PROJECTS: Children speak out through documentary films, theatre (INDIA)

Children speak out through documentary films, theatre

Kannal Achuthan

Initiative started by voluntary organisation NalandaWay and UNICEF

CHENNAI: Kumar's father beats his mother every day. When he protests, he is whipped. Because he is only a child, his voice remains unheard.

An initiative started by voluntary organisation NalandaWay and UNICEF could change this situation. The project helps children make their voice heard far and wide through documentary films and theatre. A play was recently staged by children belonging to economically-backward families in Villivakkam in Chennai. It addressed alcoholism, sexual harassment and domestic violence.

 

FULL ARTICLE AT http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/28/stories/2006072819570200.htm

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

 

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c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
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PRESS RELEASES: SHOWCOMOTION Children's Media Conference Release 24 July

SOURCE: Email from Showcomotion

 

 

PRESS RELEASE: Release date 24 July 2006 

 

OFCOM FOOD BAN PROPOSALS DOMINATE SHOWCOMOTION

KIDS? CONFERENCE

 

SHOWCOMOTION CHILDREN?S MEDIA CONFERENCE

7 & 8 JULY 2006 SHOWROOM CINEMA, SHEFFIELD UK

www.showcomotionconference.com

 

This year?s Showcomotion Children's Media Conference came to a close with delegates up in arms about the impact of the Ofcom food ban proposals on the future of the UK kids? media industry.   

Anna Home OBE, CEO of the Children?s Film & Television Foundation, and Conference Chair said:

"Over 300 delegates and speakers made their way to Sheffield for the 3^rd Showcomotion Children?s Media Conference. That?s an impressive mandate and, at the final conference session, delegates asked me to write to the Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport, and also Ofcom, to outline our concerns. It was also agreed that interested delegates and members of the Showcomotion Children's Media Conference Advisory Committee would meet to progress a campaign to save UK produced quality children's television.? 

The Showcomotion Children?s Media Conference is the premier conference in the UK dedicated to children?s television, film, radio and interactive media. Inevitably, the conference weekend was dominated by the debate over Ofcom's proposed restrictions on advertising food to kids. The sale or closure of Granada Kids by ITV had been announced just before the conference and this was seen by many delegates as the first 'fall-out' from the impending ban. The Ofcom proposals sparked impassioned discussion in many sessions with delegates arguing that the regulator should stop passing the childhood obesity ?buck? to the media industry.

The conference opionion was that, while commercial broadcasters, the indie sector and distributors all stand to be affected by a ban, the biggest losers will be children themselves as high quality UK-centred programmes will be cut back. A new sense of realism also gripped the conference as delegates explored the potential for new commissioners of kids' content to emerge and sought new approaches to funding.

 

The conference took place during the 8^th Showcomotion Young People?s Film Festival.  The conference is grateful to this year's Foundation Sponsors: Cartoon Network; BBC Children's; CITV; Disney; GMTV & Nickelodeon.

 

-ENDS-

 

For further information contact Kathy Loizou, Showcomotion Kathy@showcomotion.org.uk

Images available, photocalls can be organised on request: 0114 276 3534   

 

 

Editor?s Notes:

1. Letter to Tessa Jowell MP below
2. Full list of speakers and sessions is available here: http://www.showcomotionconference.com/agenda/

 

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12 July 2006

 

Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP

Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport

Department for Culture Media & Sport

2-4 Cockspur Street
London SW1Y 5DH

 

 

Dear Ms Jowell

I write in my capacity as chair of the Showcomotion Children?s Media Conference held in Sheffield last weekend.

An audience of over 300 people from all areas of children?s media expressed great concern at the current situation involving proposed changes to television advertising to children and the subsequent effect on programme funding.  They saw the demise of the production arm of CITV, Granada Kids, as symptomatic of the precarious future of ITV?s commitment to children?s content on ITV1 ? a network with a proud record of quality programming from Worzel Gummidge to My Parents Are Aliens.

