A series of short TV documentaries about life in Bosnia and Hercegovina 20 years after the start of the 1992-95 war which tore the country apart.
The films, produced by IWPR and Mebius Film, feature people whose lives were changed by the war, but who managed to overcome ethnic and political divisions at the worst of times. They are stories of humanity and moral courage, of people coping with the consequences of war as best they can, and hoping for a better future.
The films were produced under IWPR's Programme for the Western Balkans and the ICTY, funded by the Norwegian government.
The aim of this project by IWPR in The Hague and in Goma is to strengthen the capacity of women journalists in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) through the development of the Women's Reporting Collective. The project will provide a locally owned and managed online publishing platform for multimedia human rights reporting, continued professional media capacity building, and increased networking and information exchange opportunities with key civil society organizations. The project will serve as a catalyst to strengthen the voices of women in eastern DRC, enhancing reporting standards among women journalists and raising awareness of critical human rights issues among local, regional and international audiences.
Project staff: Melanie Gouby, Multimedia production coordinator; Guelord Mbaenda, DRC Field Coordinator; Simon Jennings, Editor; Olivier Nyirubugara' Senior trainer in video production, Voices of Africa Media Foundation.
Supported by the National Endowment for Democracy and managed by IWPR Netherlands.
A mini TV-series of four reports on transitional justice produced by IWPR and broadcast by RFE's television arm, TV Liberty. The reports focus on people who returned to their homes after fleeing or being expelled during the war.
Africa Media Matters brings together critical news and information from across the African continent; providing a unique insight into the challenges and opportunities facing Africa's media. Monthly programmes will feature the latest media news, in-depth analysis of emerging stories from media and civil society leaders, and profile the work of African entrepreneurs who are breaking new ground.
In autumn 2009, IWPR conducted a series of multimedia workshops in Beirut and Damascus for 16 reporters from Syria. The aim was to teach the young journalists to produce video and audio slideshows for online publication and, more generally, to familiarise them with multimedia techniques. Lessons focused on audio-visual story telling, script writing and the basics of still photography, filming and sound recording.
Equipped with Flip cameras and digital audio recorders, the participants then set out to produce multimedia stories from Syria, putting into practice the lessons they had learned in the classroom. They came back with a colourful range of stories, dealing with subjects as varied as bellydancing, rapping, street children and the decline of Syrian cinema. The multimedia stories voiced in Arabic with English subtitles - will be published on the IWPR website over the coming months.
The workshops were organised by IWPR Beirut as part of its Syria Journalism Training Programme.
IWPR gives voice to people at the frontlines of conflict, crisis and change. From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, IWPR helps people in the world's most challenging environments have the information they need to drive positive changes in their lives — holding government to account, demanding constructive solutions, strengthening civil society and securing human rights. Amid war, dictatorship, and political transition, IWPR builds the level of public information and responsible debate. IWPR forges the skills and capacity of local journalism, strengthens local media institutions and engages with civil society and governments to ensure that information achieves impact.
IWPR gives voice to people at the frontlines of conflict, crisis and change. From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, IWPR helps people in the world's most challenging environments have the information they need to drive positive changes in their lives — hol...
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