JOB: BBC World Service Trust - Country Director, Nepal

Opportunity Details

http://www.comminit.com/en/node/300321

The BBC World Service Trust is looking for a Country Director to run its
operation in Nepal. The successful candidate will have experience in both
media and international development. You will need to demonstrate a good
understanding of the specific issues facing Nepal, particularly with
reference to governance and health - the two themes in which the Trust is
currently working in the country.

The Trust is the international charity of the BBC. Our record in Nepal is
one of innovation. You will have the skills to lead an award-winning
local team to build on successes in creating programmes with impact for
the people of Nepal.

Giving Voice: A Practical Guide to the Implementation of Oral Testimony Projects

Giving Voice: A Practical Guide to the Implementation of Oral Testimony
Projects
by Olivia Bennett
Published in 1999, this manual from Panos is meant for those implementing
community-based oral testimony projects in the development context.
Drawing on several years' fieldwork with grassroots and community-based
organisations, it covers all aspects of such projects - from the initial
planning to reviewing and evaluating the process and the products.
Designed to help those with little or no previous experience of such work,
it also contains ideas for running a training workshop. Throughout the
manual there are checklists, summaries of key points, and ideas for
discussion which have been designed to be used or adapted as handouts for
interviewers, and/or during a training workshop.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/177094

Outside the Indigenous Lens: Zapatistas and Autonomous Video-Making

In this article and book chapter on the use of video among the Zapatista
communities of Southern Chiapas, Mexico, the author states that over the
past ten years, CMP/Promedios has trained over 200 indigenous men and
women in basic video production; built and equipped four Regional Media
Centers in Zapatista territory with digital video production,
post-production, audio, and satellite internet access; enabled the
production of 24 videos (as of 2008) for international distribution; and
provided the means for hundreds of videos utilised internally by the
indigenous communities in Chiapas. All of these productions, whether made
for community use or for international distribution, go through some type
of community consensus about topics and content.

http://www.comminit.com/en/node/296049/307

POLL: How central to democracy are newspapers?

Please VOTE in our POLL:

How central to democracy are newspapers - some of which are being lost to
budget cuts and other changes - as opposed to blogs, YouTube, emails, text
messaging, twittering, and the like?

* Pivotal - informed public debate is impossible without this kind of
quality platform and trained journalistic practice.
* Of some importance - we need both traditional newspapers and new media
voices/venues to sustain conversations conducive to transparency.
* Unimportant - the internet and other technologies have enabled
participation on the part of both citizens and journalists by trade,
making open journalistic debate both possible and popular. This is the
essence of democracy.

VOTE and COMMENT at
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/288615/348

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RESULTS thus far (August 14):

46%: Pivotal - informed public debate is impossible without this kind of
quality platform and trained journalistic practice.

41%: Of some importance - we need both traditional newspapers and new
media voices/venues to sustain conversations conducive to transparency.

14%: Unimportant - the internet and other technologies have enabled
participation on the part of both citizens and journalists by trade,
making open journalistic debate both possible and popular. This is the
essence of democracy.