There appears to be a real and growing threat to the provision of original kids? content made in the UK for commercial channels.  The BBC is a great provider but it should not be the only provider.  The dedicated children?s channels such as Disney and Nickelodeon are presently unable to fill the gap left by a significant reduction in terrestrial funding.

If funding children?s content is no longer viable through advertising, another solution has to be found.  If not, a highly creative industry, admired world-wide may wither and die and the experience our children have enjoyed for fifty years based in their own culture and traditions may be severely eroded.

The delegates at Showcomotion wished to raise this issue and initiate a public debate about the future and worth of media dedicated to children and young people. 

They felt that, in the drive to prevent the continued advertising of high fat, salt, and sugar foods, parents and the country at large are unaware of the long-term implications for the cultural heritage of Britain?s children.  Whilst our industry does not wish to condone the promotion of a bad diet for the country?s children, it equally cannot stand by and allow children?s rich imaginative and cultural diet to be eroded.  Quality indigenous children?s media needs your support at this critical time.

Yours sincerely

 

Anna Home OBE

Chair Showcomotion Children?s Media Conference

 

cc Ofcom: Stephen Carter; Content Board; & Consumer Panel

 

 

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NEWS: Acehnese children show documentaries (INDONESIA)

Acehnese children show documentaries

JAKARTA: Thirty-three Acehnese children have created 14 documentary films
about their daily lives after 2004's devastating tsunami.

Produced with the support of the United Nations Children Emergency Fund
(UNICEF) and under the supervision of award-winning Indonesian filmmaker
Riri Riza, the children made films telling of their lives in temporary
shelters.

UNICEF said the documentary films were part of a project to realize the
United Nation's Convention on the Rights of the Child. "It is clearly stated
that every child has the right to know and be cared for by his or her
family," Unicef said. The films will be screened in 24 locations across
Aceh. A behind-the-scene documentary about the making of the films was
broadcast by Metro TV on Sunday. --JP

SOURCE:
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20060724.H11&irec=10

RELATED ARTICLE & VIDEO & AUDIO:
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/indonesia_34939.html

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RESEARCH: NIÑEZ Y ADOLESCENCIA EN LA PRENSA ARGENTINA 2005 (IN SPANISH)

Periodismo SocialFrom: Periodismo Social

19 de julio de 2006 - Número 108SERVICIO PARA PERIODISTAS

Investigación de Capítulo Infancia de Periodismo Social
NIÑEZ Y ADOLESCENCIA EN LA PRENSA ARGENTINA 2005

El Capítulo Infancia de Periodismo Social acaba de publicar "Niñez y
Adolescencia en la Prensa Argentina - Monitoreo 2005", la segunda de una
serie anual de investigaciones. Esta vez, analizó más de 28 mil noticias
publicadas ese año por 12 diarios. Algunas conclusiones: la cantidad de
publicaciones sobre niños, niñas y adolescentes aumentó 5 por ciento en
2005; los temas más abordados fueron nuevamente Violencia y Educación; en
Violencia, la Policía siguió siendo la fuente de información más citada; las
voces de chicos y chicas fueron muy poco escuchadas. Pero hubo coberturas
equilibradas del episodio de Cromañón, bajó el uso de términos peyorativos y
redujo su influencia el conjunto de fuentes de los Poderes Públicos, también
indicios de que el cambio es posible. Aquí, otros detalles de la
investigación y la versión completa del estudio de 64 páginas en versión
PDF.

Este servicio se presta en forma gratuita gracias al apoyo de Fundación
Avina - Unilever

Periodismo social (www.periodismosocial.org.ar) es una iniciativa para
colaborar con los periodistas y los medios en un abordaje más adecuado de la
temática social.
Constituye una útil herramienta dirigida a que redactores, productores y
editores de todos los medios encuentren más rápido y más fácilmente las
fuentes adecuadas, la terminología más precisa y los conceptos mejor
definidos para sus notas.
www.periodismosocial.org.ar es el primer desarrollo mundial sobre este tema
y se cimienta en los diez años de experiencia de la revista Tercer Sector.
Está disponible en forma gratuita en Internet para que los periodistas
sigamos siendo los primeros en conocer la realidad que debemos reflejar.
Visítenos.
Dirección: Alicia Cytrynblum

