Supporting Community Radio Stations
With the support of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM), Internews has been building the capacity of community radio stations in Maban (Radio Salam) and Jamjang (Jamjang FM), in partnership with the Community Engagement Network (CEN). The project increases the flow of two-way humanitarian life-saving information to refugees in Jamjang and Maban and works to ameliorate tensions between local populations and refugee communities.
i-STREAM
With the support of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Internews implemented the Strengthening Free and Independent Media in South Sudan (i-STREAM) project from 2013 to 2022. From its beginning on September 2013, the goal of i-STREAM was to strengthen the independent media sector in South Sudan, with an emphasis on the independent radio sector, by supporting the self-sustainability of USAID-supported partner radio stations.
The project also focused on improving the quality of professional journalism training and the economic self-sustainability of media houses, while strengthening the enabling environment for a free and independent media and supporting institutions that protect and defend a freer media sector. Over nine years, Internews was dedicated to improving the quality of content, professional journalism, and the self-sustainability of independent media houses, while enabling and protecting the environment for a free and independent media. One of i-STREAM’s greatest successes has been the “birth” and development of Eye Media, a local media development NGO which operates national broadcaster Eye Radio.
Rooted in Trust 2.0
With the support of USAID’s Bureau of Humanitarian Affairs (BHA), Internews in South Sudan has implemented two projects improving information access around the COVID-19 pandemic. Most recently, the Rooted in Trust 2.0 project built local capacity to counter the spread of rumors and misinformation about COVID-19, the vaccine, and other complex health topics.
In South Sudan, Internews and its partners undertook social listening activities from popular platforms in target locations, for instance, on Twitter or public Facebook content. Data collected on social media and through offline methodologies provided content that radio and other partners could use to design responsive programming for South Sudanese communities. Internews also provided training on two-way engagement on pandemic issues so that partners could more accurately and responsibly record audience data to inform activities by both humanitarian and health communicators working to mitigate the worst impacts of COVID-19.
Partners
Internews has partnered with a wide range of South Sudanese media, civil society, and community-based organizations thanks to the support of the U.S. Embassy in South Sudan, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Development Program, Food and Agriculture Organization, KIT Royal Tropical Institute, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, and The Carter Center, among others.
Explore our partners below:
Eye Media & Eye Radio
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- Living at Work for COVID-19
Oct 13, 2020 - Stigma, Lack of Access Hinder South Sudanese Journalists Reporting on COVID-19
May 19, 2020 - Eye Radio Exposes Corruption at National Revenue Authority
February 18, 2020 - Eye Media Wins Investigative Reporting Grant to Cover the Gold Trade
February 18, 2020
- Eye Radio Helps the Public Fight Corruption by Police
February 18, 2020 - Eye Radio Sustains Airtime with Solar Power
March 19, 2019 - Video: Eye Radio in South Sudan
May 31, 2016 - South Sudan: Working in One of the Most Difficult Places in the World
March 7, 2016
The Radio Community (TRC)
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- In South Sudan, The Radio Community Expands its Digital Presence
February 19, 2020 - Community Rallies After Radio Encourages Them to Donate Blood
February 18, 2020 - Local Radio Starts with Local Design
July 16, 2018 - Beaming News to South Sudan
January 26, 2018 - USAID South Sudan Newsletter
May 2017 - Journalists Donate Blood to Save a Life and Set an Example for the Community
April 11, 2017 - On Air and at Home, Women Editors are Strong Role Models for Community
April 11, 2017
- RadioWorld International Edition
February 2017 - Radio Run by the Sun
January 4, 2017 - Video: South Sudan’s Mingkaman FM Radio Provides Lifesaving Information
June 2, 2016 - Mingkaman’s Young Reporters Ease Hostility and Unite Youth on the Airwaves
May 13, 2016 - Solar Power Lights up Mayardit FM
May 13, 2016 - Real Men Don’t Marry Children
November 13, 2015
Community Engagement Network (CEN)
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- Jamjang FM in South Sudan Broadcasts Discussions on Education for New Arrivals
February 18, 2020 - Jamjang FM Covers Day of the African Child Celebrations with Calls to Protect the Rights of Children
February 18, 2020 - Radio Helps Transform Youth Gang Members in Bentiu, South Sudan to Become Peace Agents
February 18, 2020 - Radios Provide Essential Information to People Displaced by Conflict in Malakal
March 4, 2019
- Humanitarian Radio Partners with UNICEF to Educate and Engage Community on Breastfeeding
August 31, 2017 - On World Radio Day, a South Sudanese Radio Station Celebrates its First Anniversary
May 13, 2016 - In South Sudan, a Local Radio Project is Calming Community Tensions
May 12, 2015 - Nile FM: A Community Radio Station Born in Response to Crisis
April 24, 2015
Abyei Information and Radio Service (AIRS)
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- Live, this is Abyei Today!
April 6, 2016
Association of Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS)/Media Development Institute (MDI)
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- MDI Provides Journalism Training for Disabled Student
February 19, 2020
Advance Youth Radio
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