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Kaweh Kerami is a political scientist whose work bridges politics, (digital) media and human rights. He earned his PhD in Development Studies from SOAS University of London, where he investigated how power dynamics and competing interests shape political competition and cooperation in post-intervention Afghanistan (2001–2021). Drawing on comparative and narrative analyses, supported by extensive primary data and elite interviews, his research offers nuanced insights into political bargaining and (in)stability in conflict-affected contexts. As a Research Fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI), Kaweh examines how journalists use digital technologies to document human rights violations, focusing on challenges such as verification, security, and legal admissibility. His work also addresses the role of misinformation, including AI-driven disinformation, in shaping political discourse and media landscapes. Through these investigations, he aims to support international accountability efforts by developing secure, credible documentation methods and strengthening pathways for peace and justice. Kaweh taught at the American University in Kabul (2019–2021) and currently serves as a Master's thesis supervisor at SOAS University of London. He has worked as a journalist for the BBC World Service, covering politics, war, and women's rights, and most recently served as a specialist researcher for BBC Media Action on a U.S.-funded project examining media under Taliban rule. In his free time, he enjoys iPhone photography, capturing moments of beauty and reflection.
The Korean skincare industry is booming around the world, but some brands faced backlash because of the lack of products for people with darker skin tones. Korean journalist Soo Min Kim looked into how companies responded and spoke to the influencers driving this change. Plus, can radio help save a farmer's livelihood? Boyd Chibale from BBC Media Action in Zambia talks about the work they've done to help local communities cope with droughts and power cuts; and the art of balancing rocks, as filmed by video journalist Shardul Kadam who worked on this story for BBC Marathi. Presented by Faranak Amidi. Produced by Alice Gioia, Caroline Ferguson and Hannah Dean.(Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich.)
Elon Musk's presence at a White House press conference surprised journalists when President Trump gave him the stage to address questions about his growing governmental influence. Jeff Mason, White House correspondent for Reuters, who asked Musk about claims of a “hostile takeover” of government, describes the experience. The Trump administration has announced significant cuts to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which provides funding to independent media organisations worldwide. Max Tani, reporter for Semafor, explains how this decision affects news outlets, particularly those operating in countries where press freedom is under threat. BBC Media Action, the BBC's international charity, has been affected by the cuts, with USAID previously providing millions in funding. Its CEO, Simon Bishop, clarifies the organisation's role and responds to Elon Musk's claim that USAID funds the BBC directly. The attention economy is reshaping the way people engage with media and technology. Chris Hayes, host of MSNBC's All In, draws comparisons between Big Tech's monetisation of attention and the Industrial Revolution's transformation of labour. He discusses the social and political consequences of mass digital engagement and offers insight into potential regulatory solutions. Presenter: Katie Razzall Producer: Simon Richardson Assistant producer: Lucy Wai
What happened at Elon Musk's unexpected White House press conference alongside President Trump? Reuters' Jeff Mason was there. Semafor's Max Tani and First Amendment expert Katie Fallow discuss Trump's $20 million lawsuit against CBS News. We also examine the impact of US AID cuts on global media, with BBC Media Action's Simon Bishop addressing claims of foreign influence. Wired's Lauren Goode profiles venture capitalist Marc Andreessen in a new series on Silicon Valley elites and MSNBC's Chris Hayes discusses his book The Siren's Call, all about the attention economy and big tech's grip on our focus.Guests: Max Tani, Media Editor, Semafor; Katie Fallow, litigation expert, Knight First Amendment Institute; Simon Bishop, CEO, BBC Media Action; Chris Hayes, Host, MSNBC, Lauren Goode, Senior Writer, Wired; Jeff Mason, White House Correspondent, Reuters Presenter: Katie Razzall Producer: Simon Richardson Assistant Producer: Lucy Wai
This time Ronni is joined by Cass Hebron. Cass is a climate activist, climate communications specialist and editor of 'The Green Fix' activist newsletter. She's worked on communications campaigns for political advocacy NGOs including Friends of the Earth Europe, Oxfam EU, BBC Media Action and stakeholder groups of the United Nations Environment Programme. She is originally from the UK and now based in Belgium and in her own words 'will talk about coffee forever if nobody stops me'. Connect with Cass here and follow her work here. Look out for Ronni, support the podcast, order the book, and buy him a coffee here. The World is Storytelling podcast is based on the book by the same name. Written by Arjen Barel, Ronni Gurwicz, and Stu Packer, it is the definitive guide to how sharing stories can be used for social impact and personal growth.
As a new school year starts in Afghanistan, 330,000 more girls will be excluded from secondary education, one of the ways in which women and girls are increasingly confined to their homes under the Taliban regime. In light of this, BBC Media Action is running the Women's Voice radio project, training women to make programmes for other women on vital topics like health, work and education. Getti Sediqi is one of the trainers in Kabul. Isabel, the giant armadillo The giant armadillo, found only in Latin America, has been called a "ghost species" because it's so rarely seen. But thanks to one particular armadillo in Brazil, called Isabel by researchers, many discoveries have now been made, as BBC Brasil's Giulia Granchi reports.Haji Firouz: Nowruz controversy in Iran Iran traditionally heralds its New Year with a festive figure known as Haji Firouz. The jester-like character sings and dances through the streets but has become controversial because performers blacken their faces and hands, a practice many find highly offensive. Now the character is being used as a form of protest to highlight the ongoing struggle for women's rights in Iran, as BBC Monitoring's Sarbas Nazari explains. No bidders for Aung San Suu Kyi's iconic house A failed attempt was made this week to auction the lakeside home of the detained Burmese leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. A court had ordered its sale after a long drawn-out legal battle between Suu Kyi and her brother Aung San Oo. BBC Burmese editor Soe Win Than explains the significance of this house, and the possible reasons why no bidders showed up.The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia's money glitch Ethiopia's largest commercial bank is trying to recoup millions of dollars' worth of currency after a 'system problem' allowed customers to withdraw unlimited funds. It's been reported that a large portion of the cash was withdrawn by students as news of the banking glitch spread around universities. Kaleb Moges tells us about developments. (Photo: Nadia Shekib, journalist, producer and news editor at Radio TV Oboor. Credit: BBC Media Action)
[SF 157] Total Runtime:02:36.16As another year drifts by we discuss some of the content from our podcasts from Jan-Dec of 2023. Along with a few other topics.In Pt1 we looked at Who Funds Just Stop Oil, Jacinda Ardern all from podcasts in January. February we covered the new word 'Permacrisis' that was entered into the Collins Dictionary and voted 'Best New Word/Spell of 2022'. On Show 109 the British Gas/Centrica Profits of £3.3bn & Jimmy Krankie Sturgeon resigned finally. Shows 111 & 114 we talked about New Prison Population increases, & the Terrahawk Pimlico Plumber. Thats as far as we got in Pt1.Oh I nearly forgot we also talk about CS Lewis.Pt2 continues in the same vein, April 2023 we released Huxley's Brave New World Order Ep1 about the connection between the first summer of love in 1967 and the second summer of love between 1988-89 in the UK, the use of LSD & MDMA/ecstasy and their use in mind control. We will also cover the use of symbology that was used like the Smiley Face, used in many influential cultural changes, like Nirvana, The Watchman & Emoji's. Ep2 transcendental music and Indian gurus were used via popular culture to hypnotise drug fuelled populations into generational mind alterations. The Huxley's were part of this via Aldous Huxley's writings & Sir Julian Huxley's Transhumanism. We talk about authors, actors, film directors and producers who are intermingled with MK Ultra operators like Dr Sidney Gottlieb, Dr Donald Ewan Cameron, & Dr Joly West. An interesting mix indeed. In May we released Ep3 Doors of Deception, describing the intelligence links back to Ray Manzarek & Jim Morrison ancient Scottish bloodlines.In June we did a show called 'Who Funds the BBC?'. BBC Media Action, a charity that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have given $55m to since 2006-2023. https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/sheepfarmstudioshttps://odysee.com/@sheepfarmstudios:fhttps://rumble.com/user/SheepFarmStudioChris Gaping Gobs - Gaping Gobs - Etsy UK Dom's Health Bunker Sodium Ascorbate [VitC] Powder -Email info@sheepfarm.co.uk or info@healthbunker.co.uk
Somalia is struggling with the aftermath of its worst floods for many decades, which have affected more than two million people. Some were already displaced, having lost their livelihoods in the acute drought which preceded the flooding. It's a big story for BBC Somali, and journalist Fardowsa Hanshi tells us how they've been covering it.Being a tourist in Afghanistan Since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, Afghanistan has seen a reduction in violence. This has opened up the country to both local and foreign tourists. Shoaib Sharifi of BBC Media Action recently took a trip around his native country, and saw it in a way that he never had before. He shares some memorable moments from his journey. North Korean hack It's recently emerged that the notorious North Korean hacking group Andariel has stolen vast amounts of data from South Korea. Around 1.2 terabytes of information was taken from industries including pharmaceutical companies and defence firms as well as universities. Rachel Lee of BBC Korean tells us more about the hacking and how it was discovered. A lifeline for Hong Kong's domestic workers Foreign domestic workers have become indispensable for many families in Hong Kong. However, their physical and mental health are sometimes affected by busy schedules and lack of space and exercise. Now some have found a lifeline, thanks to a personal trainer who offers them free fitness classes. Benny Lu from BBC Chinese went to investigate.Sri Lanka's doctor exodus Huge numbers of doctors and other professionals are leaving Sri Lanka due to the economic situation and escalating taxes. BBC Sinhala's Sampath Dissanayake reports on what led to this crisis and the impact it is having on Sri Lankans.(Photo: Extreme flooding in Somalia. Credit: BBC)
Join Preston Poag on The Summit Series, a groundbreaking series featuring exclusive interviews with visionary leaders from around the world. Held at the Concordia Annual Summit, the largest nonpartisan forum alongside the UN General Assembly, The Green Hour Podcast serves as a Media Partner, standing alongside major organizations like Axios and BBC Media Action. Throughout October, every Tuesday and Thursday, explore pressing global issues with pioneers such as:•Raj Shah, President of The Rockefeller Foundation•Yosef Abramowitz, CEO of Gigawatt Global•Nich Logothetis, Co-founder and Chairman of Concordia•Sonia Scarselli, Vice President of BHP's XPlor Program•Donny Simmons, President of Commercial HVAC Americas for Trane Technologies•Christian Spano, Director of Innovation for the International Council on Mining and Metals•Lisa Jacobson, President of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy•Andy Kireta Jr., President of the Copper Development Association•Crystal Upperman, Senior Manager at DeloitteDiscover their insights on topics ranging from renewable energy and climate change to environmental policy and justice. The Summit Series is where transformative ideas converge for a sustainable future—tune in, and let the dialogue begin.
In the aftermath of the devastating floods in Derna, following the collapse of two dams, we hear from Sara Alhouni, outreach officer for BBC Media Action's platform for Libyan audiences, about their response to the catastrophe and how they are providing lifesaving information for those affected. India or Bharat? Could India be officially renamed “Bharat”? The idea was reported in the press this week after invitations to G20 summit members asked them to join the “President of Bharat”, not India, for dinner. So what is Bharat and why might it replace India? Zubair Ahmed of BBC Delhi explains. Indigenous protests in Argentina Large protests have been taking place in the northern province of Jujuy as indiginous groups oppose lithium mining there. For the BBC Berta Reventós spent a week with protesters in the village of Purmamarca, high up in the Andes mountains, to find out more. Africa Eye: Operation Dudula vigilantes in South Africa South African anti-migrant group, Operation Dudula, has become notorious for targetting people they suspect are foreign nationals, forcing their businesses to close, and evicting tenants from their homes. Ayanda Charlie for BBC Africa Eye gained rare access to members of the country's most-prominent anti-migrant street movement. (Photo: Arabic poster saying “do not go to Derna without coordination” from BBC Media Action. Credit: BBC Media Action for Libya)
Boju Bajai in conversation with writer Shivani Singh Tharu. In this episode, we talk about Shivani's journey from tv to writing and her relationship with Kathmandu and Kathmandu's elite institutions as a Tharu woman from Nepalgunj. She also speaks candidly about the struggles of being a full-time writer in Nepal, her creative process, and dabbling across different genres of writing. Shivani started her career in tv as the host, producer, and scriptwriter for ‘Mero Geet Mero Sandesh' and ‘Mulyankan' on Nepal Television. She later went on to write the critically acclaimed play ‘Virtual Reality' and also worked as a scriptwriter/director for the radio drama ‘Katha Mitho Sarangiko' produced by BBC Media Action. She used to be a columnist for Wave Magazine and is a regular contributor to Kantipur Koseli and Naya Patrika. Her debut novel ‘Kathmandu ma Ek Din' was published in 2018 and she was honored with the Sundar Prasad Shah 'Dukhi' literary prize the same year.. Listen to Boju Bajai Reads featuring Shivani Singh Tharu, reading an excerpt from her piece महुवा published in Naya Patrika: https://link.chtbl.com/bbreadsftshivanisinghtharu You can follow Shivani Singh Tharu on Facebook and Twitter: https://www.facebook.com/shivanisingh.tharu.3 https://twitter.com/shivanitharu Subscribe to our weekly newsletter Cold Takes by Boju Bajai for a roundup of news and feminist views from Nepal and the Nepali internet. Read and subscribe here: https://bojubajai.substack.com/welcome Boju Bajai regularly works with reporters and researchers to bring compelling audio stories that centre and amplify women's experiences. If you would like to support our work, please consider being our patron here: www.patreon.com/bojubajai Follow @Bojubajai on social media for more laughs and guff gaff: Instagram: www.instagram.com/bojubajai/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/bojubajai/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BojuBajai YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/BojuBajai/ Boju Bajai theme music by Flekke Reading list Shivani's Kathmandu, Nepali Times https://www.nepalitimes.com/here-now/shivanis-kathmandu महुवा, Naya Patrika https://jhannaya.nayapatrikadaily.com/news-details/419/2019-08-10 भुइँतला : डेरा–संसारको पाताललोक, Kantipur https://ekantipur.com/koseli/2020/11/27/16064814304432906.html नाकको भूगोल, Kantipur https://ekantipur.com/koseli/2022/01/29/164342883582051896.html?author=1 कोरोनाकल्प, Kantipur https://ekantipur.com/koseli/2021/07/03/162527663132599220.html?author=1 कविता : सहर गायब भएपछि, Kantipur https://ekantipur.com/literature/2020/05/03/158849493718083446.html?author=1 मान्छेको रङ हजार, Setopati https://www.setopati.com/blog/4069
In this episode of our Authentic Leadership podcast series we hear from a senior editor in India on how her upbringing led her to find the resilience and self-confidence to progress in challenging newsroom environments. Host: Ramaa Sharma is an award-winning Digital Leader, Consultant and Executive Coach. Until recently she was the Senior Digital Editor in BBC News, driving digital transformation across the division of 8,000 journalists. She also worked with the BBC News Board to help facilitate a more diverse and inclusive newsroom. Prior to that Ramaa spent a decade of her career presenting and reporting across multiple BBC platforms, before moving into digital leadership. At the World Service, Ramaa pioneered the first ever digital leadership and social media courses for editors and executives on the World Service Board. In her time Ramaa also edited a number of award winning editorial and digital projects. Guest: Rupa Jha was born and raised in India and is a highly accomplished journalist and media leader. Rupa is currently the Head of India for BBC News, leading more than 250 journalists operating in seven different languages. She has also worked as the executive editor for BBC Media Action in Nigeria, the broadcaster's international development charity. View a full transcript here: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/our-podcast-authentic-leadership-episode-4-authenticity-and-resilience-you-dont-want-rage
In many societies there are misconceptions about disability and sex. Beatriz de la Pava meets two activists from Pakistan and Nigeria who break taboos and help disabled women access family planning services. Abia Akram is chief executive of the National Forum of Women with Disabilities in Pakistan. She was on the BBC's 100 Women list in 2021 and has spoken out about the unique disability challenges faced by women in Pakistan. Abia is also a trustee with international charity Sightsavers. Lois Auta is the founder and chief executive officer at the Cedar Seed Foundation, an organisation that promotes the participation of women with disabilities in human rights-based development in Nigeria. She focuses on inclusive legislation for people with disabilities. Lois also works on an inclusive family planning project in northern Nigeria run by Sightsavers and BBC Media Action. Produced by Hetal Bapodra and Jane Thurlow (Image: (L) Abia Akram, courtesy Sightsavers. (R) Lois Auta, credit Sejoro Ekundayo.)
Welcome to series two of Brave New Media, the global podcast featuring the brave and exciting work of journalists and editors from around the world telling their stories as part of our mission to create a healthier media ecosystem. In this series we delve deep into the role of media in different contexts and how these roles impact their relationship with political powers. And just like in our first series, in each episode, a specialist will analyse the issues uncovered by our Brave New Media outlets, and propose solutions. We start this series by heading to Indonesia to hear Evi Mariani's story. Evi tells us about Project Multatuli, the media platform she co-founded to hold authorities to account in this vast country, where economic and political power is mostly concentrated in the capital, Jakarta. Evi shares how Project Multatuli found itself in direct conflict with authorities after it published a story about police inaction over a sexual abuse case involving children. Rebecca Vincent, the director of international campaigns for Reporters Without Borders (RSF), then delves into the issues of media safety discussed by Evi. Brave New Media is a co-production between BBC Media Action and Holy Mountain. It's presented by Maha Taki and produced by Saskia Black. To contact us, email: media.action@bbc.co.uk Show Links: https://projectmultatuli.org https://twitter.com/projectm_org https://tcij.org/person/rebecca-vincent/ Notes on Project Multatuli's funding structure: In December 2022, 45% of Project Multatuli's funding was from grants and then 45% was from revenue from outsourcing their team's journalism skills to other companies and outlets. The remaining 10% is from their membership programme. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to Brave New Media, the global podcast that showcases the stories of journalists and editors from around the world in our mission to create a healthier media ecosystem. In series two, we explore the role media plays in different contexts and how these roles impact their relationship with political powers. Each episode features a specialist who provides expert analysis to the issues uncovered by our Brave New Media outlets, and offers possible solutions. In this episode, we travel to Tanzania to meet Jacqueline Lawrence, who created a community radio station, Highlands FM, in her home region, Mbeya. Highlands has played a vital role in the economic development of this agricultural region, through public debates that connect the station's audiences with local and national government officials. But Jacqueline shares the challenges she has faced in steering a difficult course between reflecting the concerns of her audiences, and avoiding antagonising the authorities. Our specialist for this episode is Alphonce Shiundu, a Kenyan journalist who works with Africa Check, a fact-finding organisation that seeks to improve the quality of information across Africa. Brave New Media is a co-production between BBC Media Action and Holy Mountain. It's presented by Maha Taki and produced by Saskia Black. To contact us, email: media.action@bbc.co.uk Show Links: https://www.instagram.com/mbeyahighlandsfm/?hl=en https://africacheck.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This is Brave New Media – a global podcast featuring journalists and editors from around the world telling their stories as part of our mission to create a healthier media ecosystem. In series two, we explore stories the critical roles media can play in different contexts - and how these roles impact their relationship with political powers. Each episode features a specialist who digs deep into the issues uncovered by our Brave New Media outlets, and provides possible solutions. In this final episode of series two, we meet Argaw Ashine, an Ethiopian journalist who co-founded the media outlet Wazema. Argaw tells us how Wazema began in exile, after he and the other founders had to flee Ethiopia due to the risky political environment. But in 2020, taking advantage of a period of media liberalisation in Ethiopia, they decided to return and move Wazema's operation there. Argaw explains that after a golden period, when Wazema helped create a more democratic and inclusive space, the outbreak of civil war brought an end to the media freedoms they enjoyed. And now, Wazema faces a constant struggle to uphold the public interest amid the turmoil of conflict. Our specialist interview for this episode is with Rashwear Mukundu, advisor on African media policy for International Media Support (IMS). A transcript of the episode is available here: Brave New Media is a co-production between BBC Media Action and Holy Mountain. It's presented by Maha Taki and produced by Saskia Black. To contact us, email: media.action@bbc.co.uk Show Links: https://wazemaradio.com https://www.youtube.com/@Wazemaradio https://www.mediasupport.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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140: Team Coaching Learning Conversation: The Many Gifts of Supervision with Dorothy Atcheson Joining the TCZ stage with host Carissa Bub to explore “The Many Gifts of Coaching Supervision” is Dorothy Atcheson from Lucid Coaching and Consulting, and the Coaching Supervision Academy. The session will be livestreamed on LinkedIn and YouTube and made available for replay afterwards on your favorite podcast player (e.g. Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio and more)! Dorothy is an accredited Coaching Supervisor specially trained in systems - working with senior leadership, teams and groups of all kinds - and takes a ‘systems inspired' approach to all of her coaching, facilitation and supervision. She is on the learning faculty for CSA the Coaching Supervision Academy, a trusted global brand in supervision training. Dorothy has built a thriving Coach Supervisor practice since 2013 working with leadership and team coaches and for coaching supervisors. Dorothy is also a seasoned senior leadership and team coach with more than 25 years experience in media and communications for both the private and public sector. Her main focus is on helping people with good communication in the workplace, and co-creating space for generative dialogue. Her client list includes Google, Salesforce, BNP Paribas, Bank of America, BBC Media Action, Oxfam, Comic Relief, the Home Office, HMRC and the NHS. She also works with leaders of philanthropic foundations, community interest companies and small business entrepreneurs. Watch previous conversations at https://team-coaching-zone.teachable.com/ And for ongoing dialogue about team coaching join us in the Team Coaching Learning Community group on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8227188/
Pt1 SFArt Sir Bill & Naga Munchetty face of the BBC Go to - www.sheepfarm.co.uk PODCASTS for full episode We're back discussing more nonsnese from the continuing clown show, the Satanic Virtue signalling Grammy's, Universal Music Group, The word of the year Permacrisis, the on going spiritual war and its impact on mental health.Pt2Want to see how the media is controlled, BBC Media Action, Bitch Tits & The Gates' Foundation's take over of free speech, & more BBC Stooges.... https://www.youtube.com/@sheepfarmstudios1322https://www.youtube.com/@sheepfarmstudios2921https://rumble.com/user/SheepFarmStudioSheep farm (@sheepfarm.co.uk) • Instagram photos and videos
A BBC investigation has discovered that up to 70% of donations being sent to displaced families in Syria via TikTok was being taken by the social media platform. Families in camps in northern Syria said they only receive a fraction of the donations, as BBC Arabic's Mamdouh Akbiek reports. Bangladesh's matriarchal Garo people The Garo people are one of the largest of Bangladesh's indigenous communities. Their traditions are unique, and based on a matriarchal society. Shahnawaz Rocky of BBC Bengali recently visited the Garo people to find out about their culture, which is now under threat. Kenya's divisive curriculum changes A viral video clip showing two Kenyan primary school children killing a chicken caused uproar, and some hilarity, about the country's new school curriculum. From BBC Nairobi, Evelyne Musambi tells us about a new focus on practical skills, and the controversy it is causing. Afghan women at university Women applying to Afghan universities this term have discovered that their course choices have been severely restricted. BBC Afghan's Sana Safi explains what is known about the changes, and their impact on women. El Kul: bringing Libyans together As Libyans continue to struggle after years of insecurity and hardship, a social media platform run by the BBC's international charity BBC Media Action is trying to bridge the divides. The project began in 2014 and is called El Kul - 'For Everyone'. Editor Libya Idres El Mesmary tells us about the challenges they face. (Photo: A displaced Syrian mother and daughters livestreaming on TikTok. Credit: BBC)