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RESEARCH / NEWS: Young people 'demonised by media' (UK)

Young people 'demonised by media'

Young people feel "demonised" by politicians and the media, a report by two youth charities suggests. Nearly 750 young people completed an online poll for the British Youth Council (BYC) and YouthNet. Eighty per cent believed unfair portrayal in the media led to strained relations with older generations. The charities say the report is the first step in a campaign to get across young people's views on the government's "Respect" agenda. The report by Lucja Wisniewska and Lucie Harris of YouthNet and Clare Oliver of BYC will be debated at a seminar in London on Tuesday attended by young people's representatives, politicians and journalists.

 

FULL ARTICLE AT: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5187166.stm

 

FULL RESEARCH AT: http://www.youthnet.org/content/1/c6/02/80/36/Respect%20report%20final%20ex%20content%20page.pdf

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Invitación Especial - Niñez y Adolecencia en la Prensa

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From: Periodismo Social
Subject: Invitación Especial - Niñez y Adolecencia en la Prensa

El Capítulo Infancia de Periodismo Social presenta este miércoles 19 de
julio su segundo informe anual "Niñez y Adolescencia en la Prensa
Argentina", una investigación sobre la cobertura de 12 diarios nacionales y
provinciales basada en el monitoreo de casi 30 mil noticias publicadas
durante 2005.

. Cuánto y cómo hablan los diarios sobre los niñas, niños y adolescentes
. Cuáles son los temas más tratados cuando se informa sobre niñez
. Cuáles son las fuentes que más influyen en las notas sobre chicas y chicos
. Cómo mejorar la cobertura y promover los derechos de niños, niñas y
adolescentes
. Cómo pueden aliarse los medios y la sociedad civil a favor de los chicos
. Cómo hacer de la niñez una prioridad del debate y de las políticas
públicas.

Este segundo informe anual del Capítulo Infancia responde estos
interrogantes. Los invitamos a la presentación, con la asistencia de
representantes de la prensa, de organizaciones, de instituciones públicas y
de los socios estratégicos (UNICEF,Fundación Arcor, Fundación C&A) y el
sponsor principal (Repsol YPF) que apoyan nuestro proyecto.

Los esperamos este miércoles 19, a las 14.00, en la sala González Tuñón, del
Centro Cultural de la Cooperación (CCC), en Avenida Corrientes 1543.

¡¡ DISTRIBUIREMOS EJEMPLARES DEL INFORME !!

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WEBSITES / NEWS: UNICEF supported projects in Somalia

Website development: The UNICEFsupported website for Somali youth
(www.hellosomaliyouth.net) is up and running with input from youth in
different parts of Somalia.

Youth broadcasting: Video programmes produced by members of youth groups
under the youth broadcasting initiative were distributed to video parlours.
The productions cover issues including HIV/AIDS, female genital cutting,
immunization, polio eradication, hygiene and sanitation, cholera prevention,
breastfeeding, girl education and malaria prevention.

KOOR Editors meeting: Young editors from different locations came together
in Hargeisa to prepare the next edition of KOOR, a youth magazine, which
features young people's voices and concerns. A five day HIV and AIDS
training followed the meeting, where the the editors learned new information
on HIV prevention, treatment, care and support - and how to report about it.

