RADIO BROADCASTING

Loretta Hieber, Media Action International. Lifeline Media: Reaching Populations in Crisis--A Guide to Developing Media Projects in Conflict Situations (2001).
Lifeline Media: Reaching Populations in Crisis

Radio for Peacebuilding, Africa. Aims to develop, spread and encourage the use of radio broadcasting techniques and content for peacebuilding. Also available in French.
Radio for PeaceBuilding Africa

Ross Howard, Operational Framework for Media and Peacebuilding
Ross Howard PDF file

Clandestine Radio Intel Web: Includes extensive information about free radio movements around the world and links to other clandestine radio sites.
ClandestineRadio.com

Studio Ijambo from Bujumbura, Burundi.  Common Ground Productions established Burundi's first independent radiostudio, Studio Ijambo, in May 1995, at a time when hate radio was promoting fear and mistrust, and had fueled the massacre of hundreds of thousands in neighboring Rwanda. Studio Ijambo ("wise words" in Kirundi) employs Hutu and Tutsi staff to produce about 15 hours a week of news, public affairs, and cultural programming. Available for broadcast over the internet.
Studio Ijambo

Susan Manuel, United Nations Department of Public Information; UN Media and Post Conflict Peace-keeping. Article Prepared for UNESCO Seminar ‘Support to Media in Violent Conflict and in Countries in Transition’, May 3 2004

The BBC World Service Trust was created to promote development through the effective use of the media. The Trust has produced a series of innovative and thought-provoking projects; developing the capacity of local and
national media to promote development, building civil society in these countries, providing training in media skills and developing health education campaigns reaching many millions of people.
BBC Worldservice Trust

The New Yorker Magazine "Life Lessons" by Hanna Rosin (June 5th 2006)

Institut Panos Paris: Useful links to media resources around the world.
Institut Panos Paris- Links

Population Communications International:  PCI produces carefully researched and culturally sensitive radio and television soap operas that combine the power of storytelling with the reach of broadcast media. Their programs address the societal factors that limit people's ability to make choices that will improve their health and educational prospects. These serial dramas motivate individuals to adopt new attitudes and behavior by modeling behaviors that promote family health, stable communities, and a sustainable environment.
PCI home page

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: An overview of the indictement, case profile, judgement and sentence, etc of Ferdinand Nahimana, charged on the basis of his control over RTLM Radio during the Rwandan Genocide. Accessible by clicking on cases in the left-hand side menu, following the status of cases on the subsequent page and finding Nahimana under cases on appeal.
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda- Nahimana case

Home page of the Institute for Media, Peace and Security (IMPS), a branch of the University of Peace. IMPS examines the "interactions between media, conflict, peace and security". The Institute aims to "educate people in the many ways the media interact with issues of war and peace." (Direct excerpt from the Institute's mandate). This site tracks current media issues including media at risk, and offers an up-to-date crisis watch. Course outlines and applications for IMPS programs are also available at this location.
Institute for Media, Peace & Security - Home

The Hirondelle Foundation: Media for Peace and Human Dignity "is an organization of journalists which sets up and operates media services in crisis areas. It is the only organization in the world which has such specialized experience in this field." Its site features text in English, French, German and Italian.

The Institute for War & Peace Reporting "strengthens local journalism in areas of conflict. By training reporters, facilitating dialogue and providing reliable information, it supports peace, democracy and development in societies undergoing crisis and change. . . . IWPR runs major programmes in Afghanistan, the Balkans, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Iraq. It also manages a special reporting project on war crimes tribunals and the recently launched Women’s Reporting & Dialogue Programme. The Institute maintains offices in Almaty, Baku, Belgrade, Bishkek, The Hague, Kabul, Pristina, Sarajevo, Skopje, Tashkent, Tbilisi and Dushanbe with representatives in Tirana, Vladikavkaz and Yerevan."

Montreal Institute For Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Concordia University
1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. West
Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1M8 Canada
Tel.: (514) 848-2424 ext 5729 or 2404
Fax: (514) 848-4538