Welcome to episode three of Brave New Media – a global podcast featuring journalists and editors from around the world telling their stories as part of our mission to help create a healthier media ecosystem. In each episode, a specialist digs deep into the issues uncovered by our Brave New Media outlets, and offers solutions. In this episode, Brave New Media heads to Paraguay to hear Jazmin Acuna's story. Jazmin tells us about the struggles and breakthroughs of El Surti, a digital media platform that she co-founded to challenge the grip of the co-opted mainstream media over Paraguayan communities. El Surti uses striking graphic design to better reach audiences on social media. Jazmin Acuna was spurred to action by a government bid to collect and process people's digital communications data for surveillance on security grounds. The success of the ensuing digital rights campaign inspired Jazmin to create her own media enterprise that would challenge the algorithms, paid influencers and paid ads of the big power interests. She tells the story of El Surti's creation and success, describing how her community team keep track of audience engagement, and what content they produce works and doesn't work in attracting and retaining followers. The strategy is discussed by Mijal Iastrebner of SembraMedia, a Buenos Aires-based institute dedicated to supporting independent media build sustainable business models. She assesses El Surti's achievement, and sets out how tracking social impact and building smart alliances can open the door to media success. A transcript is available on the Brave New Media homepage or here: shorturl.at/aFKO4 Brave New Media is presented by Maha Taki and is A Holy Mountain Production, produced by Saskia Black, for BBC Media Action - the BBC's international charity. To contact us, email: media.action@bbc.co.uk -- More information on El Surti: El Surti is short for El Surtidor, which roughly translates to The Provider. It was set up in 2016 and now has a multi-skilled newsroom of about 10 people made up of journalists, illustrators, graphic designers and a product and community team. They reach approximately 700,000 people per month and an average of 20,000 people interact with their content. 70% percent of their audiences are under 35 and 30% under 24. Their social media posts are short story texts blooming with colours, textures, different topographies and attractive drawings. They also do long form texts, timelines, fact checks and interviews that people can read and listen to on their website. They make a concerted effort to not only use social media platforms that are mediated by algorithms. For a year now they have built a community of about 250 members whom they meet with regularly, online or in person, to talk about solutions to most pressing issues for young people such as the climate crisis. They also have a WhatsApp group with about 6,000 members whom they can talk to directly. Over 50% of funding comes from international grants, with the rest subsidised through a training and communication services arm of the organisation. -- Show Links: https://elsurti.com/https://www.facebook.com/elsurti/https://www.instagram.com/elsurti/https://twitter.com/elsurtihttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN9UA42z2e5lIcFP7bwQCag Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to episode two of Brave New Media – a global podcast featuring journalists and editors from around the world telling their stories as part of our mission to help create a healthier media ecosystem. In each episode a specialist digs deep into the issues uncovered by our Brave New Media outlets, and offers solutions. In this episode we explore the stories of Katerina Sergatskova and Roman Stepanovych in Ukraine, they describe turning their culture and society digital platform Zaborona into a war-reporting operation, literally overnight. Zaborona means taboo in Ukrainian, which is what Katerina Sergatskova set out to break when she founded this multi-media platform with her partner Roman amid the new freedoms that flourished after Ukraine's Maidan Revolution in 2014. But everything changed when the Russians invaded in February this year. Katerina and her partner Roman explain the lessons they had to learn quickly about how to cover war in their own country, how to become eyewitnesses and chroniclers of terrible events. Veteran BBC war correspondent Allan Little finds much in their stories that resonates with his own experiences, and he reflects on the need to expose myth-making in wartime, and on the virtue of bearing witness. But how do you stay motivated and committed when your mission to reveal injustice has no apparent effect? A transcript is available on the Brave New Media homepage or here: shorturl.at/jwX14 -- Show Links:https://zaborona.com/https://www.facebook.com/zaboronahttps://www.instagram.com/zaborona_com/https://twitter.com/zaborona_mediahttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJrtV4HxObQ5j9DyNE_CiSg -- More information on Zaborona: Zaborona Media is an online publication covering social challenges, freedoms and security, championing those who stand up for basic rights and try to bring about positive change. Zaborona publishes reports, investigations, documentary video projects, comics and multimedia formats (podcasts and visual stories). Zabarona has a team of over 30 people. Its funding model consists of contributions from readers on the online membership platform, Patreon, and grants from international organisations and partnerships. It has an audience reach of around one million per month on its platforms, over 45 per cent of whom are female. Its largest audience is based in Ukraine (80 per cent), with 3 per cent in Russia and Poland, and less than 2 per cent in Austria, Germany and the US. The bulk of its listeners are in the 18-34 age group (40 per cent), closely followed by the 35-54 age group (39.5 per cent). Zaborona recently became a laureate of the Free Media Awards from the Frittord Foundation and Di Zeit Foundation. We asked Zabarona's founders to describe their recent successes, and hopes and fears for the future. Which of your recent stories are you most proud of and why? Since the beginning of the invasion Zaborona focuses mostly on the coverage of war crimes and the human scale of the war. We report from the regions that are affected by the Russian aggression more than others; we speak to people who survive constant attacks. The most important story for us so far is the investigation of the attack on the Mariupol drama theater. The world still does not know how many people died in this bomb attack, and how many survived. We conducted interviews with dozens of people and you will hear more about that very soon. Where do you hope to be in a year's time? What do you need to get there? Let's hope that the war will be over soon and we will be able to focus on other things. For now, we as Ukrainian media are surviving, but we also have a lot to say to the world about our experience and expertise. We would like to show what it is like to live with the invasion, and what kind of world we would like to see afterwards. What's your greatest fear for the future of media in Ukraine? Media in Ukraine are on the edge of their capacity. People are very tired of the war since it is a great stress, and we face great threats on a daily basis. So my fear is that many very good Ukrainain media will not survive, and many journalists will quit their jobs and even the profession. Society is already very traumatised, and it will worsen. Brave New Media is presented by Maha Taki and is A Holy Mountain Production, produced by Saskia Black, for BBC Media Action - the BBC's international charity. To contact us, email: media.action@bbc.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to Brave New Media – a global podcast featuring journalists and editors from around the world telling their stories as we explore what can be done to ensure we have a healthier media ecosystem. In each episode, a specialist will dig deep into the issues uncovered by our Brave New Media outlets, and offer solutions. In this episode, we meet Diana Moukalled, one of the founders of Daraj, meaning 'Steps' in Arabic. Her brainchild is a Beirut-based, Arabic-language digital platform, charting a new path through one of the world's most polarised and censored media landscapes. Diana Moukallad's brainchild is the Beirut-based digital platform, Daraj, meaning steps in Arabic. Diana describes her disillusionment with the heavily polarised media landscape in Lebanon and how she gave up her career as a high-profile TV journalist to create her own media start-up. Her struggle to acquire business skills and financing offers powerful insights into the challenges of attaining financial stability while remaining independent. Responding to Diana's story is Professor Naomi Sakr, former journalist and author of several authoritative works on media in the Arab world. She reflects on Diana's story and offers ideas and strategies for how to build financial viability without compromising editorial integrity. A transcript is available on the Brave New Media homepage or here: shorturl.at/lrtV0--More information on Daraj: Daraj is a pan-Arab digital platform that was launched in 2017. It covers under-reported topics such as women and minority rights, the environment and climate change, corruption, and freedom of belief and expression. It publishes mainly in Arabic and translates some if its content to English. Daraj is based in Beirut with a core team of 18 - 20 persons supported by a network of writers, journalists and partners, spread across the world. You can find them all listed on the website. Daraj is able to generate approximately 25% of their revenue from subsidiary activities like their production arm and training, with the rest coming from international funders. With the funding they have at present, they produce 7-8 pieces of content a day but their ambition is to grow larger. Daraj has an audience reach of 100,000 per month on its platforms and over 60% of them are females. The majority (45%) of its audience is under 34 and around 35% is between 35-54. The largest number of its audience is based in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan with the rest distributed across the Middle East and in countries with large Arab diaspora (United States, Germany and United Arab Emirates). https://daraj.com/ https://www.instagram.com/darajmedia/ https://www.facebook.com/darajmedia https://twitter.com/Daraj_media https://www.youtube.com/c/DarajMedia Brave New Media is presented by Maha Taki and is A Holy Mountain Production, produced by Saskia Black, for BBC Media Action - the BBC's international charity. To contact us, email: media.action@bbc.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome back to our final Summer Shorts! We hope you have enjoyed the series. On this episode, Nadia speaks with Dr Helena Lewis Smith, Farheen Hasan, and Dr Latika Ahuja about their recently published protocol paper which maps out their plan for evaluating a body image comic book series designed for Indian adolescents, supporting a partnership between the Dove Self-Esteem Project, UNICEF India and BBC Media Action. Link to paper: https://bit.ly/3xcRX9J Cover Image: Anil Sharma: https://www.pexels.com/photo/classmates-reading-books-11366735/ Summer shorts series developed by Nadia Craddock Episode produced by Nadia Craddock