If you have questions about the UNICEF Somalia Monthly Review please
contact:

Denise Shepherd-Johnson, Communication Officer
E-mail: dshepherdjohnson@unicef.org

OR

Robert Kihara, Assistant Communication Officer.
E-mail: rkihara@unicef.org

Tel: 254-2-623958/ 623950/ 623862/ 623959/ 350410.
Fax: 254-2-520640/ 623965

Credit for majority of content in this report goes to UNICEF staff in
Somalia.
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PROJECTS: Media bus is a runaway success with students (UK)

Media bus is a runaway success with students

It's called the media bus and it has proved to be a huge success. The bus, which serves high schools in the Wigan area, has a twin function: education by day and entertainment by night. It is used to improve youngsters' reading and writing skills and is transformed in the evenings into a mobile youth centre. Barclays Bank, which supported the project with a £10,000 investment, believe the bus is their best New Futures project of the last 10 years. (Via Wigan News)

SOURCE:

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PROJECTS: In Aceh, Indonesia, children's video diaries document their lives after the tsunami

In Aceh, Indonesia, children?s video diaries document their lives after the tsunami

By Nina Martinek

NEW YORK, USA, 13 July 2006 ? At the sprawling Meulaboh camp in Indonesia?s Aceh province, Syahrul, 12, focuses his video camera on a budding yellow flower. Syahrul is one of thousands of Acehnese children living in camps for people displaced by the December 2004 tsunami.

Through a UNICEF-sponsored project called ?Hello Video?, Academy Award-nominated director Riri Riza and a team of young Indonesian filmmakers are teaching children like Syahrul the art of film. So far, 33 Acehnese children in eight UNICEF child centres in Meulaboh and Banda Aceh have participated in workshops organized by the project.

Over the course of each three-day session, the children learn the basics of video production. Cameras in hand, they create video diaries expressing their thoughts, ideas and concerns.

FULL ARTICLE + VIDEO + AUDIO AT http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/indonesia_34939.html

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INTERNET: MySpace to launch internet child safety campaign

MySpace to launch internet child safety campaign

by Alex Donohue Brand Republic 14 Jul 2006

NEW YORK - MySpace, the youth social networking portal owned by News Corporation, is to unveil an internet survival guide starring '24' actor Kiefer Sutherland, aimed at parents to promote internet safety for children.

The centrepiece of the campaign, which was created by Common Sense Media, features Sutherland urging parents to closely monitor their children's internet usage.

Common Sense Media is providing a dedicated website, where parents can access a downloadable guide to safe internet usage and safety tip cards aimed at teenagers.

FULL ARTICLE AT http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/media/article/569731/myspace-launch-internet-child-safety-campaign/

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RESEARCH / NEWSPAPERS: Newspapers fail to capture issues on women and children (GHANA)

Newspapers fail to capture issues on women and children

A study conducted by the Center for Media Analysis (CMA) has revealed that issues bothering on women and children received the least attention in newspaper editorials from January to December 2005.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Media Analysis, Dr. Messan Mawugbe in an interview with the Public Agenda stated that out of the 881 editorials that were sampled, 0.2% focused on the youth, and 0.33% focused on women with 0.44% on children constituting only 1% of the total number.
The research tried to look at the percentage of children, youth and women issues that were captured in newspaper editorials. According to him two state and private owned newspapers, the Daily Graphic, Ghanaian Times, Daily Guide and the Chronicle respectively were sampled for the research.
He said even though the newspapers had news on women and children the editorials were chosen as the bases for the research due to the fact that news stories are events that are being reported whilst editorials are policies or observation that have the potential to set political, cultural, social agenda.
?Editors need to be reminded that the more they focus their editorials on issues bothering on women, children and the youth the better it would be the fight for gender balance.?
Addressing pressmen on the theme ?Public Perception Survey: For a Successful Corporate-Ghana? during a presentation of media research findings in Accra, the deputy Government Statistician, Prof. Nsowah-Nuamah called on the media to be watchdogs against bad statistics since numbers and conclusions drawn from them have the potential to influence public opinion. This he said is necessary for the media to develop a constructively critical and questioning attitude toward the manner in which the numbers are obtained.
?You must be careful to filter out the incoming information that is erroneous or deceptive, if valid and meaningful conclusions are to be drawn from numbers, the numbers should be obtained from a carefully planned and executed investigation?, he said.
Speaking on the theme ?Media Perception Survey: The New Global Corporate Challenge? the CEO of the Center for Media Analysis, Dr. Massen Mawugbe recommended that, since Global environment comes with multiple challenges, competitive products and services, the key to global economic success is through a survey, perception measurements and the proper impression management.
Meanwhile, Ghana Market Watch, a new private business newspaper is the latest to appear on the newsstands. Set up by the Regent Publications Limited, the business paper is dedicated to the growth of Ghana?s financial markets with a good editorial team headed by a seasoned journalist, Lee Akorley.
Speaking at the launch of the paper in Accra, a Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei, lauded publishers of the paper. ?I am happy that this paper has come at a time that the country is recording significant economic growth resulting from sound economic policies being implemented by this NPP government?.
He highlighted the numerous opportunities in financial services industry and further called on the general public to embrace the paper and nurture it to perform its obligation to inform, educate and to entertain in order to contribute positively to the development of the financial services industry.
In his welcome address, the CEO/Publisher, Mr. Amos Dotse said Market Watch was born to bring a new dimension to financial news reporting in Ghana.
Like the Minister, he appealed for support from people in the academia to give them the needed support by contributing articles and providing them with the lifeblood of any media organization as well as adverts.

