Full Coverage: Information & media

30.04.2007 Science writer and development journalist Nalaka Gunawardene who was inspired to take up science writing from a sustainable development perspective after reading Our Common Future commemorates the 20 years of the report in this article Children of Brundtland Coming of Age. He talks about the role of journalists in achieving sustainable development and building a critical consciousness.

20.04.2007 The concept of Community Radio (CR) is indeed exciting as it gives voice to the voiceless and reinforces democracy. It provides the traditionally marginalised communities to have a mechanism of change in their own hands. Sushmita Malaviya in her article talks about the involvement of various organizations in CR, their work and the challenges ahead.

17.04.2007 A unique, private media initiative involving joint television programmes may do what political leaders in South Asia have failed to do so far -- bring together the people of this fractious region.

17.04.2007 Singapore-based AMIC is organizing the RadioAsia Conference 2007 at Singapore Expo. The conference will supposedly challenge the perception that technology alone is responsible for driving change in communications.

16.04.2007 Are Indian newspapers loosing objectivity? Darius Nakhoonwala examines the muted reaction of newspapers to an important statement by the Indian Prime Minister regarding the judiciary. The PM’s comment on the role of the judiciary was apparently not reflected in all the newspapers.

02.04.2007 GONG association criticized the Report on the Implementation of the Law on Free Access to Information for 2006, discussed last Friday in the Croatian Sabor, and claims that the data it lists are incorrect and don’t correspond to the actual situation in the field.