It's more than two weeks since a deadly earthquake struck south east Afghanistan, killing more than a thousand people and leaving tens of thousands homeless. Auliya Atrafi from BBC Media Action in Kabul and Aamir Peerzada from BBC Delhi both travelled to the epicentre in Paktika province, and Ali Hamedani tracked down survivors from his base in London. Bolsonaro and Brazil's black women voters Evangelical Christian black women from poor backgrounds played a significant role in the election of Brazil's right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro 4 years ago. BBC Brasil's Nathalia Passarinho visited cities around the country to find out why they voted for a candidate accused of making racist and sexist comments then, and will they do it again? Cairo houseboats The famous houseboats on the River Nile in the heart of Cairo are being demolished and towed away. The authorities say they are standing in the way of the state's grand development plans, but there has been a campaign to save these iconic floating homes, in which some families have lived for decades. BBC Cairo's Sally Nabil visited the residents to hear their stories. (Photo: Auliya Atrafi of BBC Media Action interviewing an earthquake survivor. Credit: Courtesy BBC Media Action Afghanistan)
What a panel this morning! - Soma Katiyar is Executive Creative Director at BBC Media Action - Vasu Dixit is a singer, composer and musician - Vani Murthy is an environmentalist who is passionate about composting and urban farming - Shraddha Jain, popularly knowns as AiyyoShraddha, is an actor and comic Everyday thousands of tons of waste is produced in our city. The waste produced ends up in the landfill, if not treated and recycled, making it a problem. Thousands of waste-pickers go about their daily task of collecting OUR WASTE to earn a meagre income. Not only are they cleaning our neighborhood, they are also saving our environment, health and money. The campaign is set up to reform the image of our waste-pickers into #Invaluables, without whom our city could not function as it is. BBC Media Action will be working on bringing in behavioral change in society towards the #Invaluables by -Revealing the “Happy Number”, the amount of waste recycled by the #Invaluables -Educating people about the 3 categories of #Invaluables and their contribution to society at large -The economic value the #Invaluables add to everyone's life -The citizens need to respect and recognize the contribution of the waste pickers and aid them to help improve the lives of the waste pickers as well as contribute for the cause of environmental sustainability. The happy number comes across as a glaring revelation to the people of Bengaluru and how privileged they are to have a hardworking community of waste pickers who have a direct impact on the well-being of the city. It also points to the stark reality of the difficult lives of the waste pickers and how the society is oblivious of their invaluable contribution, valued to be about X crores in monetary terms. BBC Media Action and its partners are on a mission to spread awareness among the citizens of Bengaluru about the contributions of the community of waste pickers and to bring about an attitudinal change towards the community among the masses. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gmbwithkay/message
The Ukrainian port city of Mariupol has been under attack by the Russians since the first day of the invasion on 24 February. It now lies in ruins, but still Ukrainian fighters are resisting in the Azovstal steelworks. Vitaliy Shevchenko, Russia editor of BBC Monitoring, tells us about the complex history and identity of Mariupol. Reporting Sri Lanka It's been a week of violent unrest in Sri Lanka, where peaceful protests in the capital turned into riots on Monday after the resignation of prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. For two members of the BBC Sinhala team, it's a doubly difficult story, having moved from Colombo to Delhi. Editor Ishara Danasekara and her colleague Amanda Abeysooriya tell us about the challenges of reporting from a distance. South Korea's hijabi influencer Sabrina is a young hijab-wearing Malaysian Muslim who loves to dance to K-pop. When she moved to South Korea, she opened a YouTube channel and became a popular influencer. However, not all responses have been positive, as BBC Korean's Bugyeong Jung found out. My Childhood, My Country A remarkable documentary which follows the life of a young Afghan from the age of 7 to 27 has just won a BAFTA award for Shoaib Sharifi, who runs the Kabul office of the BBC's international charity, BBC Media Action. It's called My Childhood, My Country, and Shoaib tells us how he first met its star, Mir Hussain, then recorded his life from child to adult. Presenter: Faranak Amidi Producer: Sue Waldram (Photo: Theatre building destroyed in the Ukraine-Russia conflict in Mariupol, April 25, 2022. Credit: Reuters/Alexander Ermochenko)
Part two: Shoaib talks about being captured by the Taliban, surviving two near executions, forming a bond with his captors, and how and why he stopped his fellow prisoners from killing their Taliban jailers. Shoaib has been covering his home country for the last 22 years. He's a former BBC World Service Kabul bureau chief who launched the acclaimed political debate program Open Jirga (a co-production between BBC Media Action and BBC World Service). Shoaib is one of the few Afghan journalists who decided to stay on after the Taliban took power in August, 2021, and he's currently the country director for BBC media action, the BBC's international development organisation. Show Notes: Watch Shoaib's BAFTA winning documentary My Childhood, My Country: 20 Years in Afghanistan on ITV Hub The film won BAFTA Single Documentary award 2022 and is produced by Seventh Art Productions Follow Shoaib on Twitter @shoaibsharifi1
Shoaib Sharifi is one of Afghanistan's greatest journalists - and has won many awards for covering his home country for the last 22 years. He's a former BBC World Service Kabul bureau chief who launched the acclaimed political debate program Open Jirga (a co-production between BBC Media Action and BBC World Service). Shoaib is one of the few Afghan journalists who decided to stay on after the Taliban took power in August, 2021, and he's currently the country director for BBC Media Action, the BBC's international development organisation. In part one of this extraordinary interview, Shoaib talks about his passion for journalism and why his facial hair stalled his career. He explains how he risked his own life to finally land a job by smuggling a camera into a former football stadium in Kabul to expose the Taliban's public executions to the world. Shoaib also discusses the challenges and dangers of reporting the truth in his home country and why he is determined to show the true face of Afghanistan to the world. Show Notes: Watch Shoaib's documentary My Childhood, My Country: 20 Years in Afghanistan on ITV online Follow Shoaib on Twitter @shoaibsharifi1
For our final episode of Season 3, we sit down with Kumi Naidoo, Colin Spurway, and Mae Bowen for a roundtable discussion about COP26. We recap the events from Glasgow, the importance of equitable representation at international negotiations and the role that institutions of higher education can play in addressing the climate crisis. Featured Guests: Kumi Naidoo - Kumi has served as International Executive Director of Greenpeace International (from 2009 to 2016) and Secretary General of Amnesty International (from 2018 to 2020). Kumi is currently a Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy, on the Global Leadership Council for Sanitation and Water for All, and Honorary Professor of Practice at Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University. Currently, Kumi serves as Global Ambassador to Africans Rising for Justice, Peace and Dignity. Colin Spurway - Colin is the North Africa Country Director of the BBC's international development charity - BBC Media Action. His Tunis-based team implements a portfolio of media-development and media-for-development projects across North Africa in the spheres of governance, health, and resilience. Their El Kul social media platform for young Libyans, for example, aims to contribute to social cohesion and currently has over a million followers on Facebook. Colin has an M.A. in International Relations from St. Andrews University and was a Bobby Jones Scholar at Emory 1996-97. Mae Bowen - Mae is an attorney practicing environmental law in Washington, DC. She was part of Emory's first COP delegation, attending the Paris talks in 2015, serving as a student teacher for the accompanying course Paris is an Explanation, and co-founding the Emory Climate Organization. In 2016, she traveled to the talks in Marrakech as an alumni delegate, developed a fundraising campaign for the delegation, and founded the Emory Alumni Environmental Network, which she continues to lead today. Mae holds a bachelor's degree in Environmental Science and Political Science from Emory University, and a JD from New York University School of Law. All views expressed in the episode are her own and not reflective of her employer.
