Media Critique

Port Hood Community Television

March 23, 2011
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Port Hood, Canada

 January 30, 2009 — This is Port Hood. This video was submitted to the Lieutenant Governor's Community Spirit Awards 2009.

 

 

Sinpare's Community Recording Studio

March 15, 2011
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Nairobi, Kenya

Kenyan youth set up a community recording studio for a neighborhood outside of Nairobi.

Globalgirls Media Academy

March 15, 2011
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Soweto, South Africa

Global Girls in Soweto, South Africa prepare to train as journalists to cover the FIFA 2010 World Cup.

Abre Tus Ojos: Teen TV

March 15, 2011
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Managua, Nicaragua

Abre Tus Ojos is a weekly series on Nicaragua television, made by teenagers and for teenagers.

In the past the series has addressed such issues as child labor and exploitation, teen health, AIDS and youth violence.

Subcommandante Marcos on Neo Liberalism and the Media

March 15, 2011
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Chiapas, Mexico

Recorded as a message to the Free the Media Conference organized in NYC.

The citizen media scene in Madagascar

March 15, 2011
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Madagascar

The blogosphere has been growing slowly but steadily the past decade, slightly struggling to find its voice until the 2009 political crisis. The sudden precipitation of events that provoked high demand for frequent updates provided a unique set up for the budding blogosphere to assert their potential, despite the evident challenges.

The past events have been thoroughly documented so let us focus on the consequence of the crisis on citizen journalists and conversely the impact of citizen media on the evolution of the crisis.

Community Radio in Isthmus Region of Mexico

March 15, 2011
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Istmo Region, Mexico

Berta Rodriguez Santos discusses why it is important to have popular community radio in the Isthmus region of Mexico.