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British Muslims look to public relations to engage
Posted: 16 December 2010 Region: UK & Worldwide “Britain is at the forefront of Europe in its flourishing diversity and …

Debate on media’s role in good governance in a post-referendum South...
Posted: 29 November 2010 Region: Juba, South Sudan The Union of Journalists of South Sudan (UJOSS) in cooperation with the …

Young journalists from Middle East & North Africa to discuss soci...
Deadline: 15 February 2011 Region: Sweden & Middle East & North Africa Young journalists between 20 and 35 years old …

Council of Europe Committee of Ministers Calls for Eynulla Fatullayev�...
Media Diversity Institute as member of the International Partnership Group for Azerbaijan is deeply concerned by the Azerbaijani government’s failure …

Europe’s Media Prize for Integration and Cultural Diversity – CIVI...
Deadline: 20 January 2011 Region: European Union & Switzerland Europe’s Media Prize for Integration and Cultural Diversity (CIVIS) will recognize …

South Sudanese journalists trained to give a voice to the voiceless
Posted: 3 December 2010/Region: Juba, South Sudan Sixteen journalists from across South Sudan received training at a workshop organised by …

Media Matters – media as a central part of development policy
Published: 30 November 2010 Region: Worldwide The Global Forum for Media Development launched a new publication “Media Matters – GFMD …

Indonesian Journalism Academics to teach Reporting Diversity Courses
Date: November 2010 Country: Indonesia With support from the Open Society Foundation, the Media Diversity Institute (MDI) organised a Reporting …

British Muslim women tackling stereotypes head on
Posted: 24 November 2010 Location: UK & Worldwide Written by Shelina Zahra Janmohamed (for CGNews) When it comes to discussing …

Media coverage of the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan
Posted: 17 November 2010 Location: Azerbaijan & Worldwide “All nationwide TV channels [in Azerbaijan] allotted much more airtime to the …