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How to become a global publisher or broadcaster in just 100 minutes!1 comment

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 2 weeks ago: Evolution or revolution? I was born three years before the Internet (which turned 40 a few weeks ago … more →

Tags: Blogging, Broadcasting, Citizen Journalism, Citizen Media, Digital Media, Grassroots video, ict, Internet, Journalism

Sheri Liao: From 'Time for Environment' to TIME Hero of the Environment 20092 comments

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 1 month ago: Sheri Liao photographed for TIME by Elisa Haberer Copyright infringement – or piracy – i … more →

Tags: Asia, Broadcasting, China, Communicating development, Documentary Film, eco-friendly living, Education for sustainable development, Environment, environmental journalism

Radio Sagarmatha: Voice of a Valley and Hope of a nation

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 2 months ago: Location filming Saving the Planet in Nepal I have written more than once in this blog about Radio S … more →

Tags: Broadcasting, Citizen Journalism, Citizen Media, Communicating development, Community Media, Documentary Film, eco-friendly living, Education for sustainable development, Environment

RSF: Who will protect journalists fighting for a better planet?2 comments

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 2 months ago: RSF: We must defend journalists who fight for the planetIn November 2007, I wrote a blog post callin … more →

Tags: Blogging, Education for sustainable development, Environment, environmental journalism, Journalism, majority world, media, Media Freedom, Philippines

A Guided Tour of Climate Camp

sytaffel wrote 2 months ago: … more →

Tags: climate change, media

XYZ Show controversy: Kenyan politicians forgetting 'Hakuna matata'?

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 2 months ago: Politics no longer a laughing matter? “The trouble with political jokes is that they keep gett … more →

Tags: Africa, Broadcasting, Good Governance, Journalism, majority world, Media Freedom, Public Interest, Satire, Television

The XYZ Show: New horizon in political satire on African TV, but room to grow?1 comment

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 3 months ago: Anyone can do ABC; it takes a special effort to make XYZ... Update on 1 Sep 2009: Controversy over X … more →

Tags: Africa, Broadcasting, Global South, Good Governance, Internet, Journalism, majority world, media, Media Freedom

Cory Aquino (1933 - 2009): Unleashed People Power, still haunting tyrants worldwide3 comments

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 3 months ago: The remains of former Philippine president Corazon Aquino passes through the historical EDSA road wi … more →

Tags: Asia, Broadcasting, Burma, Citizen Media, Digital Media, Documentary Film, Good Governance, ict, Internet

News wrapped in laughter: Is this the future of current affairs journalism?1 comment

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 4 months ago: Who can follow these footsteps?In an excellent op ed essay assessing the lasting value and meaning o … more →

Tags: Broadcasting, Journalism, majority world, media, Media Freedom, New Media, News, North America, Public Interest

Walter Cronkite (1916 - 2009): And that's the way it was...4 comments

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 4 months ago: Walter Cronkite (1916 - 2009): The man who ruled American airwaves Walter Cronkite, the broadcast jo … more →

Tags: Broadcasting, Journalism, media, Media Freedom, News, North America, Public Interest, Space Travel, Television

Reporting disasters: How to keep a cool head when all hell breaks loose1 comment

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 4 months ago: News by definition looks for the exception. What goes right, and according to plan, is hardly news. … more →

Tags: Asia, Broadcasting, climate change, Communicating development, Communicating disasters, Communicating research, Coral Reefs, Disasters, Documentary Film

Pan Left- 15th Anniversay Campaign

Randy Ford wrote 5 months ago: Support Pan Left, Make the Community Much Richer June 22, 2009 Dear Randy, Back in my 20s, I decided … more →

Tags: Workshops & Conferences, Call to Actors: Theater & Film, Pan Left, Video, film, media, Human Rights

Wanted, urgent: Reporters Sans Labels!3 comments

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 5 months ago: A top European Union official recently cautioned against the concept of ‘peace journalism … more →

Tags: Broadcasting, Communicating development, environmental journalism, Global South, Journalism, majority world, media, Public Interest, Sustainable Development

Media Reclamation update!1 comment

mediamattersottawa wrote 6 months ago: Greetings, We have a bunch of stuff for you this time round: - input on direction for Media Reclamat … more →

Tags: 2 cent, 2010 Olympics, Bloggers, Canada, countdown to copenhagen, Environment, financial crash, Isuma TV, Left Wing

Amagama closes chapter in blogging infamy1 comment

davidrobertlewis wrote 6 months ago: THE South African blogging platform which stripped the Creative Commons license from its users mater … more →

Now on MediaChannel.org: Good communications to combat swine flu?

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 6 months ago: They turn the spotlight inwards... MediaChannel.org has just published my latest op ed essay titled: … more →

Tags: Science Communication, Journalism, Communicating development, Television, North America, New Media, ict, health, media

Pete Seeger turns 90 on World Press Freedom Day: Thank you for the protest music!2 comments

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 6 months ago: Pete Seeger: Still singing protest at 90... Today, 3 May, is once again World Press Freedom Day. It … more →

Tags: Journalism, Broadcasting, Film Making, Documentary Film, War, Media Freedom, Television, North America, Social Justice

TV playing nanny: How Asian broadcasters helped fight SARS1 comment

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 7 months ago: Media joined the public awareness campaign Now that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised t … more →

Tags: Asia, Broadcasting, Campaigns, China, Communicating development, Communicating disasters, Education for sustainable development, Humanitarian emergencies, Journalism

Digital Defenders: How 24/7 media can help fight swine flu worldwide4 comments

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 7 months ago: So this is how it REALLY started...The World Health Organization (WHO) said this week that the globa … more →

Tags: Asia, Campaigns, China, Communicating development, Communicating disasters, Digital Media, Education for sustainable development, Humanitarian emergencies, ict


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