Short Films Collection on HIV “POSITIVE LIFE”
UNESCO and AIBD have been setting up a vast young journalists network dedicated to HIV/AIDS matters. Over the years, UNESCO and AIBD have trained those journalists on HIV/AIDS coverage and TV production.
Short Films Collection on HIV “POSITIVE LIFE”
UNESCO and AIBD have been setting up a vast young journalists network dedicated to HIV/AIDS matters. Over the years, UNESCO and AIBD have trained those journalists on HIV/AIDS coverage and TV production.
In order to step forward, UNESCO and AIBD have organized a regional workshop for co-production on HIV gathering 14 producers/journalists journalists who have already been trained and thus, improve the quality of their HIV related productions. In addition 2 HIV experts from UNAIDS and Red Cross Mongolia came in for providing fresh and accurate inputs on HIV & AIDS.
Organized in Beijing from 18 to 22 May 2010, all over the workshop conducted by Mr. Savyasaachi Jain, Media Consultant, participants have explored the followings:
- Critical understanding of approaches to reporting HIV through discussion and instruction.
- Learning – relating to both approaches to HIV reporting and to video production – through appraisal of programmes earlier produced by the participants.
- Instruction and discussion on methods and finer points of video production as detailed in the agenda for the regional workshop.
- Discussion and finalization of ideas for stories to be produced by the participants for the mini-series on HIV.
- Finalization of parameters and submission requirements for re-edited stories and fresh stories to be produced by the participants for the proposed films collection.
In the 3 months following the workshop, 8 participants produced one short film, which have been compiled as a films collection named “Positive Life”. The participating broadcasters have broadcast the films collection, especially on 1st December 2010 for the World HIV Day.
In addition a DVD has been created and promoted on UNESCO website as well.
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/
UNESCO HIV Co-pro
Short Films Collection on HIV “POSITIVE LIFE”
UNESCO and AIBD have been setting up a vast young journalists network dedicated to HIV/AIDS matters. Over the years, UNESCO and AIBD have trained those journalists on HIV/AIDS coverage and TV production.
AIBD-KCC Cooperation Agreement-2010
The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) and AIBD recently signed an agreement of cooperation on capacity building initiatives in ICTs benefiting Asia-Pacific broadcasters. As part of this cooperation, KCC organised two training courses – (i) Digital Switchover and Convergence Policy from 6-14 July 2010 and (ii) Broadband and Broadcasting Technologies from 14-22 October 2010, both held in Seoul.
Challenges to Public Service Broadcasting
The media landscape in Bhutan offers many opportunities as well as challenges for those involved in reform. For a country which introduced television as recently as 1999, and which until a couple of years ago had only one (state-owned) newspaper, the spurt in media-related activity, especially since the advent of popular democracy in 2008, has been striking. It is not surprising, therefore, that attention has now turned to strengthening public service broadcasting in this Himalayan idyll.
1st Pacific Media Partnership
The 1st Pacific Media Partnership Forum was held successfully in Tonga on 20-27 August 2010. The event offered media practitioners in the region concepts and tools that will enhance capacity in various aspects of broadcasting critical in responding to the rapidly changing media landscape.
More than 50 media practitioners from 13 countries participated in six seminars and workshops covering convergent journalism, marketing and financial management, media’s role in natural disasters, public service broadcasting, media regulations and initiatives to build a vibrant broadcast industry in the region. The Tonga Broadcasting Commission hosted these activities in Nuku’alofa.
Staff welcomes new AIBD director
After assuming duties last Friday the 17th of September, the new director of AIBD, Mr Yang Binyuan was welcomed today in a get together at the AIBD Conference room. The former AIBD Director and ABU Secretary General Javad Mottaghi and the staff from AIBD, FES and GMCD attended.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS from TV broadcasting organizations in Kazakhstan
For participating in AIBD/IPDC UNESCO In-country Workshop on Capacity Building of TV News Reporters for Environmental SustainabilityOne week in November (dates TBA) 2010, Almaty, Kazakhstan
The goals of the workshop are to “encourage media to engage in public participation and to debate improvements that can lead to sustainable development” (Media as partners in education for sustainable development, UNESCO, 2008) and to improve the ability of TV journalists in Kazakhstan to conduct research and analysis and present balanced, contextualized coverage of environmental issues and their human impacts.
Objectives: