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Internews is an international media development organization whose mission is to empower local media worldwide to give people the news and information they need, the ability to connect, and the means to make their voices heard. more

Information Saves Lives:

Forced Marriage in Southern Sudan – One Journalist’s Story

Christine Akuol“As a journalist I know that part of my job is to empower the community,” says Christine Akuol, a reporter at Mayardit FM in Turalei, southern Sudan. Akuol is part of a five-member team that has been trained by Internews to be community radio station reporters. Akuol has a personal interest in covering issues of importance for women and girls, because she was forced into marriage at the age of 16. More

New Tools and Innovation in Palestinian Media

Screenshot from video on child laborReporters in the West Bank and Gaza are taking advantage of new media tools to cover under-reported stories in their communities. Young journalism students are being trained in citizen journalism, a multi-platform reporting tool has been translated into Arabic for the first time, and pioneering news programs are using online video to report on investigative stories about issues such as consumer safety and child labor.More

Humanitarian News and 9,000 Hand-Crank Radios Offer Critical Lifeline in Haiti

Boy listening to radioMore than one month after the devastating 7.0 earthquake in Haiti, Internews continues to work on the ground with local Haitian media and humanitarian aid agencies to get critical information directly to the people who need it most. With a team of local reporters, Internews produces a daily humanitarian news broadcast, Enfomasyon Nou Dwe Konnen (News You Can Use) currently airing on 25 local radio stations. In January, Internews distributed nearly 9,000 wind-up radios provided by the U.S. military, through 19 local radio station partners.More

Information Saves Lives

Highlights

  • RadioWorld: Information Saves Lives

    "Viewers around the world have had a large supply of news about tragedies such as Haiti’s earthquake, but the people who need information the most often are left in the dark." – Mark Frohardt, VP for Humanitarian Media, in a March 7th RadioWorld article

  • New journalism training hub in Jalalabad swings into action

    Barely a month into its existence, a regional journalism training hub in Jalalabad has already trained 13 broadcast journalists from four provinces of eastern Afghanistan as of last week. The training hub, one of just two in the country, is run by a local media development organization called Nai.