When the Taliban took over in Afghanistan five months ago, the BBC's Shoaib Sharifi and his team had to decide how to adapt to the new reality. Shoaib is the country director of the BBC's international charity, BBC Media Action. He tells us how they're trying to meet the needs of audiences who face so many new challenges. Chinese eye row Chinese model Cai Niangniang recently found herself in the middle of a social media storm. Pictures of her were deemed 'deliberately offensive' and 'unpatriotic' due to her narrow eyes, with many online saying this perpetuated racist stereotypes of Chinese people. The BBC's Waiyee Yip in Singapore explains the debate. Rise of the right in Georgia The BBC's Rayhan Demytrie, based in the Georgian capital Tbilisi, has been investigating the rise of the far right in Georgia, particularly focussing on an attack last July on the offices of the LGBT group Tbilisi Pride. Many of those involved were supporters of the broadcasting group Alt-Info, which has recently registered as a political party. Rayhan shares her insights. Pistachios from Aleppo Aleppo is famous for its pistachios, eaten fresh as a summertime snack, and in all manner of sweet and savoury foods. BBC Arabic recently reported on efforts by farmers to revive the industry which was devastated by war. Lina Shaikhouni is from Aleppo and shares her memories. (Photo: Shoaib Sharifi. Credit: Shoaib Sharifi, BBC Media Action Afghanistan)
BBC Persian's Soran Qurbani was recently in Calais to report on the tragic deaths of 27 people, who were attempting to cross the Channel to England when their small boat sank. He explains why their stories brought back memories of his own difficult journey to the UK 10 years ago. Story Story An imaginary market place in West Africa is the setting for the long-running radio drama Story Story, made by the BBC's international charity BBC Media Action. As buyers and sellers go about their business, the latest series explores attitudes towards disability and neurodiversity. Scriptwriter Bode Asiyanbi and actor E. Daniels take us behind the scenes. Vietnamese spy BBC Vietnamese has been revisiting the fall of Saigon in 1975, and telling the story of a long overlooked spy whose warnings to the CIA about its imminent capture were ignored. Editor Giang Nguyen is passionate about history and tells us more about the spy who could have changed history. Encanto through Colombian eyes The new Disney film Encanto tells the story of a Colombian family living in a magic house. BBC Mundo's Carlos Serrano is Colombian himself and, watching the film, discovered five details that maybe only Colombians will 'get', including music, food and yellow butterflies. (Photo: A refugee at a migrant camp on the outskirts of Calais. Credit: Kiran Ridley/Getty Images)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) has made over $300 million worth of donations to fund media projects. Recipients of this cash include many of America's most important news outlets, including CNN, NBC, NPR, PBS and The Atlantic. Gates also sponsors a myriad of influential foreign organizations, including the BBC, The Guardian, The Financial Times and The Daily Telegraph in the United Kingdom; prominent European newspapers such as Le Monde (France), Der Spiegel (Germany) and El País (Spain); as well as big global broadcasters like Al-Jazeera. The Gates Foundation money going towards media programs has been split up into a number of sections, presented in descending numerical order, and includes a link to the relevant grant on the organization's website. http://globalreportage.org/2021/11/18/revealed-documents-show-bill-gates-has-given-319-million-to-media-outlets/ Together, these donations total $166,216,526. The money is generally directed towards issues close to the Gateses hearts. For example, the $3.6 million CNN grant went towards “report[ing] on gender equality with a particular focus on least developed countries, producing journalism on the everyday inequalities endured by women and girls across the world,” while the Texas Tribune received millions to “to increase public awareness and engagement of education reform issues in Texas.” Given that Bill is one of the charter schools' most fervent supporters, a cynic might interpret this as planting pro-corporate charter school propaganda into the media, disguised as objective news reporting. The Gates Foundation has also given nearly $63 million to charities closely aligned with big media outlets, including nearly $53 million to BBC Media Action, over $9 million to MTV's Staying Alive Foundation, and $1 million to The New York Times Neediest Causes Fund. While not specifically funding journalism, donations to the philanthropic arm of a media player should still be noted. Gates continues to underwrite a wide network of investigative journalism centers as well, totaling just over $38 million, more than half of which has gone to the D.C.-based International Center for Journalists to expand and develop African media. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/global-reportage/support
Meet Zeinab Badawi, Sudanese-born British Television and Radio Journalist. Zeinab has worked extensively in the British media for four decades and is best known for her work at BBC World News TV and on BBC World Service Radio, on programs such as Hard Talk and Global Questions. Zeinab is the current chair of the Royal African Society and a director of the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. She also serves on the advisory boards of the think tanks Afrobarometer and the Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS). Zeinab is a member of the steering committee of the Africa Europe Foundation and a trustee of BBC Media Action. She has produced and presented an acclaimed 20-part TV series on the history of Africa, reporting from over 30 countries across the continent, and speaks to Mungi about how important this project was to her. Listen to this episode to hear how Zeinab got into broadcast journalism and some of the lessons she has learned from the public figures she has interviewed, including the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Thank you to our partners at HarperCollins for their support of today's episode! We are all about supporting women on this podcast, and so are the publishers at HarperCollins. They invest in authors who are writing stories about women, for women, and by women. The novel Black Girls Must Die Exhausted is a rare find in the world of women's fiction. The book's story is centered around a successful young Black woman who seems to have it all; a great dating life, a beautiful home, and a great job. However, an unexpected fertility crisis puts the protagonist in a tailspin. If you're looking for a fall read that examines the experiences of race, contemporary womanhood, and modern relationships, pre-order or pick it up at on-sale, pick up a copy wherever books are sold!……..Visit mungingomane.coFollow Mungi on InstagramFollow The Brand is Female on Instagram
Kulanen is a film composer and sound designer who holds a Bachelor of Physics degree from the University of Jos, Nigeria. His recent work as a composer includes Netflix original LionHeart (TIFF 2018), Oloture (2019), and Okafor's Law (TIFF 2016). Kulanen's first feature film as a composer and sound designer was in 2014 "October 1", a film directed by Kunle Afolayan. His work with Mr. Afolayan earned him an Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award. Prior to this, he worked on radio dramas, short films, animation, and commercials for organizations including BBC Media Action, The Guardian, and Lion TV, among others. Kulanen, being self-taught decided to attend the Film Scoring Academy of Europe summer program in Bulgaria. Mentored by Christopher Young and Derek Gleeson, I learned vital skills that have become relevant in Nigerian cinema. Kulanen loves to combine African rhythms with orchestral music. Follow Kulanen Ikyo on Instagram @kulanen ====== 12 Million Podcast is a weekly conversation for the culture that was inspired by the Richard Wright book "12 Million Black Voices" 12 Million is a place for an intelligent and thoughtful conversation with BIPOC entrepreneurs, leaders, influencers, artists, and creators. Follow us on Instagram @12millionshow
BBC Media Action has launched a campaign to improve social acceptance and draw recognition to the work done by Bengaluru's waste pickers in an effort to improve their social standing. The campaign has been launched by BBC Media Action India, which is part of a larger collective called Saamuhika Shakti, funded by H&M Foundation, with the objective of improving the lives of informal waste pickers in Bengaluru. Partners of this collaborative include, CARE India, Hasiru Dala, LabourNet, Save the Children, Social Alpha and WaterAid along with The Nudge Foundation, serving as the backbone organisation for the intervention. BBC Media Action's campaign focuses on invisibles or waste pickers, as people of Bengaluru don't recognise the ‘humans behind waste'. And over the course of the project, turn them into #Invaluables. The overall objective of #Invaluables, which is an online community of Bengalureans, is to reveal categories of waste pickers and lift the shroud of invisibility surrounding them. With this initiative, Bengaluru will come closer to the waste picker community through content that will unpack the value and interconnectedness between the two. Radharani Mitra is Global Creative Advisor at BBC Media Action, the BBC's international NGO that uses media and communication for development. She mines insights, shapes strategies and tells stories using new and legacy media to bring about social and behaviour change – from 30 second adverts to social media campaigns, from graphic novels to mobile games, from radio shows to rural outreach activities. She has masterminded several short format ‘fast fiction' radio drama series in different parts of the world - on Ebola in West Africa, on sanitation in India and on Covid in Afghanistan and Somalia. She has also coneptualised two full-fledged TV dramas – AdhaFULL, a whodunit series on gender and Navrangi Re! on urban sanitation. Radharani has played a key role in designing BBC Media Action's mHealth innovations – Mobile Kunji, Mobile Academy and Kilkari, of which the latter two have been scaled up nationally by the Government of India. She has worked extensively across Asia and Africa country programmes on a variety of themes. Her work has won several Indian and international awards. Ragini Pasricha is the Director for Content Strategy at BBC Media Action. Combine domain knowledge of adolescent health, maternal and child health, family planning, HIV/STI prevention and nutrition with an understanding of behaviour change communication and communications research. Experience in advocacy with government to scale up RMNCH+A best practices and social and behaviour change communication. Skilled in capacity building and systems strengthening, working with both the public and private health sector. Expertise in implementing performance-based learning and training, Strong analytical and writing skills, belief in rigor and a commitment to excellence. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gmbwithkay/message
This session of the A Germ's journey newsdesk brought together producers for BBC Media Action, Mary Morgan, based in Sierra Leone, and Mian Muhammed Junaid, [...]
This session of the A Germ’s journey newsdesk brought together producers for BBC Media Action, Mary Morgan, based in Sierra Leone, and Mian Muhammed Junaid, [...]
