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Nile FM: A Community Radio Station Born in Response to Crisis
MALAKAL, South Sudan – As the sun rises and a new day begins, Julia Paulo Ding gets ready for work in the two-and-a-half-by-four meter blue and white tent she shares with her older sister’s family. They all — three adults and three children — live together in a displaced peoples’ camp on the outskirts of Malakal, Upper Nile state,…
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Mingkaman FM: Helping to foster peace among cattle keepers
Smoke billows from piles of smoldering cow dung at a cattle camp outside the town of Mingkaman, South Sudan. Children covered in ash dump grain bags full of fresh manure on to the ground, beside their makeshift homes. Once dried by the sun, they throw it on to the burning dung heaps. This keeps mosquitos…
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Bringing Gender Equity to the Airwaves in South Sudan
Tune into 88FM in Malualkon, South Sudan, and likely you’ll hear more than the news and music. You’ll hear the voices of community role models. “I want to be a mirror of my nation,” said Aquilina Adhel, a journalist from Aweil, South Sudan. “I want to be the voice of the voiceless women and children…
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Internews South Sudan training ‘vox pop’ workshop
This is the culmination of a 10-day training for nine South Sudanese women journalists (two with children present) working at Internews community radio stations in South Sudan, known as The Radio Community. On the last day of training, I gave them a “vox pop” workshop on how to edit basic audio. This is the result.
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Empowering Local Journalists Strengthens The Media: Internews In Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya – Maryanne Waweru-Wanyama is a 35-year-old mother and journalist. The idea for her popular website, Mummytales.com, was conceived back in 2011, just before she was to give birth to her first child Kitty, now two-years-old. “I intend to chronicle the ups-and-downs in this blog. Share my random thoughts and experiences during the remainder of my…
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