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Media Action 259, February 2005

Nepali Bloggers Break Media Blockade. (photo shows Dinesh Wagle, Himalayan blogger). Just as blogger Salam Pax became a candid source of information deep inside Iraq as it came under attack, outwitting the strictest of controls on reporting, so Nepalis are blogging their way through Royal censorship and media restrictions. Also: Building Community, Empowering People in the Solomon Islands. Gender, Media and Tsunamis. The Global Media Monitoring Project that has just taken place in more than 100 countries organised by WACC...Sex Symbol or Housewife? Ask your TV monitor! by Stefania Milan. And, the chance to win cash prizes with your images of communication in the WACC Photographic Competition 2005.

Nepali Bloggers Break Media Blockade

2 Mar 2005

Sean Hawkey

Just as blogger Salam Pax became a candid source of information deep inside Iraq as it came under attack, outwitting the strictest of controls on reporting, so Nepalis are blogging their way through Royal censorship and media restrictions.

Building Community, Empowering People in the Solomon Islands

2 Mar 2005

Fr. Ambrose Pereira sdb

Radio Bosco, 89.9 FM commenced its broadcast on 27th February, 2005 in the presence of Fr. Luciano Capelli, Director of Don Bosco Solomons, Fr. Ambrose Pereira, Director of Catholic Communications and Georg Amshoff, CAMECO Asia-Pacific representative, as well as many volunteers, friends, well-wishers and parishioners.

Gender, Media and Tsunamis

1 Mar 2005

Paula Banerjee and Ranabir Samaddar of the Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group visited the WACC offices in London to report on an imaginative initiative on refugees and IDPs.

Sex Symbol or Housewife? Ask your TV monitor!

22 Feb 2005

Stefania Milan

"For the first time, we were monitoring our media. We believe we will never watch, listen, or read the news with same eyes," Natalija Petric reported from Bosnia and Herzegovina. "You put on another pair of glasses and you see completely different news", one of the participants from the Netherlands said.

WACC Photographic Competition 2005

15 Feb 2005

About the Competition
The closing date is 1 May 2005
Entries received after this date will not be considered. The competition winners will be announced on World Communication Day, 8 May.

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