The BBC Media Action team in Afghanistan recently went on the road with their programme Open Jirga to hear about women's hopes and fears for any peace deal between the Afghan government and the Taliban. Presenter Shazia Haya heard from the ambitious young women of Herat's all-female robotics team, and from women in the Taliban heartland city of Kandahar who risked their lives to have their voices heart. Baghdad's graffiti artists A group of graffiti artists in the Iraqi capital Baghdad have been painting murals and portraits in poor, rundown areas of the city. The artworks feature famous people and local folk heroes, as BBC Arabic's Haddad Salih explains. Who is the new president of Tanzania? President Samia Suluhu Hassan took office less than two months ago after the sudden death of her predecessor, John Magufuli. She has already shown a very different style of leadership. Zuhura Yunus of BBC Swahili introduces us to Tanzania's first female president. Egypt's female folk singers Folk music in Egypt has traditionally been the domain of men. But an all-female folk group called Tablet El Sitt, 'the woman's drum', is reviving old songs sung by and about women. Aya Hashim of BBC Arabic has been investigating. A short walk in the Russian woods Another chance to hear Oleg Boldyrev of BBC Russian enjoying last year's Spring lockdown in the company of fallen trees, fungi, and beaver dams. Image: 'Open Jirga' presenter Shazia Haya with all female audience in Kandahar Credit: BBC Media Action
This is a shortened version of our episode with filmmaker Deepak Rauniyar, from Season 1. It was a great interview but, admittedly, quite long. We hope this 'bonus' episode will make Deepak's words more accessible to potential listeners. Important: we did retain the original New York City background sirens :-). The original introduction follows below. Deepak Rauniyar still feels queasy when he remembers the racism he faced growing up in Udaypur district in eastern Nepal. As one of few dark-skinned kids in the community, whose mother tongue was not Nepali, he was taunted by children and singled out for beatings by his headmaster. But as a college student looking for part-time work he soon discovered that journalism gave him the power to uncover the discrimination that pervaded life in the southern Madhesh region. He later honed those skills travelling the country writing radio dramas for BBC Media Action.In 2010 Deepak and his wife, actress and filmmaker Asha Magarati, decided it was time to start telling stories from their own point of view, with film as their medium.Today, Deepak and Aasha live in New York City and are finalizing the script of their next project, tentatively called The Sky is Mine. It tells the story of a fair-skinned female police officer assigned to the Madhesh in the midst of communal tensions that would soon ignite. Like all their movies, this one is inspired by personal experience, explains Deepak, adding that telling the couple's most personal story yet can be a frightening prospect.ResourcesDeepak Rauniyar's website, with links to his filmsNepal Now social linksFacebookInstagramTwitterMusic: amaretto needs ice ... by urmymuse (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/urmymuse/57996 Ft: Apoxode--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nepalnow/message
This is a shortened version of our episode with filmmaker Deepak Rauniyar, from Season 1. It was a great interview but, admittedly, quite long. We hope this 'bonus' episode will make Deepak's words more accessible to potential listeners. Important: we did retain the original New York City background sirens :-). The original introduction follows below. Deepak Rauniyar still feels queasy when he remembers the racism he faced growing up in Udaypur district in eastern Nepal. As one of few dark-skinned kids in the community, whose mother tongue was not Nepali, he was taunted by children and singled out for beatings by his headmaster. But as a college student looking for part-time work he soon discovered that journalism gave him the power to uncover the discrimination that pervaded life in the southern Madhesh region. He later honed those skills travelling the country writing radio dramas for BBC Media Action. In 2010 Deepak and his wife, actress and filmmaker Asha Magarati, decided it was time to start telling stories from their own point of view, with film as their medium. Today, Deepak and Aasha live in New York City and are finalizing the script of their next project, tentatively called The Sky is Mine. It tells the story of a fair-skinned female police officer assigned to the Madhesh in the midst of communal tensions that would soon ignite. Like all their movies, this one is inspired by personal experience, explains Deepak, adding that telling the couple’s most personal story yet can be a frightening prospect. Resources Deepak Rauniyar's website, with links to his films Nepal Now social links Facebook Instagram Twitter Music: amaretto needs ice ... by urmymuse (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/urmymuse/57996 Ft: Apoxode --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nepalnow/message
In today’s episode of The Decision Corner, we are joined by Chris Larkin, the senior director of impact at IDEO.org. At IDEO, Chris works with design teams to integrate systems thinking, social and behavior change frameworks, and measurement in the creative design process. She has a long track record of impact in social and international development. She has worked at companies such as Girl Effect and BBC Media Action to pursue creative and effective strategies to engineer behavioral change. Chris holds an MSc in Occupational and Organisational Psychology and a Bachelor’s in Applied Psychology. She has worked extensively in East Africa and has lived in Dublin, London, Yangon, and New York. In this episode, we discuss: Human-centered design: what it is, where it is applied, and who benefits from its implementation Mental strategies for organizational behavior The surprising ways that design experience manifests itself in a team context The factors holding people back from achieving goals like financial stability Process vs product IDEO’s successful work in reproductive health
Deepak Rauniyar still feels queasy when he remembers the racism he faced growing up in Udaypur district in eastern Nepal. As one of few dark-skinned kids in the community, whose mother tongue was not Nepali, he was taunted by children and singled out for beatings by his headmaster. But as a college student looking for part-time work he soon discovered that journalism gave him the power to uncover the discrimination that pervaded life in the southern Madhesh region. He later honed those skills travelling the country writing radio dramas for BBC Media Action.In 2010 Deepak and his wife, actress and filmmaker Asha Magarati, decided it was time to start telling stories from their own point of view, with film as their medium.Today, Deepak and Aasha live in New York City and are finalizing the script of their next project, tentatively called The Sky is Mine. It tells the story of a fair-skinned female police officer assigned to the Madhesh in the midst of communal tensions that would soon ignite. Like all their movies, this one is inspired by personal experience, explains Deepak, adding that telling the couple's most personal story yet can be a frightening prospect.ResourcesDeepak Rauniyar's website, with links to his filmsNepal Now social linksFacebookInstagramTwitterMusic: amaretto needs ice ... by urmymuse (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/urmymuse/57996 Ft: Apoxode--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nepalnow/message
Deepak Rauniyar still feels queasy when he remembers the racism he faced growing up in Udaypur district in eastern Nepal. As one of few dark-skinned kids in the community, whose mother tongue was not Nepali, he was taunted by children and singled out for beatings by his headmaster. But as a college student looking for part-time work he soon discovered that journalism gave him the power to uncover the discrimination that pervaded life in the southern Madhesh region. He later honed those skills travelling the country writing radio dramas for BBC Media Action. In 2010 Deepak and his wife, actress and filmmaker Asha Magarati, decided it was time to start telling stories from their own point of view, with film as their medium. Today, Deepak and Aasha live in New York City and are finalizing the script of their next project, tentatively called The Sky is Mine. It tells the story of a fair-skinned female police officer assigned to the Madhesh in the midst of communal tensions that would soon ignite. Like all their movies, this one is inspired by personal experience, explains Deepak, adding that telling the couple’s most personal story yet can be a frightening prospect. Resources Deepak Rauniyar's website, with links to his films Nepal Now social links Facebook Instagram Twitter Music: amaretto needs ice ... by urmymuse (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/urmymuse/57996 Ft: Apoxode --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nepalnow/message
