to the plot and that is by following the storyline (which can involve flashbacks or flash forwards which is only a means of using time in a linear story).
However when telling stories in games this differs as more than one outcome of a game play is possible. In other words there are multiple plots and multiple routes towards these multiple plots. Whole new challenges arise, in transferring meaning this way. Consistency in all the storylines and all of the plots is necessary to give heads and tails to every individual storyline that a person can be following. That person still needs contextual, structural and formal characteristics to understand the story.
These characteristics are culturally determined by the way in which we are used to consume (linear) stories. For instance, we need to get acquainted with the main character, understand its role and purpose in the story, understand the task he or she is involved with, et cetera...Then we need story structure to get us towards one of many plots. In interactive storytelling this means changing storylines and possible outcomes.
If we engage people in an interactive task, we actually need the same characteristics in order to transmit meaning and to guide people through the task they have to fulfill. If we want to engage people in an interactive story, they need to be in control of their own storyline every time. As I discussed in my first article the essence of cross media communication is to set the user in the middle of the communication process.
So to get people involved in a cross media communication process we must keep in mind the rules of interactive storytelling... However this is not enough, because communicating a cross media is different from the situation in games discussed above. Cross media communication does not use a closed environment in which the player is absorbed (as is in games), but rather the story environment is totally open ended, as there are very different personal real live situations for every one involved in a cross media communication process.
September 27, 2002
Youth Media Reporter
Issue #7 - September 2002
Welcome to the September issue of the Youth Media Reporter, an e-mail
newsletter sponsored by the Open Society Institute Youth Initiatives
program. The Youth Media Reporter presents timely information and
original content to people working in the area and others who are
interested in learning more about Youth Media.
=============================================================
WHAT'S INSIDE. . .
*WHAT'S NEW - RECENT NEWS IN YOUTH MEDIA
*OPPORTUNITIES - FUNDING, CONTESTS, WORKSHOPS, ETC.
*RESOURCES - BEST PRACTICES, EVALUATIVE TOOLS, MORE
*CONTACT US
=============================================================
* WHAT'S NEW - RECENT NEWS IN YOUTH MEDIA
* Youth Media Panel: The Post-Hip Hop Generation
During the New California Media Expo this month, a special panel was
devoted to Youth Media: "Connecting to the Post-Hip Hop Generation: Youth
Media Look at What's Coming Next".
Youth Media representatives spoke about the energies driving an
increasingly
media-savvy and multi-lingual youth culture -- how is the new
generation of 'Super Communicators' making itself heard? Participants included
representatives from WireTap, Youth Radio, Afghana Journal and YO! Youth
Outlook
http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=c48564cc5e0a2c8cd109393
b2f7c9d16
* "Funding for Children and Youth Month" at the Foundation Center
Throughout October the Foundation Center will provide special training
in its centers in New York, San Francisco. Cleveland, Atlanta and
Washington, DC., and at special community events.
Highlights will include a panel of youth journalists who "bring a fresh
perspective to issues of concern to today's teens" and Children and
Youth Funding Update, a new, four-page report includes an examination of
the growth in foundation giving benefiting children and youth and an
overview of giving patterns. Also, Youth in Philanthropy, the Foundation
Center's new Web site area especially for kids and teens featuring
stories of youth involvement in philanthropy, links to scholarship
information, and more.
http://www.fdncenter.org/focus/youth
* Global Kids & In The Mix
On September 29, an In The Mix segment on PBS entitled "Dealing with
Differences" will feature Global Kids leaders who have created innovative
ways to deal with September 11.
The In The Mix program features several Muslim Global Kids Leaders who
are providing training for teens and adults in the areas of diversity,
cultural awareness and leadership with the goal of preventing
stereotyping and bias incidents.
http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/newnormal/program.html
View a complete list of What's New items:
http://www.soros.org/youth/whatsnew.htm
=============================================================
OPPORTUNITIES:
* POV Borders Interactive Web Site
P.O.V., the PBS showcase for independent non-fiction films, is asking
for submission of stories, images, poems or other media about the
borders in their lives. Some will be featured on-line!
Known for its award-winning Web sites and innovative uses of the Web to
promote interactivity and create dialogue, P.O.V. has created P.O.V.'s
Borders to explore the potential of interactive storytelling by
investigating the concept of 'borders' in everyday life.
http://www.pbs.org/pov/borders/borders.html
* Gun Violence Prevention Initiative Challenge Grants
The purpose of the Alliance for Justice's Co/Motion Youth Gun Violence
Prevention Initiative Challenge Grants program is to support
youth-designed and -led campaigns to end gun violence. Through a competitive
process, matching grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to qualifying
organizations and agencies for youth-driven initiatives. The Alliance for
Justice is particularly interested in proposals from organizations that
have demonstrated leadership, vision, and commitment to youth and
youth-led initiatives.
http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=2000030
=============================================================
RESOURCES:
NON-PROFIT RESOURCES
* Content You Can Use
Help promote children's issues on your Web site. Looking for useful
information on children's issues for your Web site? Children Now offers
"Content You Can Use" -- short articles about our newest reports -- for
online syndication. If your goal is to provide solid, content-based
information to parents, opinion leaders and other friends of children, our
site can help.
http://www.childrennow.org/syndicate.htm
* Cost-Effective Ways to Evaluate Youth Programs
The Harvard Evaluation Exchange offers some advice for instituting
cost-effective solutions for evaluating your non-profit. In times like
these of diminished resources, most funders expect the organizations they
fund to evaluate their programs in some fashion. In some instances,
particularly when organizations hope to establish a standard of practice or
want to replicate their program, a formal, structured third-party
evaluation, with appropriate controls, random selection, careful data
collection, and measurement over time is the best method.
Many organizations, however, do not need and cannot afford an extensive
third-party evaluation. Instead, their need is for a careful process
that will provide them with the opportunity to stop and carefully reflect
before moving on to the next stage.
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/eval/issue19/pp2.html
* Media Literacy and Research
The Media Education Foundation is a non-profit educational organization
devoted to media research and production of resources to aid educators
and others in fostering analytical media literacy.
Impressed with the high demand for classroom resources that examine the
media, Media Education Foundation (MEF) was founded as an independent
non-profit organization committed to both the production and
distribution of educational resources, and the research of contemporary media
issues.
http://www.mediaed.org
MEDIA RESOURCES
* Guidelines for Interviewing Youth
Two sites that offer advice for interviewing young people, from a
domestic and international perspective:
- Understanding how young people see the world around them often
demands that we hear what they have to say. Adults aren't the only ones with
worthy views of news. But interviewing young people raises some of the
most challenging questions faced by journalists.
http://www.poynter.org/dj/tips/ethics/kids.htm
- Principles and guidelines for the ethical reporting on children and
young people
under 18 years old (UNICEF working document - February 2002)
Children and young people have all the rights of adults. In addition,
they have the right to be protected from harm. Reporting on children and
young people carries this added dimension and restriction, especially
in the current era when it is near-impossible to limit a story's reach.
http://www.unicef.org/media/reportersguidelines.htm
TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES
* Online Guide to Free Technology
Bridges.org, an organization devoted to addressing the digital divide,
created a toolkit of free technology resources available for
non-profits. Offering an introduction to some of the most important resources,
including where to get free or low cost computers, where to get free
email accounts, how to develop and host your website for free, and where to
get free software.
http://www.bridges.org/toolkit/freeIT.html
There are more Resource items on the web, to view the complete list:
http://www.soros.org/youth/resources.htm
=============================================================
CONTACT US:
The Youth Media Reporter needs you! We want to make this
newsletter a truly useful vehicle for ideas, comments,
requests and information. We are always on the look out for
timely and relevant information in this exciting and emerging
area. If you have a news item to post on the YM Reporter,
please let us know at: ym-editor@sorosny.org.
Since this is a new project, please spread the word by forwarding
this e-mail to anyone you think would benefit from it. To subscribe or
unsubscribe, go to http://www.soros.org/youth/publications.htm
For more information on the OSI Youth Initiatives program,
please visit:
http://www.soros.org/youth
Watch for the Issue of the Month and Spotlight monthly features - coming soon!
Thanks and please let us know what you think!
Cliff Hahn, Editor
Youth Media Reporter
ym-editor@sorosny.org
Issue #7 - September 2002
Welcome to the September issue of the Youth Media Reporter, an e-mail
newsletter sponsored by the Open Society Institute Youth Initiatives
program. The Youth Media Reporter presents timely information and
original content to people working in the area and others who are
interested in learning more about Youth Media.
=============================================================
WHAT'S INSIDE. . .
*WHAT'S NEW - RECENT NEWS IN YOUTH MEDIA
*OPPORTUNITIES - FUNDING, CONTESTS, WORKSHOPS, ETC.
*RESOURCES - BEST PRACTICES, EVALUATIVE TOOLS, MORE
*CONTACT US
=============================================================
* WHAT'S NEW - RECENT NEWS IN YOUTH MEDIA
* Youth Media Panel: The Post-Hip Hop Generation
During the New California Media Expo this month, a special panel was
devoted to Youth Media: "Connecting to the Post-Hip Hop Generation: Youth
Media Look at What's Coming Next".
Youth Media representatives spoke about the energies driving an
increasingly
media-savvy and multi-lingual youth culture -- how is the new
generation of 'Super Communicators' making itself heard? Participants included
representatives from WireTap, Youth Radio, Afghana Journal and YO! Youth
Outlook
http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=c48564cc5e0a2c8cd109393
b2f7c9d16
* "Funding for Children and Youth Month" at the Foundation Center
Throughout October the Foundation Center will provide special training
in its centers in New York, San Francisco. Cleveland, Atlanta and
Washington, DC., and at special community events.
Highlights will include a panel of youth journalists who "bring a fresh
perspective to issues of concern to today's teens" and Children and
Youth Funding Update, a new, four-page report includes an examination of
the growth in foundation giving benefiting children and youth and an
overview of giving patterns. Also, Youth in Philanthropy, the Foundation
Center's new Web site area especially for kids and teens featuring
stories of youth involvement in philanthropy, links to scholarship
information, and more.
http://www.fdncenter.org/focus/youth
* Global Kids & In The Mix
On September 29, an In The Mix segment on PBS entitled "Dealing with
Differences" will feature Global Kids leaders who have created innovative
ways to deal with September 11.
The In The Mix program features several Muslim Global Kids Leaders who
are providing training for teens and adults in the areas of diversity,
cultural awareness and leadership with the goal of preventing
stereotyping and bias incidents.
http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/newnormal/program.html
View a complete list of What's New items:
http://www.soros.org/youth/whatsnew.htm
=============================================================
OPPORTUNITIES:
* POV Borders Interactive Web Site
P.O.V., the PBS showcase for independent non-fiction films, is asking
for submission of stories, images, poems or other media about the
borders in their lives. Some will be featured on-line!
Known for its award-winning Web sites and innovative uses of the Web to
promote interactivity and create dialogue, P.O.V. has created P.O.V.'s
Borders to explore the potential of interactive storytelling by
investigating the concept of 'borders' in everyday life.
http://www.pbs.org/pov/borders/borders.html
* Gun Violence Prevention Initiative Challenge Grants
The purpose of the Alliance for Justice's Co/Motion Youth Gun Violence
Prevention Initiative Challenge Grants program is to support
youth-designed and -led campaigns to end gun violence. Through a competitive
process, matching grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to qualifying
organizations and agencies for youth-driven initiatives. The Alliance for
Justice is particularly interested in proposals from organizations that
have demonstrated leadership, vision, and commitment to youth and
youth-led initiatives.
http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=2000030
=============================================================
RESOURCES:
NON-PROFIT RESOURCES
* Content You Can Use
Help promote children's issues on your Web site. Looking for useful
information on children's issues for your Web site? Children Now offers
"Content You Can Use" -- short articles about our newest reports -- for
online syndication. If your goal is to provide solid, content-based
information to parents, opinion leaders and other friends of children, our
site can help.
http://www.childrennow.org/syndicate.htm
* Cost-Effective Ways to Evaluate Youth Programs
The Harvard Evaluation Exchange offers some advice for instituting
cost-effective solutions for evaluating your non-profit. In times like
these of diminished resources, most funders expect the organizations they
fund to evaluate their programs in some fashion. In some instances,
particularly when organizations hope to establish a standard of practice or
want to replicate their program, a formal, structured third-party
evaluation, with appropriate controls, random selection, careful data
collection, and measurement over time is the best method.
Many organizations, however, do not need and cannot afford an extensive
third-party evaluation. Instead, their need is for a careful process
that will provide them with the opportunity to stop and carefully reflect
before moving on to the next stage.
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/eval/issue19/pp2.html
* Media Literacy and Research
The Media Education Foundation is a non-profit educational organization
devoted to media research and production of resources to aid educators
and others in fostering analytical media literacy.
Impressed with the high demand for classroom resources that examine the
media, Media Education Foundation (MEF) was founded as an independent
non-profit organization committed to both the production and
distribution of educational resources, and the research of contemporary media
issues.
http://www.mediaed.org
MEDIA RESOURCES
* Guidelines for Interviewing Youth
Two sites that offer advice for interviewing young people, from a
domestic and international perspective:
- Understanding how young people see the world around them often
demands that we hear what they have to say. Adults aren't the only ones with
worthy views of news. But interviewing young people raises some of the
most challenging questions faced by journalists.
http://www.poynter.org/dj/tips/ethics/kids.htm
- Principles and guidelines for the ethical reporting on children and
young people
under 18 years old (UNICEF working document - February 2002)
Children and young people have all the rights of adults. In addition,
they have the right to be protected from harm. Reporting on children and
young people carries this added dimension and restriction, especially
in the current era when it is near-impossible to limit a story's reach.
http://www.unicef.org/media/reportersguidelines.htm
TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES
* Online Guide to Free Technology
Bridges.org, an organization devoted to addressing the digital divide,
created a toolkit of free technology resources available for
non-profits. Offering an introduction to some of the most important resources,
including where to get free or low cost computers, where to get free
email accounts, how to develop and host your website for free, and where to
get free software.
http://www.bridges.org/toolkit/freeIT.html
There are more Resource items on the web, to view the complete list:
http://www.soros.org/youth/resources.htm
=============================================================
CONTACT US:
The Youth Media Reporter needs you! We want to make this
newsletter a truly useful vehicle for ideas, comments,
requests and information. We are always on the look out for
timely and relevant information in this exciting and emerging
area. If you have a news item to post on the YM Reporter,
please let us know at: ym-editor@sorosny.org.
Since this is a new project, please spread the word by forwarding
this e-mail to anyone you think would benefit from it. To subscribe or
unsubscribe, go to http://www.soros.org/youth/publications.htm
For more information on the OSI Youth Initiatives program,
please visit:
http://www.soros.org/youth
Watch for the Issue of the Month and Spotlight monthly features - coming soon!
Thanks and please let us know what you think!
Cliff Hahn, Editor
Youth Media Reporter
ym-editor@sorosny.org
September 25, 2002
Google
Auntie, the school bully
Commercial rivals ask culture secretary to block 'unfair' BBC plans to offer free educational aids online
John Cassy, media business correspondent
Wednesday September 25, 2002
The Guardian
On the face of it, approving the BBC's plans to become a major provider of online educational materials and teaching aids should be as easy as A, B, C.
