Afghan media: earning (and maintaining) the conf...
The continued presence and threat of non-governmental opposition groups have pushed Afghan fears of insecurity to its highest numbers in over a decade, paired with steadily dropping confidence in the government, reports the Asia Foundation. What has not flagged, however, is the public’s faith ... |
Frame by Frame: A Powerful look at Photojournali...
In one of the film’s most devastating scenes, Frame by Frame takes us to a hospital in Herat where photojournalist Farzana Wahidy attempts to take photos of female patients in a burn victim unit. The patients purportedly self-immolated but in reality were set ablaze by their own husbands and famil... |
Wrap Up: Media in Fragile States
Including media in fragile states’ development Despite a snowy week in Washington, CIMA held a discussion cosponsored with BBC Media Action about challenges and opportunities that media in fragile states present to policymakers around the world. The conversation focused on the successes in c... |
Event: Media Environments in Fragile States
Fragile states are among the most vulnerable media environments around the world. BBC Media Action’s latest report concludes that media increasingly matters in these states. Changes in media and communications are “having increasing and sometimes profound political and developmental effects,” ... |