This week we are speaking with BBC Media Action Bangladesh about Media for Development in Bangladesh. Joining us is Richard Lace, the Country Director in Bangladesh. Richard has worked in media and development for 15 years, in Europe and Africa as well as Bangladesh. He has been leading the BBC Media Action office in Bangladesh since early 2014, and leads a team of 80 staff to deliver media and communications projects that aim to improve family health, enable people hold their leaders accountable, and help people improve their economic security and preparedness for disaster. Prior to becoming Country Director, Richard led BBC Media Action Bangladesh's projects on climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction, including initiating, developing and delivering the Amrai Pari project.We are also joined by Research Manager Arif Al Mamun. Arif has worked with BBC Media Action in Bangladesh since 2009, and currently manages the in-country research, monitoring and evaluation programme in the Bangladesh office. He specialises in quantitative research and has successfully delivered formative and evaluative studies for large-scale, donor-funded programmes in health, governance and resilience themes. Arif was the Bangladesh lead for the innovative and ambitious Climate Asia research programme, working on study design and delivery as well as analysing the study results to build a comprehensive picture of how different groups of people in Bangladesh live and deal with climate change, environmental issues and extreme weather. As such, he has an in-depth understanding of the socio-economic factors that underpin communities' responses to climate change in Bangladesh; and strong insights into how media and communications can be used to help improve climate resilience in the country.Discover more about this interview on our website here.Twitter: @global_futuresInstagram: @global_futuresSubstack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week we are speaking with BBC Media Action Bangladesh about Media for Development in Bangladesh. Joining us is Richard Lace, the Country Director in Bangladesh. Richard has worked in media and development for 15 years, in Europe and Africa as well as Bangladesh. He has been leading the BBC Media Action office in Bangladesh since early 2014, and leads a team of 80 staff to deliver media and communications projects that aim to improve family health, enable people hold their leaders accountable, and help people improve their economic security and preparedness for disaster. Prior to becoming Country Director, Richard led BBC Media Action Bangladesh’s projects on climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction, including initiating, developing and delivering the Amrai Pari project. We are also joined by Research Manager Arif Al Mamun. Arif has worked with BBC Media Action in Bangladesh since 2009, and currently manages the in-country research, monitoring and evaluation programme in the Bangladesh office. He specialises in quantitative research and has successfully delivered formative and evaluative studies for large-scale, donor-funded programmes in health, governance and resilience themes. Arif was the Bangladesh lead for the innovative and ambitious Climate Asia research programme, working on study design and delivery as well as analysing the study results to build a comprehensive picture of how different groups of people in Bangladesh live and deal with climate change, environmental issues and extreme weather. As such, he has an in-depth understanding of the socio-economic factors that underpin communities’ responses to climate change in Bangladesh; and strong insights into how media and communications can be used to help improve climate resilience in the country. Discover more on our website: https://www.soascodingclub.com/soas-radio-episode-13-bbc-media-action
Aa'rar Kissa, or Our Story, is a radio drama made specifically for the Rohingya refugees now living in Bangladesh, having fled their homes in Myanmar. The radio drama was created by the BBC Media Action's local director, Riad Arfin. Image: Rohingya Refugee Camp in Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh Credit: NurPhoto/Contributor/Getty Images
Nazeha Arebi and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Freedom Fields, Libya, the politics of religion, inspiration and empowerment, gender disparity, joy, fear and the love for life and stepping outside of the norm. Synopsis Filmed over five years, FREEDOM FIELDS follows three women and their football team in post-revolution Libya, as the country descends into civil war and the utopian hopes of the Arab Spring begin to fade. Through the eyes of these accidental activists, we see the reality of a country in transition, where the personal stories of love and aspirations collide with History. It’s an intimate film about hope, struggle and sacrifice in a land where dreams seem a luxury. It’s a love letter to sisterhood and the power of the ‘team’. Biography A Libyan/British artist and filmmaker, with a background in theatre, who works at the cross section between cinema and activism, Naziha returned to Libya after the revolution to work and explore her father’s homeland. She directed two short documentaries there, worked as writer and production manager with BBC Media Action on educational shorts and worked on a film with Jarreth Merz documenting the first ever Libyan elections. In 2012, she co-founded HuNa Productions with Huda Abuzeid, a Tripoli-based collective, aiming at improving and developing Libyan cinema as a tool for change. She recently completed a series of educational shorts on Libyan reconciliation shot in 14 towns across Libya, worked as cinematographer on a 52’ documentary in Libya about the Tabu tribe, shot a 24’ documentary on tragically assassinated Libyan activist Salwa Bughaghis for UN Women and Libyan Women’s Platform For Peace. She also makes content for Hivos with a focus on women, in the MENA region. Naziha’s photography has been published in The Monocle, Brownbook, RUKH, Critical Muslim, The Outpost, Mashallah News, Vitra Design and exhibited in London, Paris, Malta, Tunisia, Barcelona, Ivory Coast, Dubai, Senegal, Geneva, Germany and Libya. In 2013 she was part of Documentary Campus eV (MENA) and is a HotDocs Blue Ice and a Sundance Lab fellow. She is also a WEF Global Shaper, a Beyond Borders #1325 fellow and is part of the Lumieres D’Afrique Collective. As well as directing her first feature, FREEDOM FIELDS, she is also currently producing another feature documentary in Libya, AFTER A REVOLUTION, in collaboration with Met Film (UK), EIE Film (Italy) andUrban Republic (USA). Image Copyright: Nazeha Arebi. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here. With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The monsoons have arrived in Bangladesh. Humanitarian organisations are already seeing the severe effects of flooding and landslides on the Cox’s Bazar camps. In this episode we’re going back to the camps and talking to the organisations helping prepare the Rohingya for the extreme weather to come. We’ll be looking into ways to strengthen shelters and the landscape around them. We’ll also be finding out what MOAS is doing and hear from the people spreading the word about the dangers of the rainy season. Listener group programme audio produced by Richard Lace and kindly provided by Shafaat Ahmed of BBC Media Action. Communications with Communities: [http://www.unhcr.org/innovation/communicating-with-communities/](http://www.unhcr.org/innovation/communicating-with-communities/) Care International: [@CAREBdesh](https://twitter.com/carebdesh?lang=en) Zia Choudhury: [@ZiaChoudhury](https://twitter.com/ziachoudhury) Mohammad Shariful Islam: [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammad_Islam28](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammad_Islam28) Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET): [@buet.edu](http://buet.ac.bd/) #monsoon #cyclone #preparations #landslide #flood #cox’sbazar #shelters #vetivergrass #weather #slope #erosion #rescue #access #landscape #radio #communication #communities #bamboo #Rohingya #project #IBelong #grassroots #initiative #refugees #NGO #muslim #minority #bangladesh #camps #myanmar #rakhine #aid #station #shamlapur #unchiprang #podcast #MOAS #migrantoffshoreaidstation #moaspodcast #nayapara #kutupalong #balukhali #megacamp
Speakers: Silvia Quattrini, Minority Rights Group International; Austen Josephs, Alaco Limited; Alexandra Buccianti, BBC Media Action; Jessica Watkins and Robert Lowe, LSE Middle East Centre This talk, jointly hosted by BRISMES and the LSE Middle East Centre, is aimed at students interested in working in or on the Middle East. The panel discussion includes professionals from four different sectors – media, academia, business and not-for-profit. Recorded on 31 January 2018.
Join us to delve into Myanmar's untold stories. In this podcast, we meet some of the contributors to 'Hidden Words, Hidden Worlds' a new anthology resulting from a British Council literature programme in Myanmar which aimed to give a voice to writers from the ethnic states. In the early days of Myanmar’s governmental transition in 2012, new freedoms in literature and travel made it possible for the first time for the British Council to run a programme of workshops to give voice to previously unheard and aspiring writers from across the country. Over five years, seven of the stories produced have been transcribed, translated and edited, to be brought together in a multilingual anthology published in 2015 in Myanmar, and in English in 2017. Written in scripts which were censored until 2012, the collection presents a new perspective on Myanmar that goes beyond the familiar narrative of isolation and dictatorship to reveal a diverse landscape of people and place. Letyar Tun is a writer, translator, photojournalist and former political prisoner. He spent 18 years in prison (14 of which were on death row) for his political activism. Since his release in 2012, his stories have appeared in multiple journals, his photography has been exhibited in Myanmar and he has spoken on freedom of expression at events across South East Asia. Fiona Ledger worked for 15 years in the BBC World Service. Her work focuses on sound-rich story telling in unstable post-conflict settings. She spent two years in Myanmar as Director of Drama for BBC Media Action and launched 'Tea Cup Diaries', the first socially inclusive drama series for radio in the region. Lucas Stewart edited the 'Hidden Words, Hidden Worlds' anthology and is also the author of The People Elsewhere; Unbound Journeys with the Storytellers of Myanmar. We hear from Letyar, Fiona and Lucas in this British Council Literature Podcast, presented and produced by Georgina Godwin. Read more about the project on the British Council Literature website: https://literature.britishcouncil.org/blog/2017/podcast-hidden-words-hidden-worlds/
In this episode Mark Egan speaks to Corinne Podger. Corinne is founder of the Mojo London and Mojo Sydney Meet-ups. She is a lecturer in mobile journalism at Macleay College in Melbourne. Most recently she was a senior digital journalism trainer at Fairfax Media in Sydney. She has also worked as a journalism trainer for BBC Media Action and Thomson Reuters Foundation. To contact mark just tweet @markeganvideo or go to http://www.purplebridgemedia.com To contact Corinne Podger Tweet @corinne_podger
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