The corporation wants the culture secretary, Tessa Jowell, to give it the green light to launch a range of online and digital educational aids tailored specifically to the national curriculum and designed to enhance the learning experience of children across the UK.
In a seemingly dream scenario for overstretched school budgets, Auntie plans to do its bit for the nation by giving the kit away for free.
Yet, as Ms Jowell knows only too well after the furore that surrounded the proposed launch of the young people's channel, BBC3, nothing is ever that simple when the BBC plans to move in on an area that commercial rivals claim is already well served. The decision she is due to make soon will not be an easy one.
The BBC's "Digital Curriculum" plans, submitted in May, have sparked a period of intense lobbying, tense meetings and bust-ups that would not have looked out of place on a school playground.
A broad alliance of publishers, software companies and media groups already in the business of selling educational products claim that they could lose up to £400m if the corporation is allowed to spend £150m of licence fee-payers' money on building a service that is similar to their own but is free of charge.
Deep concerns
"Our industry could be decimated," claimed Dominic Savage, money-chair of the Digital Learning Alliance (DLA), a consortium of UK educational software and book publishing firms that includes Pearson Education, Harper Collins, Channel 4, Granada and Reed Elsevier.
"We have deep concerns about our members' ability to compete. There is a serious risk of substantial job losses."
The BBC insists its proposals strongly reflect its public service remit and would provide a valuable service. They would also maximise the return on the £1.8bn the government has invested in computing products in schools since Mr Blair first came to power.
"If the 21st century is about the 'Knowledge Economy' then the BBC should help that happen," said Michael Stevenson, joint director of factual and learning at the BBC. "We would be letting a generation of kids down if we did not do it.
"These children are of a screen generation. They go home to a Playstation and expect the same dynamism from a PC in school. Our products will help them experience that - and they'll be free."
Government figures see the BBC's plans as an important complimentary service to Curriculum Online, a Department for Education & Skills (DfES) initiative to provide digital resources to schools to support the National Curriculum.
Tony Blair threw his weight behind the project by announcing in December 2001 a plan to provide schools with £50m worth of "Electronic Learning Credits" during the 2002-03 year which they can put towards buying digital resources.
Curriculum Online was due to be launched by the end of this month but has been delayed. A spokesman for the DfES confirmed that although the deadline would now be missed an announcement was "not far away".
A verdict on the BBC's plans should in theory follow shortly after. If Ms Jowell gives the go-ahead to the proposals as they stand she is likely to face accusations that yet again the government has kow-towed to the corporatist expansionism of a publicly-funded organisation that is behaving more like a private business.
After the recent award of the digital terrestrial televisions licences vacated by ITV Digital to a consortium led by the BBC, the commercial sector is likely to feel that the mandarins at Broadcasting House are out of control.
Yet, if she turns it down, she risks the wrath of teachers and parents around the country who will feel their children have been deprived of the chance of a learning experience from what remains arguably the most trusted broadcaster in the world.
The commercial sector believes it has proved that many of the BBC's proposed products are not distinctive enough from those already commerically available to warrant public funding.
A report by independent consultants SRU, commissioned by the DLA, also warned that if the government fails to rein in the BBC and create a level playing field with its rivals, the range of quality, innovative resources available to teachers will reduce, and education will suffer.
SRU argues that in order to offset the impact of the BBC and maintain effective competition the government would need to provide at least £800m of "ringfenced" funding over five years - rather than the £50m that Mr Blair has so far committed.
Judicial review
One member of the DLA, troubled software group RM, has even gone as far as to demand a judicial review of the BBC's plans, claiming that EU laws prohibiting state aid would be breached if the BBC's plans were funded through public money.
Like many software firms, RM is feeling the effects of the economic downturn and implosion of the dotcom bubble.
The BBC's Mr Stevenson insists that the corporation would work in conjunction with commercial rivals, rather than ride roughshod over them.
"The argument that the BBC is dominant and monopolistic is wildly exaggerated," he said. "Our plans were not conceived as something the BBC could or should do alone. This is about the BBC making a sizeable contribution alongside the commercial software sector. We will create opportunities for others, take risks and plant the standard further forward."
The BBC argues that without it the commercial companies and classrooms will suffer. Mr Stevenson claims that nothing similar in "scale or ambition" to what the BBC is trying has been attempted before and a successful BBC offering will increase teachers' confidence in new technology and encourage them to buy products from the private sector as well.
In an effort to placate opponents the BBC has pledged to limit spending on the core subjects of maths, science and english to just 25% of its £90m content budget. A further 40% will be spent on minority subjects like community languages. The remaining £60m of the £150m will go towards supporting the technology and online distribution.
Commercial rivals say this is still too much on core subjects and a compromise deal looks likely. "We're not saying the money shouldn't be spent, just that it should go where the BBC can offer a real public service," said the DLA's Mr Savage.
Yet if schools are going to see any real benefit from the initiative soon Ms Jowell may have to assume the role of headmistress and bring the bickering to a swift conclusion.
Auntie, the school bully
Commercial rivals ask culture secretary to block 'unfair' BBC plans to offer free educational aids online
John Cassy, media business correspondent
Wednesday September 25, 2002
The Guardian
On the face of it, approving the BBC's plans to become a major provider of online educational materials and teaching aids should be as easy as A, B, C.
The corporation wants the culture secretary, Tessa Jowell, to give it the green light to launch a range of online and digital educational aids tailored specifically to the national curriculum and designed to enhance the learning experience of children across the UK.
In a seemingly dream scenario for overstretched school budgets, Auntie plans to do its bit for the nation by giving the kit away for free.
Yet, as Ms Jowell knows only too well after the furore that surrounded the proposed launch of the young people's channel, BBC3, nothing is ever that simple when the BBC plans to move in on an area that commercial rivals claim is already well served. The decision she is due to make soon will not be an easy one.
The BBC's "Digital Curriculum" plans, submitted in May, have sparked a period of intense lobbying, tense meetings and bust-ups that would not have looked out of place on a school playground.
A broad alliance of publishers, software companies and media groups already in the business of selling educational products claim that they could lose up to £400m if the corporation is allowed to spend £150m of licence fee-payers' money on building a service that is similar to their own but is free of charge.
Deep concerns
"Our industry could be decimated," claimed Dominic Savage, money-chair of the Digital Learning Alliance (DLA), a consortium of UK educational software and book publishing firms that includes Pearson Education, Harper Collins, Channel 4, Granada and Reed Elsevier.
"We have deep concerns about our members' ability to compete. There is a serious risk of substantial job losses."
The BBC insists its proposals strongly reflect its public service remit and would provide a valuable service. They would also maximise the return on the £1.8bn the government has invested in computing products in schools since Mr Blair first came to power.
"If the 21st century is about the 'Knowledge Economy' then the BBC should help that happen," said Michael Stevenson, joint director of factual and learning at the BBC. "We would be letting a generation of kids down if we did not do it.
"These children are of a screen generation. They go home to a Playstation and expect the same dynamism from a PC in school. Our products will help them experience that - and they'll be free."
Government figures see the BBC's plans as an important complimentary service to Curriculum Online, a Department for Education & Skills (DfES) initiative to provide digital resources to schools to support the National Curriculum.
Tony Blair threw his weight behind the project by announcing in December 2001 a plan to provide schools with £50m worth of "Electronic Learning Credits" during the 2002-03 year which they can put towards buying digital resources.
Curriculum Online was due to be launched by the end of this month but has been delayed. A spokesman for the DfES confirmed that although the deadline would now be missed an announcement was "not far away".
A verdict on the BBC's plans should in theory follow shortly after. If Ms Jowell gives the go-ahead to the proposals as they stand she is likely to face accusations that yet again the government has kow-towed to the corporatist expansionism of a publicly-funded organisation that is behaving more like a private business.
After the recent award of the digital terrestrial televisions licences vacated by ITV Digital to a consortium led by the BBC, the commercial sector is likely to feel that the mandarins at Broadcasting House are out of control.
Yet, if she turns it down, she risks the wrath of teachers and parents around the country who will feel their children have been deprived of the chance of a learning experience from what remains arguably the most trusted broadcaster in the world.
The commercial sector believes it has proved that many of the BBC's proposed products are not distinctive enough from those already commerically available to warrant public funding.
A report by independent consultants SRU, commissioned by the DLA, also warned that if the government fails to rein in the BBC and create a level playing field with its rivals, the range of quality, innovative resources available to teachers will reduce, and education will suffer.
SRU argues that in order to offset the impact of the BBC and maintain effective competition the government would need to provide at least £800m of "ringfenced" funding over five years - rather than the £50m that Mr Blair has so far committed.
Judicial review
One member of the DLA, troubled software group RM, has even gone as far as to demand a judicial review of the BBC's plans, claiming that EU laws prohibiting state aid would be breached if the BBC's plans were funded through public money.
Like many software firms, RM is feeling the effects of the economic downturn and implosion of the dotcom bubble.
The BBC's Mr Stevenson insists that the corporation would work in conjunction with commercial rivals, rather than ride roughshod over them.
"The argument that the BBC is dominant and monopolistic is wildly exaggerated," he said. "Our plans were not conceived as something the BBC could or should do alone. This is about the BBC making a sizeable contribution alongside the commercial software sector. We will create opportunities for others, take risks and plant the standard further forward."
The BBC argues that without it the commercial companies and classrooms will suffer. Mr Stevenson claims that nothing similar in "scale or ambition" to what the BBC is trying has been attempted before and a successful BBC offering will increase teachers' confidence in new technology and encourage them to buy products from the private sector as well.
In an effort to placate opponents the BBC has pledged to limit spending on the core subjects of maths, science and english to just 25% of its £90m content budget. A further 40% will be spent on minority subjects like community languages. The remaining £60m of the £150m will go towards supporting the technology and online distribution.
Commercial rivals say this is still too much on core subjects and a compromise deal looks likely. "We're not saying the money shouldn't be spent, just that it should go where the BBC can offer a real public service," said the DLA's Mr Savage.
Yet if schools are going to see any real benefit from the initiative soon Ms Jowell may have to assume the role of headmistress and bring the bickering to a swift conclusion.
September 24, 2002
CAMERA ZIZANIO
INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF YOUNG AUDIOVISUAL CREATION
The Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, ever since its first organization, five years ago, has set a constant aim: that children and young people have the first role and that they participate creatively to all the festivities of the Festival.
In order to encourage them to express themselves through images and sounds and to make their own audiovisual creations, the Festival elaborated and promoted the functioning of programs and workshops adapted to the Greek reality.
In 2001 the festival took a leap forward in the quality by creating the European Meeting of Young Audiovisual Creation - CAMERA ZIZANIO, where children and teachers meet, get to know each other’s work and exchange experiences.
In this Meeting, children and young people (up to 20 years old), coming from Greece, Europe, but also from all over the world, present films made either individually, either in cinema workshops or schools.
The films that participate in Camera Zizanio are divided into three departments:
1. Greek department, in which participate and compete films by children coming from Greece.
2. European department, in which participate and compete films coming from all over Europe.
3. International department, which is out of competition.
The 1st Meeting was held in the framework of the 4th Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, and took place from November 25th to December 8th, 2001. In the competition participated 55 films from Greece, Spain, France, Norway, Belgium, Hungary, Bulgaria and Netherlands.
The great participation and the presence of children and teachers – one hundred people from abroad - underpinned the need to realize European meetings of this type. According to the people from Europe that attended the Meeting, until now the chance to meet and exchange experiences was missing, while during the last years there is an intense activation in the audiovisual creation of children and young people.
Thus, through the Camera Zizanio Olympia becomes a meeting point of audiovisual creation for children and young people from all over Europe, a big workshop that elaborates the new tendencies of what is now commonly called “School and Cinema”.
Together with the Camera Zizanio the Olympia Festival improves and elaborates the educational programs under the general title “I express myself through images and sounds” that are being organized in collaboration with Municipalities or Schools. They are programs with continuance, where eminent professionals teach and help the children to create by themselves original and completed audiovisual works.
The 2nd European Meeting of Young Audiovisual Creation will take place in Pyrgos from November 30th to December 7th, 2002, together with the 5th Olympia International Film Festiv
INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF YOUNG AUDIOVISUAL CREATION
The Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, ever since its first organization, five years ago, has set a constant aim: that children and young people have the first role and that they participate creatively to all the festivities of the Festival.
In order to encourage them to express themselves through images and sounds and to make their own audiovisual creations, the Festival elaborated and promoted the functioning of programs and workshops adapted to the Greek reality.
In 2001 the festival took a leap forward in the quality by creating the European Meeting of Young Audiovisual Creation - CAMERA ZIZANIO, where children and teachers meet, get to know each other’s work and exchange experiences.
In this Meeting, children and young people (up to 20 years old), coming from Greece, Europe, but also from all over the world, present films made either individually, either in cinema workshops or schools.
The films that participate in Camera Zizanio are divided into three departments:
1. Greek department, in which participate and compete films by children coming from Greece.
2. European department, in which participate and compete films coming from all over Europe.
3. International department, which is out of competition.
The 1st Meeting was held in the framework of the 4th Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, and took place from November 25th to December 8th, 2001. In the competition participated 55 films from Greece, Spain, France, Norway, Belgium, Hungary, Bulgaria and Netherlands.
The great participation and the presence of children and teachers – one hundred people from abroad - underpinned the need to realize European meetings of this type. According to the people from Europe that attended the Meeting, until now the chance to meet and exchange experiences was missing, while during the last years there is an intense activation in the audiovisual creation of children and young people.
Thus, through the Camera Zizanio Olympia becomes a meeting point of audiovisual creation for children and young people from all over Europe, a big workshop that elaborates the new tendencies of what is now commonly called “School and Cinema”.
Together with the Camera Zizanio the Olympia Festival improves and elaborates the educational programs under the general title “I express myself through images and sounds” that are being organized in collaboration with Municipalities or Schools. They are programs with continuance, where eminent professionals teach and help the children to create by themselves original and completed audiovisual works.
The 2nd European Meeting of Young Audiovisual Creation will take place in Pyrgos from November 30th to December 7th, 2002, together with the 5th Olympia International Film Festiv
III. 2002 KIDS HELPING KIDS MEDIA PARTNERS
This year, UNICEF Ireland has enlisted local and regional newspapers throughout Ireland to become Kids Helping Kids Media Partners. The participating newspapers listed here have agreed to make an effort to publish submissions from schools about their action projects. You can raise awareness of the issue of child victims of war by writing about what you've learned and invite the community to help you raise funds, as well as report back on what you accomplish and thank everyone involved!
