| Seeing
the Roma without prejudice
| Region: | Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, the Federal
Republic
of Yugoslavia, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia. |
Micro- < $15,000
|
Small-$15,000-$100,000 |
Medium-$100,000-$500,000 |
Large-$500,000-$1 million |
Very large- >$1 million |
| Partners: | Center
for Independent Journalism (Budapest) |
| Funders: | European
Cultural Foundation and Open Society Institute - Budapest |
Project objectives:
|
The project aimed to
improve the coverage of the Roma population - which was plagued by prejudice -
by the mainstream media. Tendencies towards segregation of Roma are strong, and
prejudice deep-rooted. Most Roma have little or no influence over information
that has great potential impact on them. Objectives were to enable minority Roma
communities (through their formal and informal leaders and NGOs) to increase their
capabilities to interact effectively with majority media in order to introduce
their perspectives and proposals into mainstream reporting and help counter discriminatory
reporting on their communities. |
Project
activities:
| MDI
held, in Budapest, two regional media relations workshops for Roma Community Leaders
from South East and Central Europe. MDI produced a 'Media Relations Training and
Resource Guide for Roma Community Organizations', including specific tools, techniques,
and materials to further increase Roma access to the media. | |