Athlone Topic
Mr Eugene Deering, Editor
Barrack Street
Athlone
Co Westmeath
Phone: 0902 94433 / 94984
Fax: 0902 94964
Email: athlonetopic@eircom.net
The Bray People
Ms Liz Kearney, Reporter
5A Quinsboro Road
Bray
Co Wicklow
Phone: 01 286 7989
Fax: 01 286 0879
Email: Liz.kearney@peoplenews.ie
Clare County Express
Mr Seamus O'Reilly, Editor
25 Abbey Street
Ennis
Co Clare
Phone: 065 686 4726 / 4508
Fax: 065 686 4508
Email: editor@clarechampion.ie
Dundalk Democrat
Mr Joe Carroll, Editor
7c 11 Crowe Street
Dundalk
Co Louth
Phone: 042 933 4058
Fax: 042 933 1399
Email: editor@dundalkdemocrat.ie
Fingal Independent
Mr Fergal Maddock, Editor
4 Main Street
Swords
Co Dublin
Phone: 01 840 7107
Fax: 01 840 7022
Email: editorial@fingal-independent.ie
Limerick Leader
Eugene Phelan, News Editor
54 O'Connell Street
Limerick
Co Limerick
Phone: 061 214 503
Fax: 061 401 424
Email: editorial@limerickleader.ie
Longford News
Mr Conor McHugh, Editor
Earl Street
Longford
Co Longford
Phone: 043 46342
Fax: 043 41549
Email: info@longford-news.iol.ie
The Northern Standard
Mr Peter Hughes, Journalist
The Diamond
Monaghan
Co Monaghan
Phone: 047 82188
Fax: 047 72257
Email: garysmyth@eircom.net
Roscommon Herald
Ms Christina McHugh, Editor
Patrick Street
Boyle
Co Roscommon
Phone: 079 62004
Fax: 079 62926
Email: editor@roscommonherald.ie
Southern Star
Mr Con Downing, Deputy Editor
Ilen Street
Skibbereen
Co Cork
Phone: 028 21200
Fax: 028 21071
Email: cond@southernstar.ie
Tuam Herald
Mr David Burke, Editor
Dublin Road
Tuam
Co Galway
Phone: 093 24183
Fax: 093 24478
Email: editor@tuamherald.ie
Western People Ltd
Ms Orla Hearns, Journalist
Francis Street
Ballina
Co. Mayo
Phone: 096 60911
Fax: 096 73458
Email: info@westernpeople.ie
Athlone
Co Westmeath
Phone: 0902 94433 / 94984
Fax: 0902 94964
Email: athlonetopic@eircom.net
The Bray People
Ms Liz Kearney, Reporter
5A Quinsboro Road
Bray
Co Wicklow
Phone: 01 286 7989
Fax: 01 286 0879
Email: Liz.kearney@peoplenews.ie
Clare County Express
Mr Seamus O'Reilly, Editor
25 Abbey Street
Ennis
Co Clare
Phone: 065 686 4726 / 4508
Fax: 065 686 4508
Email: editor@clarechampion.ie
Dundalk Democrat
Mr Joe Carroll, Editor
7c 11 Crowe Street
Dundalk
Co Louth
Phone: 042 933 4058
Fax: 042 933 1399
Email: editor@dundalkdemocrat.ie
Fingal Independent
Mr Fergal Maddock, Editor
4 Main Street
Swords
Co Dublin
Phone: 01 840 7107
Fax: 01 840 7022
Email: editorial@fingal-independent.ie
Limerick Leader
Eugene Phelan, News Editor
54 O'Connell Street
Lim
This year, UNICEF Ireland has enlisted local and regional newspapers throughout Ireland to become Kids Helping Kids Media Partners. The participating newspapers listed here have agreed to make an effort to publish submissions from schools about their action projects. You can raise awareness of the issue of child victims of war by writing about what you've learned and invite the community to help you raise funds, as well as report back on what you accomplish and thank everyone involved!
Athlone Topic
Mr Eugene Deering, Editor
Barrack Street
Athlone
Co Westmeath
Phone: 0902 94433 / 94984
Fax: 0902 94964
Email: athlonetopic@eircom.net
The Bray People
Ms Liz Kearney, Reporter
5A Quinsboro Road
Bray
Co Wicklow
Phone: 01 286 7989
Fax: 01 286 0879
Email: Liz.kearney@peoplenews.ie
Clare County Express
Mr Seamus O'Reilly, Editor
25 Abbey Street
Ennis
Co Clare
Phone: 065 686 4726 / 4508
Fax: 065 686 4508
Email: editor@clarechampion.ie
Dundalk Democrat
Mr Joe Carroll, Editor
7c 11 Crowe Street
Dundalk
Co Louth
Phone: 042 933 4058
Fax: 042 933 1399
Email: editor@dundalkdemocrat.ie
Fingal Independent
Mr Fergal Maddock, Editor
4 Main Street
Swords
Co Dublin
Phone: 01 840 7107
Fax: 01 840 7022
Email: editorial@fingal-independent.ie
Limerick Leader
Eugene Phelan, News Editor
54 O'Connell Street
Limerick
Co Limerick
Phone: 061 214 503
Fax: 061 401 424
Email: editorial@limerickleader.ie
Longford News
Mr Conor McHugh, Editor
Earl Street
Longford
Co Longford
Phone: 043 46342
Fax: 043 41549
Email: info@longford-news.iol.ie
The Northern Standard
Mr Peter Hughes, Journalist
The Diamond
Monaghan
Co Monaghan
Phone: 047 82188
Fax: 047 72257
Email: garysmyth@eircom.net
Roscommon Herald
Ms Christina McHugh, Editor
Patrick Street
Boyle
Co Roscommon
Phone: 079 62004
Fax: 079 62926
Email: editor@roscommonherald.ie
Southern Star
Mr Con Downing, Deputy Editor
Ilen Street
Skibbereen
Co Cork
Phone: 028 21200
Fax: 028 21071
Email: cond@southernstar.ie
Tuam Herald
Mr David Burke, Editor
Dublin Road
Tuam
Co Galway
Phone: 093 24183
Fax: 093 24478
Email: editor@tuamherald.ie
Western People Ltd
Ms Orla Hearns, Journalist
Francis Street
Ballina
Co. Mayo
Phone: 096 60911
Fax: 096 73458
Email: info@westernpeople.ie
Athlone
Co Westmeath
Phone: 0902 94433 / 94984
Fax: 0902 94964
Email: athlonetopic@eircom.net
The Bray People
Ms Liz Kearney, Reporter
5A Quinsboro Road
Bray
Co Wicklow
Phone: 01 286 7989
Fax: 01 286 0879
Email: Liz.kearney@peoplenews.ie
Clare County Express
Mr Seamus O'Reilly, Editor
25 Abbey Street
Ennis
Co Clare
Phone: 065 686 4726 / 4508
Fax: 065 686 4508
Email: editor@clarechampion.ie
Dundalk Democrat
Mr Joe Carroll, Editor
7c 11 Crowe Street
Dundalk
Co Louth
Phone: 042 933 4058
Fax: 042 933 1399
Email: editor@dundalkdemocrat.ie
Fingal Independent
Mr Fergal Maddock, Editor
4 Main Street
Swords
Co Dublin
Phone: 01 840 7107
Fax: 01 840 7022
Email: editorial@fingal-independent.ie
Limerick Leader
Eugene Phelan, News Editor
54 O'Connell Street
Lim
September 20, 2002
please check out the new One-minute Video Awards website:
www.sandberg.nl/1minute
If you want to participate (which you should...), the Application form is
at the website above or at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/youthful-media/files/One_minute_application.pdf
Hope to see lots of one-minute films from all of you at the One-minute
Festival in Amsterdam on November 10th, 2002.
We are planning a bigger awards scheme for next year, including training
workshops and an website where you can upload and download one-minute
videos.
www.sandberg.nl/1minute
If you want to participate (which you should...), the Application form is
at the website above or at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/youthful-media/files/One_minute_application.pdf
Hope to see lots of one-minute films from all of you at the One-minute
Festival in Amsterdam on November 10th, 2002.
We are planning a bigger awards scheme for next year, including training
workshops and an website where you can upload and download one-minute
videos.
DFN Hosts Online Meeting with Sara Cameron
Award-Winning Writer to Discuss the War in Colombia and its Impact on Children's Lives
URL: www.dfn.org/media/releases/cameronchat.htm
For immediate release
Contact: Jacqueline Kozin, +(1-646) 223-1266, jkozin@dfn.org
NEW YORK, N.Y., September 19, 2002—For more than 40 years, Colombia has been engulfed in a civil war that has stolen over 200,000 lives. To help one another cope with and bring an end to the violence, the country's youth have banded together and formed The Children's Movement for Peace in Colombia. The Movement is the subject of Out of War, a new book by Sara Cameron. Out of War offers a window to the personal experiences and thoughts of nine native Colombian teenagers and how their lives have been touched by war.
Based upon her interviews with over 150 children and teenagers, Ms. Cameron will discuss the impact war has had on Colombia's youth and the progress of the Movement, which has been nominated three times for a Nobel Peace Prize, with the Digital Freedom Network (DFN) in an online meeting on Thursday, September 26, 2002 from 12:30 to 1:30 PM New York Time (4:30-5:30 PM GMT).
The online meeting, which is free and open to the public, will take place on DFN's Web site at. Anyone may attend the moderated forum and post questions to Ms. Cameron. The chat will be conducted in English.
For more than ten years, Ms. Cameron has worked in various capacities with the United Nations and other international agencies to promote women's and children's issues. She has worked on programs to improve women's health in Belize and reduce global maternal morbidity and mortality. She has worked with CNN on a major television documentary about the Children's Movement for Peace in Colombia and has served as an advisor to Sesame Workshop on the Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian version of Sesame Street.
She is also the author of Natural Enemies, a novel that was inspired by her six years of travel and residence in East Africa. A thriller novel focusing on serious environmental problems, Natural Enemies received the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship from Ted Turner and the Edward Abbey Award for Ecofiction. Ms. Cameron currently works for UNICEF as a Communications Officer.
For those unable to attend the chat, questions for Ms. Cameron can be sent to DFN using our Web form.
The online meeting will be accessible to anyone running a Java-enabled Web browser or an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client application.
The Digital Freedom Network (DFN) is an international organization that develops and promotes the use of Internet technology for human rights activism. DFN designs online campaigns, makes technical information more readily available to activists, and provides an online voice to those attacked for expressing themselves. DFN's web site is http://dfn.org.
Award-Winning Writer to Discuss the War in Colombia and its Impact on Children's Lives
URL: www.dfn.org/media/releases/cameronchat.htm
For immediate release
Contact: Jacqueline Kozin, +(1-646) 223-1266, jkozin@dfn.org
NEW YORK, N.Y., September 19, 2002—For more than 40 years, Colombia has been engulfed in a civil war that has stolen over 200,000 lives. To help one another cope with and bring an end to the violence, the country's youth have banded together and formed The Children's Movement for Peace in Colombia. The Movement is the subject of Out of War, a new book by Sara Cameron. Out of War offers a window to the personal experiences and thoughts of nine native Colombian teenagers and how their lives have been touched by war.
Based upon her interviews with over 150 children and teenagers, Ms. Cameron will discuss the impact war has had on Colombia's youth and the progress of the Movement, which has been nominated three times for a Nobel Peace Prize, with the Digital Freedom Network (DFN) in an online meeting on Thursday, September 26, 2002 from 12:30 to 1:30 PM New York Time (4:30-5:30 PM GMT).
The online meeting, which is free and open to the public, will take place on DFN's Web site at
For more than ten years, Ms. Cameron has worked in various capacities with the United Nations and other international agencies to promote women's and children's issues. She has worked on programs to improve women's health in Belize and reduce global maternal morbidity and mortality. She has worked with CNN on a major television documentary about the Children's Movement for Peace in Colombia and has served as an advisor to Sesame Workshop on the Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian version of Sesame Street.
She is also the author of Natural Enemies, a novel that was inspired by her six years of travel and residence in East Africa. A thriller novel focusing on serious environmental problems, Natural Enemies received the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship from Ted Turner and the Edward Abbey Award for Ecofiction. Ms. Cameron currently works for UNICEF as a Communications Officer.
For those unable to attend the chat, questions for Ms. Cameron can be sent to DFN using our Web form.
The online meeting will be accessible to anyone running a Java-enabled Web browser or an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client application.
The Digital Freedom Network (DFN) is an international organization that develops and promotes the use of Internet technology for human rights activism. DFN designs online campaigns, makes technical information more readily available to activists, and provides an online voice to those attacked for expressing themselves. DFN's web site is http://dfn.org.
OSCE-run radio show in Azerbaijan focuses on human rights awareness
BAKU, 20 September 2002 - A new radio project on raising public awareness aims to stimulate discussions between the government and non-governmental sector on problematic issues of human rights in Azerbaijan.
The project comprises a series of radio talk shows where experts, representatives of local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and government officials will discuss issues such as political prisoners, prison reform, gender, freedom of religion, street children, corruption and others.
Jointly launched by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Office in Baku, the four-week project is implemented by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) together with the local Independent TV and radio company, ANS.
"I believe that this project will help to increase awareness among the general public of their fundamental rights and, at the same time, improve the accountability of the police and promote transparency in the system of administration justice", said Shahida Tulaganova, BBC-Baku Project Coordinator.
The first talk show held on 14 September discussed events in Nardaran, an area which witnessed violent clashes between police and demonstrators last June. The one-hour talk show brought together the Director of the Institute of Peace and Democracy, Leyla Yunus, member of Parliament Aydin Mirzazade and representatives of Nardaran village. They discussed results of investigations carried out separately by the coalition of local NGOs and the Ministry of Interior and the State Prosecution, as well as use of force by police, restriction of the right to medical care for the injured, and the right to self-expression.
A similar project on raising public awareness in human rights was carried out by the OSCE in Georgia from May to August 2002.
The talk shows are broadcast every Tuesday and Thursday from 5 to 6 p.m. on ANS Ch.M frequencies 102.2 FM. They are also aired over the Internet at ANS website (http://ans.az/radio/info.htm).
The dates and the topics of the talk shows are as follows:
20 September: Juvenile Justice
24 September: Women's rights
26 September: Prison Reform
1 October: Political Prisoners
3 October: Street Children
8 October: Freedom of Religion
15 October: Rights of Karabakh War Disabled
17 October: Rights of Internally Displaces Persons
22 October: Fighting Corruption
24 October: Human Rights in Armed Forces
BAKU, 20 September 2002 - A new radio project on raising public awareness aims to stimulate discussions between the government and non-governmental sector on problematic issues of human rights in Azerbaijan.
The project comprises a series of radio talk shows where experts, representatives of local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and government officials will discuss issues such as political prisoners, prison reform, gender, freedom of religion, street children, corruption and others.
Jointly launched by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Office in Baku, the four-week project is implemented by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) together with the local Independent TV and radio company, ANS.
"I believe that this project will help to increase awareness among the general public of their fundamental rights and, at the same time, improve the accountability of the police and promote transparency in the system of administration justice", said Shahida Tulaganova, BBC-Baku Project Coordinator.
The first talk show held on 14 September discussed events in Nardaran, an area which witnessed violent clashes between police and demonstrators last June. The one-hour talk show brought together the Director of the Institute of Peace and Democracy, Leyla Yunus, member of Parliament Aydin Mirzazade and representatives of Nardaran village. They discussed results of investigations carried out separately by the coalition of local NGOs and the Ministry of Interior and the State Prosecution, as well as use of force by police, restriction of the right to medical care for the injured, and the right to self-expression.
A similar project on raising public awareness in human rights was carried out by the OSCE in Georgia from May to August 2002.
The talk shows are broadcast every Tuesday and Thursday from 5 to 6 p.m. on ANS Ch.M frequencies 102.2 FM. They are also aired over the Internet at ANS website (http://ans.az/radio/info.htm).
The dates and the topics of the talk shows are as follows:
20 September: Juvenile Justice
24 September: Women's rights
26 September: Prison Reform
1 October: Political Prisoners
3 October: Street Children
8 October: Freedom of Religion
15 October: Rights of Karabakh War Disabled
17 October: Rights of Internally Displaces Persons
22 October: Fighting Corruption
24 October: Human Rights in Armed Forces
Out with the old, in with the young(er) as BBC unveils new politics package
New formats aim to attract new, more youthful audiences
Michael White, political editor
Friday September 20, 2002
The Guardian
The BBC yesterday unveiled unexpectedly modest plans to shake up its political coverage on television in ways it hopes will re-engage the attention of alienated voters and win new audiences among the apolitical young.
The eagerly awaited blueprint promises to invest an extra £5m a year on political programming, including £1m to be spent on interactive website and digital services.
It also claims to provide 36 hours more politics a year, mostly on BBC1, while BBC2 gets slightly fewer hours. The number of people watching parliamentary programmes could increase by 20%, say BBC officials, evidently wary of MPs' special sensitivity on that point.
Predictions that the BBC's director-general, Greg Dyke, would force the review - led by Newsnight editor Sian Kevill - into dumbed-down populism seem unfounded. However, some analysts dubbed the changes an "anti-politicians" strategy, one designed to replace them on air with more of an issues-orientated, consumerist approach to politics.
"The question is how much politics there's going to be as opposed to ordinary people sitting around discussing the issues. A lot of programmes that deal with politics and politicians are being replaced with programmes that don't necessarily have either," said one BBC insider.
The reaction of the main political parties was guarded. Labour denied claims that the party chairman, Charles Clarke, is furious and called the changes generally encouraging. "We wait to see how the new format works in practice."
The Conservative chairman, Theresa May, promised to keep a close eye on the moves, which will mainly be implemented in the new year. "We remain deeply sceptical as to whether these changes will avoid a deterioration in the coverage of politics on the main BBC television news bulletins. Most of the new programming is concentrated at times of low available audiences," she said.
BBC officials called that level of response "neutral to encouraging". But it could have been worse.
After months of mischievous media speculation that the corporation's shake-up would include a youth programme called something outrageous such as News Is My Bitch, possibly hosted by the page 3 model Melinda Messenger, the most eye-catching prospect to emerge was an "informal" Saturday morning programme on BBC2. It will be co-hosted by Radio 5 Live's Fi Glover and Rod Liddle, editor of Radio 4's stately Today programme, as well as being a Guardian columnist.
But not even that is certain in what BBC executives stressed yesterday is still only a provisional package, endorsed this week by the board of governors, but still subject to detailed planning.
The Glover-Liddle pilot programmes will have to compete with a rival political magazine programme produced by Bob Geldof's company Ten Alps. The idea is to offer twentysomethings an alternative to children's cartoons.
As expected the review's most conspicuous casualties are the late-night Dispatch Box programme, which captured 300,000 viewers four nights a week on BBC2, and the more established Sunday lunchtime show, On the Record, where John Humphrys' abrasive chairmanship brings in audiences of up to 1.5 million.
Richard Sambrook, the BBC's director of news, who announced the changes yesterday, insisted that personalities were not the issue. He singled out Dispatch Box presenter Andrew Neil as a man for whom he retains "the greatest admiration".
Though Humphrys' Sunday spot will now go to Jeremy Vine, a much younger man, Neil may yet chair a new Thursday night programme. It is due to be aired at 11.30 for those viewers who have already sat through the 10 o'clock News and Question Time. "You'd have to be a pretty sad teenager to sit through all that," one insider said last night.
Mr Sambrook said that the twin purposes of the review had been to improve core programming to the BBC's "heartland audience", which translates as a mainly male audience over 45, and to try new things to attract new audiences.
Disaffection from politics is not confined to the 18- to 24-year age group, but is spreading upwards, BBC research confirms. But programmers believe that blockbusters such as this week's Cracking Crime, which drew fewer viewers than last year's Our NHS, can draw in new audiences.
Vine's still-untitled Sunday programme will be an hour long, like On the Record, but will include a 20-minute regional opt-out, an attempt to double the viewing figures for the BBC's regional political programmes. Though old BBC sweats regard Vine as a promising interviewer, though not yet in the Paxman league, that is bound to shorten the heavyweight interrogations now done by Humphrys. Mr Sambrook denied ageism and cited Newsnight's David Sells - "over 70", he said.
"I certainly do not think it's a dumbing down package. It is quite the opposite. I think it is a strengthening of our core commitment and I genuinely believe it is a serious package and quite different from the speculation that has been going around in the past several months," Mr Sambrook said.
Blairite officials like Alastair Campbell have blamed the media, especially TV, for the low 2001 election turnout. And some BBC insiders claimed that Humphrys must have been a victim of a government plot. The truth is more prosaic. He has a young family and wants his weekend back.
New formats aim to attract new, more youthful audiences
Michael White, political editor
Friday September 20, 2002
The Guardian
The BBC yesterday unveiled unexpectedly modest plans to shake up its political coverage on television in ways it hopes will re-engage the attention of alienated voters and win new audiences among the apolitical young.
The eagerly awaited blueprint promises to invest an extra £5m a year on political programming, including £1m to be spent on interactive website and digital services.
It also claims to provide 36 hours more politics a year, mostly on BBC1, while BBC2 gets slightly fewer hours. The number of people watching parliamentary programmes could increase by 20%, say BBC officials, evidently wary of MPs' special sensitivity on that point.
Predictions that the BBC's director-general, Greg Dyke, would force the review - led by Newsnight editor Sian Kevill - into dumbed-down populism seem unfounded. However, some analysts dubbed the changes an "anti-politicians" strategy, one designed to replace them on air with more of an issues-orientated, consumerist approach to politics.
"The question is how much politics there's going to be as opposed to ordinary people sitting around discussing the issues. A lot of programmes that deal with politics and politicians are being replaced with programmes that don't necessarily have either," said one BBC insider.
The reaction of the main political parties was guarded. Labour denied claims that the party chairman, Charles Clarke, is furious and called the changes generally encouraging. "We wait to see how the new format works in practice."
The Conservative chairman, Theresa May, promised to keep a close eye on the moves, which will mainly be implemented in the new year. "We remain deeply sceptical as to whether these changes will avoid a deterioration in the coverage of politics on the main BBC television news bulletins. Most of the new programming is concentrated at times of low available audiences," she said.
BBC officials called that level of response "neutral to encouraging". But it could have been worse.
After months of mischievous media speculation that the corporation's shake-up would include a youth programme called something outrageous such as News Is My Bitch, possibly hosted by the page 3 model Melinda Messenger, the most eye-catching prospect to emerge was an "informal" Saturday morning programme on BBC2. It will be co-hosted by Radio 5 Live's Fi Glover and Rod Liddle, editor of Radio 4's stately Today programme, as well as being a Guardian columnist.
But not even that is certain in what BBC executives stressed yesterday is still only a provisional package, endorsed this week by the board of governors, but still subject to detailed planning.
The Glover-Liddle pilot programmes will have to compete with a rival political magazine programme produced by Bob Geldof's company Ten Alps. The idea is to offer twentysomethings an alternative to children's cartoons.
As expected the review's most conspicuous casualties are the late-night Dispatch Box programme, which captured 300,000 viewers four nights a week on BBC2, and the more established Sunday lunchtime show, On the Record, where John Humphrys' abrasive chairmanship brings in audiences of up to 1.5 million.
Richard Sambrook, the BBC's director of news, who announced the changes yesterday, insisted that personalities were not the issue. He singled out Dispatch Box presenter Andrew Neil as a man for whom he retains "the greatest admiration".
Though Humphrys' Sunday spot will now go to Jeremy Vine, a much younger man, Neil may yet chair a new Thursday night programme. It is due to be aired at 11.30 for those viewers who have already sat through the 10 o'clock News and Question Time. "You'd have to be a pretty sad teenager to sit through all that," one insider said last night.
Mr Sambrook said that the twin purposes of the review had been to improve core programming to the BBC's "heartland audience", which translates as a mainly male audience over 45, and to try new things to attract new audiences.
Disaffection from politics is not confined to the 18- to 24-year age group, but is spreading upwards, BBC research confirms. But programmers believe that blockbusters such as this week's Cracking Crime, which drew fewer viewers than last year's Our NHS, can draw in new audiences.
Vine's still-untitled Sunday programme will be an hour long, like On the Record, but will include a 20-minute regional opt-out, an attempt to double the viewing figures for the BBC's regional political programmes. Though old BBC sweats regard Vine as a promising interviewer, though not yet in the Paxman league, that is bound to shorten the heavyweight interrogations now done by Humphrys. Mr Sambrook denied ageism and cited Newsnight's David Sells - "over 70", he said.
"I certainly do not think it's a dumbing down package. It is quite the opposite. I think it is a strengthening of our core commitment and I genuinely believe it is a serious package and quite different from the speculation that has been going around in the past several months," Mr Sambrook said.
Blairite officials like Alastair Campbell have blamed the media, especially TV, for the low 2001 election turnout. And some BBC insiders claimed that Humphrys must have been a victim of a government plot. The truth is more prosaic. He has a young family and wants his weekend back.
September 19, 2002
KAZAKHSTAN / KYRGYZSTAN
School student train in journalism basics
Almost 50 school students between the ages of 15 to 17 from Astana, Taraz, Atyrau, Kostanai, Pavlodar and Bishkek were trained in basics of journalism from 2 to 10 August in ‘Ulan’ recreation centre for children. All attendees already have experience of work in school newspapers and TV and radio stations.
School student train in journalism basics
Almost 50 school students between the ages of 15 to 17 from Astana, Taraz, Atyrau, Kostanai, Pavlodar and Bishkek were trained in basics of journalism from 2 to 10 August in ‘Ulan’ recreation centre for children. All attendees already have experience of work in school newspapers and TV and radio stations.
MOLDOVA
American experts train professional journalists and journalism students in TV operation basics
OWH TV Studio, a non-profit organisation, with the participation of the ‘European Movement in Moldova’ and financial support from the US Embassy, held a ‘Media Laboratory’ for TV professionals and journalism students from 15 to 25 August. American experts trained attendees in the TV management and production of TV programmes.
American experts train professional journalists and journalism students in TV operation basics
OWH TV Studio, a non-profit organisation, with the participation of the ‘European Movement in Moldova’ and financial support from the US Embassy, held a ‘Media Laboratory’ for TV professionals and journalism students from 15 to 25 August. American experts trained attendees in the TV management and production of TV programmes.
Festival of young journalists from Kazakhstan and Russia
The International Festival of Media for Children and Youth was held from 17 to 29 August in ‘Okzhetepes’, a national youth centre located in Borovoye (Astana oblast). Two hundred young journalists from all over Kazakhstan and from Russia who represented school newspapers and magazines, city TV and radio programmes, and also Web sites took part in the event. The festival was organised by the Ministry for Culture, Information and Public Reconciliation, ‘Children Time’, the Centre for Children Press, Radio, TV and Films, and by the Kazakhstan’s Youth Media Union with the financial support from the ‘Soros-Kazakhstan’ fund. The winners of the contest were invited to the ‘Pressa-2003’, the international exhibition which will be held in October 2002 in Moscow.
The International Festival of Media for Children and Youth was held from 17 to 29 August in ‘Okzhetepes’, a national youth centre located in Borovoye (Astana oblast). Two hundred young journalists from all over Kazakhstan and from Russia who represented school newspapers and magazines, city TV and radio programmes, and also Web sites took part in the event. The festival was organised by the Ministry for Culture, Information and Public Reconciliation, ‘Children Time’, the Centre for Children Press, Radio, TV and Films, and by the Kazakhstan’s Youth Media Union with the financial support from the ‘Soros-Kazakhstan’ fund. The winners of the contest were invited to the ‘Pressa-2003’, the international exhibition which will be held in October 2002 in Moscow.
From http://www.cilicia.com/2002_03_01_armo_life-backlog.html
Manana Youth Cultural Educational Centre is an NGO and has been operating since 1994. The Centre encourages childhood creativity where the kids can freely express themselves. More than 50 kids attend the Centre varying from 8 to 16 years old who write different articles, life stories and learn computer skills. There’s no selection process as to who may attend the Centre, it’s basically word of mouth. The magazine that the “young journalists” publish called Khabarbzik (gossiper) is distributed at different schools, which in turn attract more youths. The Centre has mainly being operated on grants and assistance from parents who help pay the rent and prepare food for these special presentations. Apparently they have sent many applications to the Government for grants and their request has gone unanswered.
So the performance last week that the children displayed was based on UNICEF’s Children’s Rights. For each message, the children had produced short video clips, using humour, imagination, creativeness and the works. Some examples were the following messages.
- Children have the right to a home
- Children have the right to express themselves
- Children have the right to a loving and caring family
- Children have the right to protection from guns
- Children have the right to a healthy environment
- Children have the right to enjoy their own culture
For instance the right to protection from guns, the video footage showed kids playing with toy guns at the beginning, running around just being kids, then discarding them into a fire.
During intermission, the kids would get onstage and read stories that they had written. The one that caught my attention, I thought I would share with readers:
In the backyard.
It was a bright, sunny day. Happy sounds of children could be heard. Everyone had come down to the backyard. Gago was there too. His head was bent over looking for something on the ground. I went up to him and asked, “What are you looking for, Gago?”
He said that he’s looking for apricot pits to make a whistle to sell. It was the first time I’d heard that they make whistles from apricot pits. “Gago, how do you make a whistle?”
“You soak the pit in water, rub it against a rough rock until there is a hole, take out the seed with a needle, then take it home, wash it, dry it, and the whistle is ready.” Gago went and sat on a rock and began to rub it on the stone. The kids tried to help, but they couldn’t.
“Why do you make so many whistles,” asked Narek.
Gago said sadly, “I make them so I can take them to the market to sell and buy something to eat”.
“What if you don’t sell any?” Gago sighed deeply and said, “So I’ll be hungry today again.”
There were many stories told on the day, it really was great seeing youths given creative opportunities, the chance to express their feelings and having fun. Unfortunately at this stage Manana does not have their website set up as yet but if anyone wants further information, they can contact the Director Ruzanne Baghdasarian on mananayouth@onebox.com
Manana Youth Cultural Educational Centre is an NGO and has been operating since 1994. The Centre encourages childhood creativity where the kids can freely express themselves. More than 50 kids attend the Centre varying from 8 to 16 years old who write different articles, life stories and learn computer skills. There’s no selection process as to who may attend the Centre, it’s basically word of mouth. The magazine that the “young journalists” publish called Khabarbzik (gossiper) is distributed at different schools, which in turn attract more youths. The Centre has mainly being operated on grants and assistance from parents who help pay the rent and prepare food for these special presentations. Apparently they have sent many applications to the Government for grants and their request has gone unanswered.
So the performance last week that the children displayed was based on UNICEF’s Children’s Rights. For each message, the children had produced short video clips, using humour, imagination, creativeness and the works. Some examples were the following messages.
- Children have the right to a home
- Children have the right to express themselves
- Children have the right to a loving and caring family
- Children have the right to protection from guns
- Children have the right to a healthy environment
- Children have the right to enjoy their own culture
For instance the right to protection from guns, the video footage showed kids playing with toy guns at the beginning, running around just being kids, then discarding them into a fire.
During intermission, the kids would get onstage and read stories that they had written. The one that caught my attention, I thought I would share with readers:
In the backyard.
It was a bright, sunny day. Happy sounds of children could be heard. Everyone had come down to the backyard. Gago was there too. His head was bent over looking for something on the ground. I went up to him and asked, “What are you looking for, Gago?”
He said that he’s looking for apricot pits to make a whistle to sell. It was the first time I’d heard that they make whistles from apricot pits. “Gago, how do you make a whistle?”
“You soak the pit in water, rub it against a rough rock until there is a hole, take out the seed with a needle, then take it home, wash it, dry it, and the whistle is ready.” Gago went and sat on a rock and began to rub it on the stone. The kids tried to help, but they couldn’t.
“Why do you make so many whistles,” asked Narek.
Gago said sadly, “I make them so I can take them to the market to sell and buy something to eat”.
“What if you don’t sell any?” Gago sighed deeply and said, “So I’ll be hungry today again.”
There were many stories told on the day, it really was great seeing youths given creative opportunities, the chance to express their feelings and having fun. Unfortunately at this stage Manana does not have their website set up as yet but if anyone wants further information, they can contact the Director Ruzanne Baghdasarian on mananayouth@onebox.com
NGO Training and Resource Center-NIB #18 NGO PRESENTS VIDEO CLIPS DEVOTED TO THE "CONVENTION ON CHILDREN'S RIGHTS"
On March 15, 2002, in Yerevan's Cinema House, "Manana" Children's and Youth Cultural Union presented a selection of video clips, devoted to the "Convention on Chidlren's Rights". During the event, 24 advertising video clips, covering and highlighting principles and provisions of the Convention, were screened. The clips were produced on the initiative of the children from this NGO. They were part of the filming as well. The video clips are situational shots followed by corresponding articles of the Convention. The production was made possible through funding support received from the US Embassy in Yerevan and the US Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Contact: Ruzan Baghdasaryan, "Manana" Children's and Youth Cultural Union, 21 Kochar St./2 Baghramyan St., apt. 16; Tel.: (374-1) 56-81-62; E-mail: mananayouth@onebox.com
On March 15, 2002, in Yerevan's Cinema House, "Manana" Children's and Youth Cultural Union presented a selection of video clips, devoted to the "Convention on Chidlren's Rights". During the event, 24 advertising video clips, covering and highlighting principles and provisions of the Convention, were screened. The clips were produced on the initiative of the children from this NGO. They were part of the filming as well. The video clips are situational shots followed by corresponding articles of the Convention. The production was made possible through funding support received from the US Embassy in Yerevan and the US Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Contact: Ruzan Baghdasaryan, "Manana" Children's and Youth Cultural Union, 21 Kochar St./2 Baghramyan St., apt. 16; Tel.: (374-1) 56-81-62; E-mail: mananayouth@onebox.com
September 18, 2002
from http://portal.unesco.org/ci/ev.php?URL_ID=4632&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201&reload=1032353479
"Young people are at the forefront of technological innovation and development" declared the participants of the IFIP World Computer Congress (Montreal, Canada, 25-30 August 2002). It is important to "ensure digital inclusion of youth in the field of education, sciences, culture and communication" states the Declaration, a contribution to the World Summit on the Information Society.
The "UNESCO/IFIP World Computer Congress 2002 Youth Declaration", highlights the importance for governments to include in national ICT policies the development of ICT skills for young people. The Declaration also states that global access to information and knowledge sources of young people is a prerequisite for competent social choice, behaviour and participation and for disseminating information about issues having a practical impact on the every day life of young people.
Other elements of the Youth Declaration concern access to education and the training of young people in ICT skills; improved network access at affordable cost and the design of funding schemes and programmes such as fellowships, competitions and contests, that could help improving the access of young people to ICTs especially in the developing countries. The Declaration also calls for the using ICTs to enable disabled and handicapped youth to participate more actively in society.
The 17th World Computer Congress entitled "Information technology for our times. Ideas, research and application in an inclusive world" was held in Montreal, Canada from 25 to 30 August 2002. The UNESCO sponsored event concentrates on computer security and on youth and ICTs.
The Congress, a joint initiative of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) and the Fédération de l’informatique du Québec (FIQ) provided an opportunity for researchers, professionals and information technology experts, educators and policy makers to share present and planned action and to discuss the state of the art in information technology.
The "UNESCO/IFIP World Computer Congress 2002 Youth Declaration", highlights the importance for governments to include in national ICT policies the development of ICT skills for young people. The Declaration also states that global access to information and knowledge sources of young people is a prerequisite for competent social choice, behaviour and participation and for disseminating information about issues having a practical impact on the every day life of young people.
Other elements of the Youth Declaration concern access to education and the training of young people in ICT skills; improved network access at affordable cost and the design of funding schemes and programmes such as fellowships, competitions and contests, that could help improving the access of young people to ICTs especially in the developing countries. The Declaration also calls for the using ICTs to enable disabled and handicapped youth to participate more actively in society.
The 17th World Computer Congress entitled "Information technology for our times. Ideas, research and application in an inclusive world" was held in Montreal, Canada from 25 to 30 August 2002. The UNESCO sponsored event concentrates on computer security and on youth and ICTs.
The Congress, a joint initiative of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) and the Fédération de l’informatique du Québec (FIQ) provided an opportunity for researchers, professionals and information technology experts, educators and policy makers to share present and planned action and to discuss the state of the art in information technology.
NEW WEBSITE ON THE CHILDREN OF CEE/CIS AND BALTIC STATES
www.unicef.org/programme/highlights/cee
A new website launched today focuses on the children of Central and Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth
of Independent States and the Baltic States. Part of the UNICEF global website, this is a new resource for
anyone interested in the situation of the region’s over 100 million children and the impact of the post-communist
transition on families and social policies.
With country profiles on all 27 countries, up-to-date statistics, analysis and human interest stories, the regional
website is a one-stop shop for journalists, policy makers, child rights activists and researchers.
For more information, contact Angela Hawke
Communication Officer
UNICEF Regional Office for CEE/CIS and Baltics
Tel: (4122) 909 5607
Email: ahawke@unicef.org
www.unicef.org/programme/highlights/cee
A new website launched today focuses on the children of Central and Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth
of Independent States and the Baltic States. Part of the UNICEF global website, this is a new resource for
anyone interested in the situation of the region’s over 100 million children and the impact of the post-communist
transition on families and social policies.
With country profiles on all 27 countries, up-to-date statistics, analysis and human interest stories, the regional
website is a one-stop shop for journalists, policy makers, child rights activists and researchers.
For more information, contact Angela Hawke
Communication Officer
UNICEF Regional Office for CEE/CIS and Baltics
Tel: (4122) 909 5607
Email: ahawke@unicef.org
The BBC aims at youth
Its new channel will nurture UK talent
Leader
Wednesday September 18, 2002
The Guardian
It is a backhanded tribute to the current success of the BBC that its new digital youth channel has been given the go-ahead only with tough conditions to prevent it competing too vigorously with the private sector.
The historic model for television has so far been simple: the BBC provides a service for the price of the licence fee but can't take advertisements while the commercial sector can. Mostly, that mixed-economy formula has worked well. But not now. The BBC is on a roll while commercial TV - once seen as a licence to print money - is mired in an advertising slump and complaining loudly about unfair competition.
Tessa Jowell, the culture secretary who blocked earlier BBC proposals, has this time laid down stern conditions to prevent the new channel - aimed at the 25 to 34 age group - from hurting either the commercial competitors or BBC 1 and 2.
The channel will be prevented from bidding for established shows from elsewhere and buying from America will be further impaired by the requirement to purchase 90% of all programmes from Europe (though, interestingly, the limit applies to hours of programming rather than budget). In addition 80% of all output must be specially commissioned for BBC 3, with 25% coming from the independent sector and 33% of budget spending must be outside the M25.
The provision for 15 hours a year for science, religion and business will have Lord Reith turning in his grave. It is reckoned that the increased conditions will reduce the hit on the commercial sector from £25m a year to £7m a year.
It is not going to be easy for BBC3 to meet these conditions but they do have a compelling logic of their own. They mark a huge change in the focus of television from buying off-the-shelf programmes to nurturing new home grown talent. If nothing else it offers a wonderful opportunity cure the so called "creative deficit" in British television arising from the dominance of imported US programmes. Doubtless the BBC will, as usual, be damned if it does and damned if it doesn't.
If the new channel fails everyone will say it is a waste of taxpayers' money while if it succeeds in attracting audiences from rival youth channels in the commercial sector it will be accused of unfair competition. A bigger challenge is to persuade more people to switch to digital. The BBC's existing digital youth channel has a "reach" of 3.5 million people. There is plenty to play for.
Its new channel will nurture UK talent
Leader
Wednesday September 18, 2002
The Guardian
It is a backhanded tribute to the current success of the BBC that its new digital youth channel has been given the go-ahead only with tough conditions to prevent it competing too vigorously with the private sector.
The historic model for television has so far been simple: the BBC provides a service for the price of the licence fee but can't take advertisements while the commercial sector can. Mostly, that mixed-economy formula has worked well. But not now. The BBC is on a roll while commercial TV - once seen as a licence to print money - is mired in an advertising slump and complaining loudly about unfair competition.
Tessa Jowell, the culture secretary who blocked earlier BBC proposals, has this time laid down stern conditions to prevent the new channel - aimed at the 25 to 34 age group - from hurting either the commercial competitors or BBC 1 and 2.
The channel will be prevented from bidding for established shows from elsewhere and buying from America will be further impaired by the requirement to purchase 90% of all programmes from Europe (though, interestingly, the limit applies to hours of programming rather than budget). In addition 80% of all output must be specially commissioned for BBC 3, with 25% coming from the independent sector and 33% of budget spending must be outside the M25.
The provision for 15 hours a year for science, religion and business will have Lord Reith turning in his grave. It is reckoned that the increased conditions will reduce the hit on the commercial sector from £25m a year to £7m a year.
It is not going to be easy for BBC3 to meet these conditions but they do have a compelling logic of their own. They mark a huge change in the focus of television from buying off-the-shelf programmes to nurturing new home grown talent. If nothing else it offers a wonderful opportunity cure the so called "creative deficit" in British television arising from the dominance of imported US programmes. Doubtless the BBC will, as usual, be damned if it does and damned if it doesn't.
If the new channel fails everyone will say it is a waste of taxpayers' money while if it succeeds in attracting audiences from rival youth channels in the commercial sector it will be accused of unfair competition. A bigger challenge is to persuade more people to switch to digital. The BBC's existing digital youth channel has a "reach" of 3.5 million people. There is plenty to play for.
Student media awards
Monday September 16, 2002
The Guardian
The Guardian Student Media Awards, now in their 24th year, attracted
hundreds of entries. The shortlists are below. The winners will be
announced on November 6.
Student Newspaper of the Year
Epigram, Bristol University.
The Student, University of Edinburgh.
Oxford Student, University of Oxford.
York Vision, University of York.
The University Observer, University College Dublin.
Leeds Student, University of Leeds.
Student Magazine of the Year
Impact, Nottingham University.
Smiths, Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Massive, City University.
Student BMJ Westworld, University of the West of England.
Mud, Middlesex University.
Student Reporter of the Year
John Jelley, The Saint, University of St Andrew's.
Oliver Brown, Palatinate, University of Durham.
Jonathan Colman, Scan, University of Lancaster.
Zoe Griffin, Epigram, Bristol University.
Enda Curran, The University Observer, University College Dublin.
Jonathan Howell, Courier Magazine, University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
Student Feature Writer of the Year
Adam Brown, Cherwell, University of Oxford.
Tosin Sulaiman, The Cambridge Student, University of Cambridge.
Matt Withers, The Steel Press, Sheffield University.
Helen Pidd, The Student, University of Edinburgh.
Sin Knight, Impact, Nottingham University.
Jo Locke, Concrete, University of East Anglia.
Student Publication Design of the Year
The Smoke, University of Westminster.
Westworld, University of the West of England.
Cub, Queen Mary, University of London.
Massive, City University.
Impact, Nottingham University.
Student Photographer of the Year
Christina Nunziata, London College of Printing.
Steve Brown, Blackpool and the Fylde College of Art and Design.
Rebecca Hunt, Norwich School of Art and Design.
Polly Braden, London College of Printing.
Naoko Uchima, Westminster Kingsway College.
Student Website of the Year
http://vision.york.ac.uk/ - York Vision Online, University of York.
www.varsity.co.uk - Varsity, University of Cambridge.
www.su.ntu.ac.uk/pl/ - Platform, Nottingham Trent University.
Wessexscene.co.uk - Wessex Scene, University of Southampton.
Student Critic of the Year
Mark Powell, Leeds Student, University of Leeds.
Isobel Todd, York Vision, University of York.
Charles Rolf, Badger, University of Sussex.
Oliver Mann, Cherwell, University of Oxford.
Henry Day, Cherwell, University of Oxford.
Andrzes Lukowski, Leeds Student, University of Leeds.
Small Budget Publication of the Year
Streaker, University of Luton.
Fuel, University of East London.
York Vision, University of York.
The Best Years of Your Life, The Latymer School (6th form).
Universe, University of Hertfordshire.
The Pulse, University of Sussex.
Student Sports Writer of the Year
Nicholas Morrison, Warwick Boar, University of Warwick.
Andrew Morrison, Liverpool Student, University of Liverpool.
Nicholas Randall, Cherwell, University of Oxford.
Rob Preece, The Steel Press, Sheffield University.
Mark Alford, The Student, University of Edinburgh.
The Diversity Award
The judges have selected a winner in this category but not a shortlist.
Student Travel Writer of the Year
Andrew Sutton, Cherwell, University of Oxford.
Alice Tarleton, The Steel Press, Sheffield University.
Murray Garrard, Epigram, Bristol University.
Peter Chayney, The Nerve, Bournemouth University.
Student Columnist of the Year
Gareth Walker, York Vision, University of York.
Rory Daly, Scan, University of Lancaster.
Ivo Wengraf, Liverpool Student, University of Liverpool.
Joe Barnes, Falmouth Navigator, Falmouth College of Arts.
Rebekah Wheller, The Nerve, Bournemouth University.
Amy Franks, Impact, Nottingham University.
The Guardian Student Media Conference (Wednesday, November 6, ICA, London)
The conference - which is free - brings together student journalists from
around the country. Places are limited. To apply please call 01727 865395
or write to The Guardian Student Media Conference, PO Box 415, St Albans
AL4 0YW.
posted by Chris 1:40 AM
Monday September 16, 2002
The Guardian
The Guardian Student Media Awards, now in their 24th year, attracted
hundreds of entries. The shortlists are below. The winners will be
announced on November 6.
Student Newspaper of the Year
Epigram, Bristol University.
The Student, University of Edinburgh.
Oxford Student, University of Oxford.
York Vision, University of York.
The University Observer, University College Dublin.
Leeds Student, University of Leeds.
Student Magazine of the Year
Impact, Nottingham University.
Smiths, Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Massive, City University.
Student BMJ Westworld, University of the West of England.
Mud, Middlesex University.
Student Reporter of the Year
John Jelley, The Saint, University of St Andrew's.
Oliver Brown, Palatinate, University of Durham.
Jonathan Colman, Scan, University of Lancaster.
Zoe Griffin, Epigram, Bristol University.
Enda Curran, The University Observer, University College Dublin.
Jonathan Howell, Courier Magazine, University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
Student Feature Writer of the Year
Adam Brown, Cherwell, University of Oxford.
Tosin Sulaiman, The Cambridge Student, University of Cambridge.
Matt Withers, The Steel Press, Sheffield University.
Helen Pidd, The Student, University of Edinburgh.
Sin Knight, Impact, Nottingham University.
Jo Locke, Concrete, University of East Anglia.
Student Publication Design of the Year
The Smoke, University of Westminster.
Westworld, University of the West of England.
Cub, Queen Mary, University of London.
Massive, City University.
Impact, Nottingham University.
Student Photographer of the Year
Christina Nunziata, London College of Printing.
Steve Brown, Blackpool and the Fylde College of Art and Design.
Rebecca Hunt, Norwich School of Art and Design.
Polly Braden, London College of Printing.
Naoko Uchima, Westminster Kingsway College.
Student Website of the Year
http://vision.york.ac.uk/ - York Vision Online, University of York.
www.varsity.co.uk - Varsity, University of Cambridge.
www.su.ntu.ac.uk/pl/ - Platform, Nottingham Trent University.
Wessexscene.co.uk - Wessex Scene, University of Southampton.
Student Critic of the Year
Mark Powell, Leeds Student, University of Leeds.
Isobel Todd, York Vision, University of York.
Charles Rolf, Badger, University of Sussex.
Oliver Mann, Cherwell, University of Oxford.
Henry Day, Cherwell, University of Oxford.
Andrzes Lukowski, Leeds Student, University of Leeds.
Small Budget Publication of the Year
Streaker, University of Luton.
Fuel, University of East London.
York Vision, University of York.
The Best Years of Your Life, The Latymer School (6th form).
Universe, University of Hertfordshire.
The Pulse, University of Sussex.
Student Sports Writer of the Year
Nicholas Morrison, Warwick Boar, University of Warwick.
Andrew Morrison, Liverpool Student, University of Liverpool.
Nicholas Randall, Cherwell, University of Oxford.
Rob Preece, The Steel Press, Sheffield University.
Mark Alford, The Student, University of Edinburgh.
The Diversity Award
The judges have selected a winner in this category but not a shortlist.
Student Travel Writer of the Year
Andrew Sutton, Cherwell, University of Oxford.
Alice Tarleton, The Steel Press, Sheffield University.
Murray Garrard, Epigram, Bristol University.
Peter Chayney, The Nerve, Bournemouth University.
Student Columnist of the Year
Gareth Walker, York Vision, University of York.
Rory Daly, Scan, University of Lancaster.
Ivo Wengraf, Liverpool Student, University of Liverpool.
Joe Barnes, Falmouth Navigator, Falmouth College of Arts.
Rebekah Wheller, The Nerve, Bournemouth University.
Amy Franks, Impact, Nottingham University.
The Guardian Student Media Conference (Wednesday, November 6, ICA, London)
The conference - which is free - brings together student journalists from
around the country. Places are limited. To apply please call 01727 865395
or write to The Guardian Student Media Conference, PO Box 415, St Albans
AL4 0YW.
posted by Chris 1:40 AM
July 5th, 2002 – Germany/Norway
The Bundesverband Jugendpresse (Federal Association of Youth Press) in Germany is staging a Youth Media Convention this fall. There's an English description of it at http://www.bvj.de/kongress/index-e.html, but the convention language will be German.
However, if you speak German and would like to meet with 150 other youth media practitioners in Germany and Norway to discuss youth media in Europe - apply online at www.jugendpresse.de/kongress - the conference fee is 80 EURO, which is good for the 3-day convention including a boat trip from Germany to Norway and back.
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Jetzt anmelden: Youth Media Convention in Kiel und Oslo
Der nächste Jugend-Medien-Kongress steht in den Startlöchern. Am 29.09.2002 startet in Kiel eine Fähre in Richtung Oslo. An Bord: 150 junge Medienmacher aus ganz Europa. Und du kannst dabei sein! Du wirst nicht nur andere junge Journalisten kennen lernen. Auch Medienprofis werden vor Ort sein und dir und den anderen Teilnehmern ihre Aufmerksamkeit widmen. Die Journalisten sind auch außerhalb der offiziellen Gesprächsrunden für dich da. So kannst du dich mit ihnen über die Journalistenausbildung oder über andere für dich interessante Themen unterhalten. Die Bundestagswahl 2002 ist gerade zu Ende gegangen, wenn wir in Kiel ablegen. Deswegen werden junge Politiker der SPD, der CDU und anderer Parteien mit an Bord sein. Du hast die Möglichkeit mit ihnen über den Wahlausgang zu diskutieren.
Wenn du Lust auf den Törn vom 29. September bis 1. Oktober auf hoher See hast, dann melde dich schnellstmöglich an, denn unsere Kajütenplätze sind begrenzt und erfreuen sich großer Beliebtheit. Auch dieses Mal bleiben wir unserem Motto treu: Wer sich zuerst anmeldet, hat auch die besten Chancen auf einen Platz in einer der Kojen. Anmelden kannst du dich online (www.jugendpresse.de/kongress). Die Teilnahmegebühr, die wir wieder so gering wie möglich gehalten haben, beträgt 70,- Euro für Mitglieder und 80,- Euro für Nicht-Mitglieder und ist im Voraus nach der ersten Anmeldebestätigung zu überweisen. Im Teilnahmebeitrag sind Hin- und Rückfahrt sowie Übernachtung auf der Fähre, die Stadtrundfahrt in Oslo und der Eintritt für die Sehenswürdigkeiten in Oslo enthalten. Außerdem gibt es je zweimal ein Frühstücks- und ein Abendbüfett - all you can eat! Wichtig: Erst bei eingegangener Zahlung wird die Anmeldung mit Akkreditierungsausweis verschickt.
Auf der diesjährigen Convention wird erstmals eine Tagungszeitung erstellt - "politikorange" wird mit an Bord sein. Wer Interesse hat, meldet sich jetzt erstmal als Teilnehmer für die Convention an. In den nächsten Infomails werden wir dann sagen, wie man bei der politikorange-Ausgabe mitmachen kann.
Fragen? Wir stehen dir gerne zur Verfügung: kongress@jugendpresse.de
July 2nd, 2002 – Europe
The 2/2002 ECFA journal is now online at:
http://www.ecfaweb.org/download/ecfa2_02.pdf
The ECFA is the European Children's Film Association and their website
(which is quite interesting and has a lot of good links) is at
www.ecfaweb.org
From their website:
"ECFA is the organization for all, who are interested in high quality films
for children and young people: film makers, producers, promoters,
distributors, exhibitors, TV-programmers, festival organizers and film
educators.
Audiovisual media in general and cinema in specific are a vehicle for
artistic communication and for cultural transmission. Now that the world is
becoming a "global village", children and young people have more and more
access to culture and those who use the cinematic media are more numerous
than we can imagine.
The aim of ECFA is to bring the children in contact with the great machine
called cinema.
ECFA offers a communication panel promoting new ways of co-operation within
Europe in the fields of production, festivals, distribution, exhibition and
film education. "We want to create a positive attitude towards European
films for children - also in its economic and political aspects."
At the moment ECFA has 44 members, mostly companies and organizations,
coming from 16 different countries.
ECFA is convinced that European films for children and young people could
not only succeed, but could also find a profitable audience. Children and
young people are not only the future of our society, but also an important
part of it here and now, with enormous emotional, cultural and of course
material needs.
Since its foundation in 1988 ECFA has organized meetings and events to
promote and stimulate the development of European films for children and
young people."
June 30th, 2002 – Greece
The Annual Mediterranean Regional Summit on Media for Children took place in Athens in mid-June. The official website is at http://www.agoramed.gr/home.htm - a highly interesting link it the "Who-is-who"-link which you can find at http://www.agoramed.gr/agospeak.htm.
June 17th, 2002 – Italy
Source: http://www.comminit.com/awards/sld-4906.html
Global Junior Challenge Award
Deadline: June 30 2002
The Global Junior Challenge is a global award whose intention is to identify and reward best practices on the use of new technologies in education and training of youth.
This year the Global Junior Challenge award will pay special attention to practices and initiatives that work to tackle and overcome the problem of the "Digital Divide", the gap between those who have access to the knowledge generated by new technologies and those who are excluded.
The Challenge is dedicated to all young people, from school children, to teenagers and youth taking their first step to the job market. It concerns cities, schools and other educational institutions, local authorities, businesses, NGOs, communities and individual citizens.
The competition is open to:
Schools and universities, both public and private from any region of the world
Public and private institutions
Non profit and youth associations
Large and small companies
Research centers
Individual citizens of any age
All projects that are using ICT for education and training and are up and running as of September 2001 can join the competition. You can submit your projects in one of the following categories:
Projects for users up to 10 years old
Projects for users up to 15 years old
Projects for users up to 18 years old
Projects for users up to 29 years old
The Challenge is looking for projects in all fields of youth education. There is no geographical or size limitation for applicant projects.
Eligible projects will be judged for their contribution to the development of the education of children and young people. Examples of impact areas include:
Developing the use of new technologies by children and young people;
Improving the quality, scope and efficiency of education through the use of new technologies, both inside and outside the classroom;
Enhancing quality of life, empowerment and participatory opportunities for younger generations;
Closing the gap between offer and demand on the jop market by introducing new training and recruitment programmes;
Reducing gender inequalities and ethnic segregation;
Improving access for disadvantaged children living in rural areas or suffering from disabilities;
Improving international communication and co-operation between young people;
Ensuring equal access for all children world-wide and closing the technological gap between gap between the technological rich and the have-nots
Contact:
Global Junior Challenge
Consorzio Gioventù Digitale
Via Umbria 7
00187 Roma, Italy
info@gjc.it
Global Junior Challenge website - information in Italian and English
Placed on The Communication Initiative site June 8, 2002.
June 15th, 2002 – Geneva, CH
YOUNG MEDIA PARTNERS
We are writing to invite you to participate in our Young Media Partners Intern Program at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. You either have contacted us for information on our intern program or have been recommended to us because of your media skills and experience, and your involvement in making a positive difference in your community.
The YMP Intern Program is a unique hands-on learning experience for you, as a youth journalist. The program is an empowering experience in which you and other young people of diverse cultural and national backgrounds come together in an international, multicultural setting to provide media coverage for one of the U.N.’s important annual meetings. You will learn about the UN’s guidelines and procedures in the area of human rights, and have the opportunity to attend and report on proceedings of formal meetings and panels, and to interview representatives of the UN, governments and non-governmental organizations, as well as your peers.
As a member of the YMP’s Intern Program, you will be asked to work hard, doing one or more of the following: interviewing (for print and/or broadcast), editing and/or writing articles, photographing or filming meetings and interviews, doing Internet outreach and assisting in the further development and maintenance of YMP’s newswire service.
Through the creation and distribution of ethical and responsible media, you will be educating and informing society. You will help put the issues being addressed at the U.N. meetings onto the global media stage and into your local press. Your participation will insure that the economic, social, cultural and political issues affecting the lives of children and youth worldwide are addressed in the media from a geographically and culturally balanced youth perspective.
YMP interns in the past have been able to further clarify their long-term aspirations and career goals. This might mean making the decision to continue in the media field (perhaps defining the specific area of concentration), choosing another career such as international law or politics, or becoming a social activist working with a non-governmental organization. Should you be interested, upon successful completion of your internship with YMP, you will be eligible to be a member of YMP. You will be part of a growing network of youth journalists and will have the opportunity to contribute to YMP’s on-line news service and other audiovisual productions.
Requirements for participation are that you are between the age of 17 and 25, with some experience in media, graphic art and/or website development, an interest in the field of Human Rights, willingness to be a team member and a desire to use your skills to make a positive difference for children and youth in the world.
The YMP Intern Program is an unpaid internship. Costs for the program include: a program fee of US $275 plus your roundtrip travel from your country of origin and US $1100 for lodging, a weekly bus pass, and food. You should also bring additional spending money for entertainment, souvenirs, etc. Lodging will be arranged by YMP in a shared residence or university.
Your educational institution, government, non-governmental organizations, or local/national businesses may be able to provide financial assistance, or sponsorships. Should you be accepted into the program and need a formal invitation/acceptance letter from YMP in order to raise funds for the program, we will be pleased to assist you with this.
If you would like to participate as a member of the Young Media Partners Summer Intern Program, please complete and return the attached application by 30 June 2002. If you are unable to attend this program, but are interested in participating in other YMP programs, please check the appropriate box(es) on your application.
We very much hope that you will be able to join in this unique experience, helping to inform other young people around the world. And, please know, it is not all work! There is opportunity for cultural excursions, hiking, swimming, and sharing in Geneva’s summer festivities.
You can find further information about the UN in Geneva on the UN website at: http://www.unog.ch
Please send your form and other correspondence by e-mail to: youngmedia@youthlink.org. We look forward to hearing from you and will send a complete schedule and updated information upon acceptance of your application.
Sincerely yours,
Debra Kreuter Grant and Terrayne Leigh Crawford
Co-Directors
Young Media Partners International
May 29th, 2002 – Hungary
SMS and E-Mail in the 2002 Hungarian Election Campaign
The Hungarian parliamentary election campaign in April, 2002 brought fierce party competition and extremely close election results. In the last two weeks of the campaign (between the two rounds of the elections), technologies of interactive, interpersonal communication have become suddenly utilized on a mass scale. In a country of 10 million, where ca. 53% of the population has mobile phones and 15% are Internet users, millions of political mobile text (SMS) messages and e-mails were exchanged by party supporters. (Daily SMS traffic has increased 20-30%, i.e., by ca. 1 million messages between the two rounds of the elections.)
For two weeks, political spam became an everyday experience. The significant role of new technologies during the campaign is unprecedented in Hungary and rather unique in global terms. The paper explores post-modern campaign techniques based on p2p (peer-to-peer), communication. On the basis of the Hungarian example, we argue that the SMS and e-mail-campaign realizes a new type of political communication. Utilizing conceptual frameworks of sociology, political science, communication theory and business marketing, we argue that interactive marketing strategies, particularly viral marketing in online networks could be used effectively for political purposes. We elaborate the concept of viral political marketing in the mobile political (m-political) context and analyze how it was used for direct political mobilization and the dissemination of partisan political humor. Finally, we juxtapose long, argumentative e-mails with political SMS-s; and viral political marketing with the normative concept of the public sphere.
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Miklos Sukosd is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science at Central European University. (B.A./M.A. in Sociology and Cultural Studies, 1985, ELTE Institute of Sociology; M.A. in Sociology, 1994, Department of Sociology, Harvard University; Ph.D. in Political Science, 1992, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.) His research focuses on political communication, e-democracy, and media policy. He is founding co-president of Internet Hungary, the country’s largest annual professional conference on the Internet; and research director of the eDemocracy Association in Hungary.
He has published 12 books, and many book chapters and papers on politics and media in East Central Europe, including "Democratic Transformation and the Mass Media in Hungary: from Stalinism to Democratic Consolidation in Hungary" in R. Gunther and A. Moughan (eds.), Democracy and the Media: A Comparative Perspective. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2000. He is co-editor (with P. Bajomi-Lazar) of Reinventing Media: Media Policy Reform in East Central Europe, forthcoming at CEU Press in 2002.
Endre Dnyi is Editor-in-Chief of eDemocracy Newsletter, and member of the eDemocracy Association in Hungary. In 2000, he founded the political site and online magazine www.politikaforum.hu where he was Editor-in-Chief until 2001 June. He is also host of a public affairs talk show on Tilos Rdi (available on the Net). He graduates at ELTE Institute of Sociology and at ELTE Media Center in 2002. His research focuses on online political communication, especially political party sites and online election campaign strategies.
E-mail: danyi.endre@axelero.hu
May 28th, 2002 - Moldova
Journalism Center hosts second leg of radio training
Various radio news formats were analyzed during a two-day seminar hosted by the Independent Journalism Center (IJC) in May. It was part of a training series organized under the auspices of the South East European Network for the Professionalisation of the Media (SEENPM) and South-East European Network of Associations of Private Broadcasters (SEENAPB) for beginner radio-journalists. Participants were young reporters from small radio stations across the country and journalism seniors from Moldova State University. Training agenda included discussions of interview techniques and issues of journalism ethics. The first part of the seminar was held in April. Training leader was Lilia Cojocaru, who had completed a SEENPM/SEENAPB training-of-trainers course. The agenda of the training in May also included presentations by Mirela Rus, a radio journalist from Romania. A SEENPM-trained independent expert evaluated the seminar (IJC).
Source: http://ijc.iatp.md/en/mmnews/2002/nr32.html#4
May 27th, 2002 - Russia
The Seventh International Environmental Film Festival "Green Vision"
in St. Petersburg, Russia - 26-29 September, 2002
GUIDELINES
I. Basic Provisions
The Festival is intended to present new films, TV and video programmes which help by their contents and artistic level to broaden knowledge about nature and environment, especially in the Baltic sea region.
The programme of the Festival consists of: international contest of films and video programmes, "green discussions", seminars, and press conferences.
Official languages of the Festival are Russian and English.
II. Participation Conditions
Films and video programmes for the international contest may be submitted by their producers, distributors, owners, authors or legal entities.
Only films and videos produced after the 1st January, 1999 may be accepted for the international contest. Number of films sent for the contest is not limited, however each cassette may contain just one film. 35, 16 mm films, VHS and preferably BETACAM video cassettes are acceptable for presentation. The films and video cassettes must be delivered to the address quoted in the application form before 15 July, 2002. Mail and insurance charges are covered by the sender. Each film must have a title and the application form must be sent with it. A short film summary in English, German or Russian is requested. The film entry must be accompanied by a complete commentary (dialogue) in one of following languages: English, German, French, Russian. The awarded films remain in the archives of the Festival and the archives keeper undertakes not to use them for commercial purposes.
III. International Contest
A Pre-selection Commission will evaluate the films and video programmes for admittance into the contest. The films and video programmes included in the contest shall be evaluated by a Professional Jury. The Professional Jury is entitled to award:
Grand Prix
Best film for children
For the most original approach to reflecting environmental problems
For courage in making an environmental film
Best film about the Baltic Sea region
Personal Attendance
Application forms for personal attendance should be sent to the address of the organisers. Participants will obtain information materials upon the registration at the Festival and have free entry to the Festival as well as all accompanying events. The organizers provide hotel accommodation and meals for the participants. Travel costs should be covered by the participants themselves.
Final Provisions
All festival copies will be returned to the applicants after 30 October, 2002.
More info and application forms:
Mailing address:
ECAT-St. Petersburg
P.O.Box 8, SF-53501, Lappeenranta, Finland
Tel./fax: +7 (512) 850-14-92
e-mail: ecatsp@spb.cityline.ru
May 17th, 2002
Digitalopportunity.org: New Initiative to Elevate Voices from Developing Countries
Digital Opportunity Channel launch to coincide with World Telecommunications Day
OneWorld (www.oneworld.net), the online sustainable development and human rights network, and the Benton Foundation (www.benton.org), the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that works to realize the social benefits of communications technology, today announced the launch of Digital Opportunity Channel, an online community focusing on the use of information and communications technologies (ICT) for sustainable development.
Officially launched on World Telecommunications Day from the OneWorld centre in India, the Web site will place a special emphasis on promoting digital opportunity in developing countries. "Developing countries have largely been marginalized in the global dialogue on the benefits and negative impacts of digital technologies," said Kanti Kumar, channel editor. "Digital Opportunity Channel aims to give organizations and community leaders - especially in the South - a platform for their voice to be heard."
People without access to new communications technology are increasingly being excluded from education, healthcare, good governance and the means to improve their own livelihoods. The challenge is to ensure that ICT no longer increases the gap between rich and poor but becomes an opportunity to help bring greater equality and international understanding. Digital Opportunity Channel seeks to help tackle this challenge.
Digital Opportunity Channel builds on OneWorld's seven years of experience in ICT for development and presents content from OneWorld's worldwide partnership of over 1,250 development, human rights and environment NGOs. All these NGOs are now using the Internet and other ICT to share knowledge and take action on poverty and human rights, or to support initiatives that aim to meet the basic needs of the most disadvantaged peoples of the world.
Digital Opportunity Channel also brings in the experience of the Benton Foundation's Digital Divide Network (www.digitaldividenetwork.org), a community of practitioners, activists, academics, policymakers and people from ICT industries creating mutual strategies in bridging the digital divide.
"Organizations all over the world are implementing creative ICT programs, and there is so much we can all learn from each other's experiences," said the Benton Foundation's Andy Carvin, co-editor of the new portal. "Digital Opportunity Channel is more than just a Web site. It serves as an online community whose participants will work actively to develop smart strategies for using ICT to make a real and lasting difference in the lives of people living in poverty."
Channel features include news, campaign actions, success stories, opinion pieces by leading commentators, in-depth analysis and research, events listings, a beginner's guide to digital divide issues, funding information, email digests and a dedicated search facility on ICT for development.
OneWorld is funded for Digital Opportunity Channel by the UK Government Department for International Development (www.dfid.gov.uk) and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate General for International Co-operation (www.minbuza.nl/english).
The Benton Foundation involvement in Digital Opportunity Channel is supported by the AOL Time Warner Foundation (www.aoltimewarnerfoundation.org) and the Markle Foundation (www.markle.org).
Source: http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org/content/stories/index.cfm?key=229
6th, 2002 – South Africa
Young people invited to report in Development Summit
A new initiative, endorsed by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), will allow young people from around the world to work as journalists covering the upcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), scheduled for later this year in Johannesburg.
The Youth Reporters Team, composed of eight young journalists, will produce a daily newsletter during the summit detailing the most interesting aspects of the WSSD from the perspective of today's youth. The newsletter, to be circulated among summit participants, will also be available on a new Web site devoted to the project. Organizers also hope to use this site as a forum for young people around the world to express their own opinions on sustainable development issues to an international audience via the Internet.
The initiative is intended to continue beyond the August 26 - September 4 summit to help young people all over the globe in their attempts to promote sustainable development by drawing on the experiences and actions of their peers. Subsequently, the project will work to establish cooperation with international and local newspapers that will be covering the WSSD in order for them to publish youth stories, even after the summit.
Stephen Somerville, trustee and former director of the Reuters Foundation, will oversee and mentor the participants during the program. Organizers are also willing to work with other governments, foundations, non-governmental organizations, newspapers, TV and radio stations or news agencies.
Young people, between 16 and 25, who are fluent in English, are invited to apply for a spot on the Youth Reporters Team. Applicants must have good writing and interviewing skills, basic computer and Internet skills, and previous experience with journalism and sustainable development issues. While anyone can apply for a spot in the program, there may only be enough funding for successful applicants from developing countries.
For more information on the Youth Reporters Team, contact Project Coordinator Pierre Andipatin at pierre.gyn@freemail.absa.co.za or team coordinator Mirza Delibegovic at mirzadelibe@hotmail.com.
For more information on the summit, visit http://www.johannesburgsummit.org
April 22nd, 2002 – Kyrgyzstan
Seminar for young students
In April 15-22 Internews and USAID/Global Training for Development held a seminar "Newsroom for Young Journalists" for 15 students from five Universities (Kyrgyz-Slavonic University, Kyrgyz National University, Bishkek Humanities University, Osh and Karakol Universities). Trainers: Pavel Zhdanko (Bishkek) on radio journalism, Filip Noubel (Bishkek) on print and on-line journalism and Erzhan Suleimenov (Almaty) - a TV trainer and a facilitator of the newsroom. Internews lawyer Nadezhda Alisheva provided a lecture for students on KG media law. During the seminar each participant tried himself in all three types of news reporting. In addition to classroom learning, course participants produced TV and radio news pieces (which were aired during the seminar) and newspapers. In the very end of the seminar these teams presented their final works to a special jury that consisted of the heads of their universities and media representatives.
Source: www.internews.kg
The Bundesverband Jugendpresse (Federal Association of Youth Press) in Germany is staging a Youth Media Convention this fall. There's an English description of it at http://www.bvj.de/kongress/index-e.html, but the convention language will be German.
However, if you speak German and would like to meet with 150 other youth media practitioners in Germany and Norway to discuss youth media in Europe - apply online at www.jugendpresse.de/kongress - the conference fee is 80 EURO, which is good for the 3-day convention including a boat trip from Germany to Norway and back.
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Jetzt anmelden: Youth Media Convention in Kiel und Oslo
Der nächste Jugend-Medien-Kongress steht in den Startlöchern. Am 29.09.2002 startet in Kiel eine Fähre in Richtung Oslo. An Bord: 150 junge Medienmacher aus ganz Europa. Und du kannst dabei sein! Du wirst nicht nur andere junge Journalisten kennen lernen. Auch Medienprofis werden vor Ort sein und dir und den anderen Teilnehmern ihre Aufmerksamkeit widmen. Die Journalisten sind auch außerhalb der offiziellen Gesprächsrunden für dich da. So kannst du dich mit ihnen über die Journalistenausbildung oder über andere für dich interessante Themen unterhalten. Die Bundestagswahl 2002 ist gerade zu Ende gegangen, wenn wir in Kiel ablegen. Deswegen werden junge Politiker der SPD, der CDU und anderer Parteien mit an Bord sein. Du hast die Möglichkeit mit ihnen über den Wahlausgang zu diskutieren.
Wenn du Lust auf den Törn vom 29. September bis 1. Oktober auf hoher See hast, dann melde dich schnellstmöglich an, denn unsere Kajütenplätze sind begrenzt und erfreuen sich großer Beliebtheit. Auch dieses Mal bleiben wir unserem Motto treu: Wer sich zuerst anmeldet, hat auch die besten Chancen auf einen Platz in einer der Kojen. Anmelden kannst du dich online (www.jugendpresse.de/kongress). Die Teilnahmegebühr, die wir wieder so gering wie möglich gehalten haben, beträgt 70,- Euro für Mitglieder und 80,- Euro für Nicht-Mitglieder und ist im Voraus nach der ersten Anmeldebestätigung zu überweisen. Im Teilnahmebeitrag sind Hin- und Rückfahrt sowie Übernachtung auf der Fähre, die Stadtrundfahrt in Oslo und der Eintritt für die Sehenswürdigkeiten in Oslo enthalten. Außerdem gibt es je zweimal ein Frühstücks- und ein Abendbüfett - all you can eat! Wichtig: Erst bei eingegangener Zahlung wird die Anmeldung mit Akkreditierungsausweis verschickt.
Auf der diesjährigen Convention wird erstmals eine Tagungszeitung erstellt - "politikorange" wird mit an Bord sein. Wer Interesse hat, meldet sich jetzt erstmal als Teilnehmer für die Convention an. In den nächsten Infomails werden wir dann sagen, wie man bei der politikorange-Ausgabe mitmachen kann.
Fragen? Wir stehen dir gerne zur Verfügung: kongress@jugendpresse.de
July 2nd, 2002 – Europe
The 2/2002 ECFA journal is now online at:
http://www.ecfaweb.org/download/ecfa2_02.pdf
The ECFA is the European Children's Film Association and their website
(which is quite interesting and has a lot of good links) is at
www.ecfaweb.org
From their website:
"ECFA is the organization for all, who are interested in high quality films
for children and young people: film makers, producers, promoters,
distributors, exhibitors, TV-programmers, festival organizers and film
educators.
Audiovisual media in general and cinema in specific are a vehicle for
artistic communication and for cultural transmission. Now that the world is
becoming a "global village", children and young people have more and more
access to culture and those who use the cinematic media are more numerous
than we can imagine.
The aim of ECFA is to bring the children in contact with the great machine
called cinema.
ECFA offers a communication panel promoting new ways of co-operation within
Europe in the fields of production, festivals, distribution, exhibition and
film education. "We want to create a positive attitude towards European
films for children - also in its economic and political aspects."
At the moment ECFA has 44 members, mostly companies and organizations,
coming from 16 different countries.
ECFA is convinced that European films for children and young people could
not only succeed, but could also find a profitable audience. Children and
young people are not only the future of our society, but also an important
part of it here and now, with enormous emotional, cultural and of course
material needs.
Since its foundation in 1988 ECFA has organized meetings and events to
promote and stimulate the development of European films for children and
young people."
June 30th, 2002 – Greece
The Annual Mediterranean Regional Summit on Media for Children took place in Athens in mid-June. The official website is at http://www.agoramed.gr/home.htm - a highly interesting link it the "Who-is-who"-link which you can find at http://www.agoramed.gr/agospeak.htm.
June 17th, 2002 – Italy
Source: http://www.comminit.com/awards/sld-4906.html
Global Junior Challenge Award
Deadline: June 30 2002
The Global Junior Challenge is a global award whose intention is to identify and reward best practices on the use of new technologies in education and training of youth.
This year the Global Junior Challenge award will pay special attention to practices and initiatives that work to tackle and overcome the problem of the "Digital Divide", the gap between those who have access to the knowledge generated by new technologies and those who are excluded.
The Challenge is dedicated to all young people, from school children, to teenagers and youth taking their first step to the job market. It concerns cities, schools and other educational institutions, local authorities, businesses, NGOs, communities and individual citizens.
The competition is open to:
Schools and universities, both public and private from any region of the world
Public and private institutions
Non profit and youth associations
Large and small companies
Research centers
Individual citizens of any age
All projects that are using ICT for education and training and are up and running as of September 2001 can join the competition. You can submit your projects in one of the following categories:
Projects for users up to 10 years old
Projects for users up to 15 years old
Projects for users up to 18 years old
Projects for users up to 29 years old
The Challenge is looking for projects in all fields of youth education. There is no geographical or size limitation for applicant projects.
Eligible projects will be judged for their contribution to the development of the education of children and young people. Examples of impact areas include:
Developing the use of new technologies by children and young people;
Improving the quality, scope and efficiency of education through the use of new technologies, both inside and outside the classroom;
Enhancing quality of life, empowerment and participatory opportunities for younger generations;
Closing the gap between offer and demand on the jop market by introducing new training and recruitment programmes;
Reducing gender inequalities and ethnic segregation;
Improving access for disadvantaged children living in rural areas or suffering from disabilities;
Improving international communication and co-operation between young people;
Ensuring equal access for all children world-wide and closing the technological gap between gap between the technological rich and the have-nots
Contact:
Global Junior Challenge
Consorzio Gioventù Digitale
Via Umbria 7
00187 Roma, Italy
info@gjc.it
Global Junior Challenge website - information in Italian and English
Placed on The Communication Initiative site June 8, 2002.
June 15th, 2002 – Geneva, CH
YOUNG MEDIA PARTNERS
We are writing to invite you to participate in our Young Media Partners Intern Program at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. You either have contacted us for information on our intern program or have been recommended to us because of your media skills and experience, and your involvement in making a positive difference in your community.
The YMP Intern Program is a unique hands-on learning experience for you, as a youth journalist. The program is an empowering experience in which you and other young people of diverse cultural and national backgrounds come together in an international, multicultural setting to provide media coverage for one of the U.N.’s important annual meetings. You will learn about the UN’s guidelines and procedures in the area of human rights, and have the opportunity to attend and report on proceedings of formal meetings and panels, and to interview representatives of the UN, governments and non-governmental organizations, as well as your peers.
As a member of the YMP’s Intern Program, you will be asked to work hard, doing one or more of the following: interviewing (for print and/or broadcast), editing and/or writing articles, photographing or filming meetings and interviews, doing Internet outreach and assisting in the further development and maintenance of YMP’s newswire service.
Through the creation and distribution of ethical and responsible media, you will be educating and informing society. You will help put the issues being addressed at the U.N. meetings onto the global media stage and into your local press. Your participation will insure that the economic, social, cultural and political issues affecting the lives of children and youth worldwide are addressed in the media from a geographically and culturally balanced youth perspective.
YMP interns in the past have been able to further clarify their long-term aspirations and career goals. This might mean making the decision to continue in the media field (perhaps defining the specific area of concentration), choosing another career such as international law or politics, or becoming a social activist working with a non-governmental organization. Should you be interested, upon successful completion of your internship with YMP, you will be eligible to be a member of YMP. You will be part of a growing network of youth journalists and will have the opportunity to contribute to YMP’s on-line news service and other audiovisual productions.
Requirements for participation are that you are between the age of 17 and 25, with some experience in media, graphic art and/or website development, an interest in the field of Human Rights, willingness to be a team member and a desire to use your skills to make a positive difference for children and youth in the world.
The YMP Intern Program is an unpaid internship. Costs for the program include: a program fee of US $275 plus your roundtrip travel from your country of origin and US $1100 for lodging, a weekly bus pass, and food. You should also bring additional spending money for entertainment, souvenirs, etc. Lodging will be arranged by YMP in a shared residence or university.
Your educational institution, government, non-governmental organizations, or local/national businesses may be able to provide financial assistance, or sponsorships. Should you be accepted into the program and need a formal invitation/acceptance letter from YMP in order to raise funds for the program, we will be pleased to assist you with this.
If you would like to participate as a member of the Young Media Partners Summer Intern Program, please complete and return the attached application by 30 June 2002. If you are unable to attend this program, but are interested in participating in other YMP programs, please check the appropriate box(es) on your application.
We very much hope that you will be able to join in this unique experience, helping to inform other young people around the world. And, please know, it is not all work! There is opportunity for cultural excursions, hiking, swimming, and sharing in Geneva’s summer festivities.
You can find further information about the UN in Geneva on the UN website at: http://www.unog.ch
Please send your form and other correspondence by e-mail to: youngmedia@youthlink.org. We look forward to hearing from you and will send a complete schedule and updated information upon acceptance of your application.
Sincerely yours,
Debra Kreuter Grant and Terrayne Leigh Crawford
Co-Directors
Young Media Partners International
May 29th, 2002 – Hungary
SMS and E-Mail in the 2002 Hungarian Election Campaign
The Hungarian parliamentary election campaign in April, 2002 brought fierce party competition and extremely close election results. In the last two weeks of the campaign (between the two rounds of the elections), technologies of interactive, interpersonal communication have become suddenly utilized on a mass scale. In a country of 10 million, where ca. 53% of the population has mobile phones and 15% are Internet users, millions of political mobile text (SMS) messages and e-mails were exchanged by party supporters. (Daily SMS traffic has increased 20-30%, i.e., by ca. 1 million messages between the two rounds of the elections.)
For two weeks, political spam became an everyday experience. The significant role of new technologies during the campaign is unprecedented in Hungary and rather unique in global terms. The paper explores post-modern campaign techniques based on p2p (peer-to-peer), communication. On the basis of the Hungarian example, we argue that the SMS and e-mail-campaign realizes a new type of political communication. Utilizing conceptual frameworks of sociology, political science, communication theory and business marketing, we argue that interactive marketing strategies, particularly viral marketing in online networks could be used effectively for political purposes. We elaborate the concept of viral political marketing in the mobile political (m-political) context and analyze how it was used for direct political mobilization and the dissemination of partisan political humor. Finally, we juxtapose long, argumentative e-mails with political SMS-s; and viral political marketing with the normative concept of the public sphere.
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Miklos Sukosd is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science at Central European University. (B.A./M.A. in Sociology and Cultural Studies, 1985, ELTE Institute of Sociology; M.A. in Sociology, 1994, Department of Sociology, Harvard University; Ph.D. in Political Science, 1992, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.) His research focuses on political communication, e-democracy, and media policy. He is founding co-president of Internet Hungary, the country’s largest annual professional conference on the Internet; and research director of the eDemocracy Association in Hungary.
He has published 12 books, and many book chapters and papers on politics and media in East Central Europe, including "Democratic Transformation and the Mass Media in Hungary: from Stalinism to Democratic Consolidation in Hungary" in R. Gunther and A. Moughan (eds.), Democracy and the Media: A Comparative Perspective. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2000. He is co-editor (with P. Bajomi-Lazar) of Reinventing Media: Media Policy Reform in East Central Europe, forthcoming at CEU Press in 2002.
Endre Dnyi is Editor-in-Chief of eDemocracy Newsletter, and member of the eDemocracy Association in Hungary. In 2000, he founded the political site and online magazine www.politikaforum.hu where he was Editor-in-Chief until 2001 June. He is also host of a public affairs talk show on Tilos Rdi (available on the Net). He graduates at ELTE Institute of Sociology and at ELTE Media Center in 2002. His research focuses on online political communication, especially political party sites and online election campaign strategies.
E-mail: danyi.endre@axelero.hu
May 28th, 2002 - Moldova
Journalism Center hosts second leg of radio training
Various radio news formats were analyzed during a two-day seminar hosted by the Independent Journalism Center (IJC) in May. It was part of a training series organized under the auspices of the South East European Network for the Professionalisation of the Media (SEENPM) and South-East European Network of Associations of Private Broadcasters (SEENAPB) for beginner radio-journalists. Participants were young reporters from small radio stations across the country and journalism seniors from Moldova State University. Training agenda included discussions of interview techniques and issues of journalism ethics. The first part of the seminar was held in April. Training leader was Lilia Cojocaru, who had completed a SEENPM/SEENAPB training-of-trainers course. The agenda of the training in May also included presentations by Mirela Rus, a radio journalist from Romania. A SEENPM-trained independent expert evaluated the seminar (IJC).
Source: http://ijc.iatp.md/en/mmnews/2002/nr32.html#4
May 27th, 2002 - Russia
The Seventh International Environmental Film Festival "Green Vision"
in St. Petersburg, Russia - 26-29 September, 2002
GUIDELINES
I. Basic Provisions
The Festival is intended to present new films, TV and video programmes which help by their contents and artistic level to broaden knowledge about nature and environment, especially in the Baltic sea region.
The programme of the Festival consists of: international contest of films and video programmes, "green discussions", seminars, and press conferences.
Official languages of the Festival are Russian and English.
II. Participation Conditions
Films and video programmes for the international contest may be submitted by their producers, distributors, owners, authors or legal entities.
Only films and videos produced after the 1st January, 1999 may be accepted for the international contest. Number of films sent for the contest is not limited, however each cassette may contain just one film. 35, 16 mm films, VHS and preferably BETACAM video cassettes are acceptable for presentation. The films and video cassettes must be delivered to the address quoted in the application form before 15 July, 2002. Mail and insurance charges are covered by the sender. Each film must have a title and the application form must be sent with it. A short film summary in English, German or Russian is requested. The film entry must be accompanied by a complete commentary (dialogue) in one of following languages: English, German, French, Russian. The awarded films remain in the archives of the Festival and the archives keeper undertakes not to use them for commercial purposes.
III. International Contest
A Pre-selection Commission will evaluate the films and video programmes for admittance into the contest. The films and video programmes included in the contest shall be evaluated by a Professional Jury. The Professional Jury is entitled to award:
Grand Prix
Best film for children
For the most original approach to reflecting environmental problems
For courage in making an environmental film
Best film about the Baltic Sea region
Personal Attendance
Application forms for personal attendance should be sent to the address of the organisers. Participants will obtain information materials upon the registration at the Festival and have free entry to the Festival as well as all accompanying events. The organizers provide hotel accommodation and meals for the participants. Travel costs should be covered by the participants themselves.
Final Provisions
All festival copies will be returned to the applicants after 30 October, 2002.
More info and application forms:
Mailing address:
ECAT-St. Petersburg
P.O.Box 8, SF-53501, Lappeenranta, Finland
Tel./fax: +7 (512) 850-14-92
e-mail: ecatsp@spb.cityline.ru
May 17th, 2002
Digitalopportunity.org: New Initiative to Elevate Voices from Developing Countries
Digital Opportunity Channel launch to coincide with World Telecommunications Day
OneWorld (www.oneworld.net), the online sustainable development and human rights network, and the Benton Foundation (www.benton.org), the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that works to realize the social benefits of communications technology, today announced the launch of Digital Opportunity Channel, an online community focusing on the use of information and communications technologies (ICT) for sustainable development.
Officially launched on World Telecommunications Day from the OneWorld centre in India, the Web site will place a special emphasis on promoting digital opportunity in developing countries. "Developing countries have largely been marginalized in the global dialogue on the benefits and negative impacts of digital technologies," said Kanti Kumar, channel editor. "Digital Opportunity Channel aims to give organizations and community leaders - especially in the South - a platform for their voice to be heard."
People without access to new communications technology are increasingly being excluded from education, healthcare, good governance and the means to improve their own livelihoods. The challenge is to ensure that ICT no longer increases the gap between rich and poor but becomes an opportunity to help bring greater equality and international understanding. Digital Opportunity Channel seeks to help tackle this challenge.
Digital Opportunity Channel builds on OneWorld's seven years of experience in ICT for development and presents content from OneWorld's worldwide partnership of over 1,250 development, human rights and environment NGOs. All these NGOs are now using the Internet and other ICT to share knowledge and take action on poverty and human rights, or to support initiatives that aim to meet the basic needs of the most disadvantaged peoples of the world.
Digital Opportunity Channel also brings in the experience of the Benton Foundation's Digital Divide Network (www.digitaldividenetwork.org), a community of practitioners, activists, academics, policymakers and people from ICT industries creating mutual strategies in bridging the digital divide.
"Organizations all over the world are implementing creative ICT programs, and there is so much we can all learn from each other's experiences," said the Benton Foundation's Andy Carvin, co-editor of the new portal. "Digital Opportunity Channel is more than just a Web site. It serves as an online community whose participants will work actively to develop smart strategies for using ICT to make a real and lasting difference in the lives of people living in poverty."
Channel features include news, campaign actions, success stories, opinion pieces by leading commentators, in-depth analysis and research, events listings, a beginner's guide to digital divide issues, funding information, email digests and a dedicated search facility on ICT for development.
OneWorld is funded for Digital Opportunity Channel by the UK Government Department for International Development (www.dfid.gov.uk) and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate General for International Co-operation (www.minbuza.nl/english).
The Benton Foundation involvement in Digital Opportunity Channel is supported by the AOL Time Warner Foundation (www.aoltimewarnerfoundation.org) and the Markle Foundation (www.markle.org).
Source: http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org/content/stories/index.cfm?key=229
6th, 2002 – South Africa
Young people invited to report in Development Summit
A new initiative, endorsed by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), will allow young people from around the world to work as journalists covering the upcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), scheduled for later this year in Johannesburg.
The Youth Reporters Team, composed of eight young journalists, will produce a daily newsletter during the summit detailing the most interesting aspects of the WSSD from the perspective of today's youth. The newsletter, to be circulated among summit participants, will also be available on a new Web site devoted to the project. Organizers also hope to use this site as a forum for young people around the world to express their own opinions on sustainable development issues to an international audience via the Internet.
The initiative is intended to continue beyond the August 26 - September 4 summit to help young people all over the globe in their attempts to promote sustainable development by drawing on the experiences and actions of their peers. Subsequently, the project will work to establish cooperation with international and local newspapers that will be covering the WSSD in order for them to publish youth stories, even after the summit.
Stephen Somerville, trustee and former director of the Reuters Foundation, will oversee and mentor the participants during the program. Organizers are also willing to work with other governments, foundations, non-governmental organizations, newspapers, TV and radio stations or news agencies.
Young people, between 16 and 25, who are fluent in English, are invited to apply for a spot on the Youth Reporters Team. Applicants must have good writing and interviewing skills, basic computer and Internet skills, and previous experience with journalism and sustainable development issues. While anyone can apply for a spot in the program, there may only be enough funding for successful applicants from developing countries.
For more information on the Youth Reporters Team, contact Project Coordinator Pierre Andipatin at pierre.gyn@freemail.absa.co.za or team coordinator Mirza Delibegovic at mirzadelibe@hotmail.com.
For more information on the summit, visit http://www.johannesburgsummit.org
April 22nd, 2002 – Kyrgyzstan
Seminar for young students
In April 15-22 Internews and USAID/Global Training for Development held a seminar "Newsroom for Young Journalists" for 15 students from five Universities (Kyrgyz-Slavonic University, Kyrgyz National University, Bishkek Humanities University, Osh and Karakol Universities). Trainers: Pavel Zhdanko (Bishkek) on radio journalism, Filip Noubel (Bishkek) on print and on-line journalism and Erzhan Suleimenov (Almaty) - a TV trainer and a facilitator of the newsroom. Internews lawyer Nadezhda Alisheva provided a lecture for students on KG media law. During the seminar each participant tried himself in all three types of news reporting. In addition to classroom learning, course participants produced TV and radio news pieces (which were aired during the seminar) and newspapers. In the very end of the seminar these teams presented their final works to a special jury that consisted of the heads of their universities and media representatives.
Source: www.internews.kg
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