Author: Irene Elorm Hatsu and Morpkorkpor Vuasi

 

SOURCE: http://www.ghanaweb.com/public_agenda/article.php?ID=5525

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CALL for Nominations: Radio for Peacebuilding Awards 2006

CALL for Nominations: Radio for Peacebuilding Awards 2006

The awards are only open to all African radio broadcasters, both men and
women.

Subject: RFPA News: Radio for Peacebuilding Awards 2006

Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:28:16 +0200

Dear radio colleagues,

We are pleased to inform you that the Radio for Peacebuilding Awards 2006
competition is now open.

The Radio for Peacebuilding Awards 2006 seeks to recognise the best
programmes that contribute to peace. Programmes that reduce tensions in
groups and communities, which enhance and value shared interests, that
breakdown listener stereotypes, and that provide positive role models.

The awards are open to all African radio broadcasters, both men and women.

Prizes will be awarded in the following categories:

- Drama (dramas, soap operas, sketches, etc)
- Talkshows
- Youth Radio

Four prizes will be awarded in each category: The first prize is 800 euros
and the others are 300 euros each. Our aim is to support the programmes that
contribute to conflict resolution between opposing
groups.

Rules :
- Candidates are limited to one programme per category (so maximum 3 entries
per person)
- Entries must be in English or French, or must be accompanied by a full
translation in one of these two languages.
- Entries must have been broadcasted in Africa in 2005 or 2006
- Each entry must include a complete entry form (see attached)
- Entries must be sent at the very latest by September 30th, 2006 to the
following address:

Search for Common Ground
Radio for Peacebuilding, Africa
Rue Belliard 205
Bruxelles 1040
Belgique

For more information on radio for peace building and different programme
formats please check out our website: www.radiopeaceafrica.org

Good luck and please don't hesitate to send your programmes as soon as
possible!

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EVENTS / ARTICLES: New S.A. Festival To Honor Young Filmmaker (USA)

New S.A. Festival To Honor Young Filmmaker
LAST UPDATE: 7/13/2006 6:48:28 AM
Posted By: Randy Beamer
This story is available on your cell phone at mobile.woai.com.

  A new annual festival for San Antonio is born -- out of a bittersweet story.
 It's a tribute to a very talented young filmmaker.
 
  Josiah Neundorf's film work took him to several film festivals, including the well-known Sundance Festival in Utah.  Now an international festival for young media artists will be established in San Antonio in his honor.
  
  I met Josiah several years ago when he had a long, red ponytail, and already a growing reputation as a filmmaker while still in his teens.  He was one of the high school filmmakers I interviewed on public station KLRN's annual showcase of such work called "Fresh Cut."  He was one of several from the North East School of the Arts.

  The last time we put Josiah on TV he was bald from the chemotherapy, in the hospital, battling bone cancer.  The diagnosis came just days before he graduated from the North East School of the Arts.  And about a month after he'd secured a full scholarship to the prestigious School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

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NEWS / EVENTS / AUDIO: Children, crises and the media

ALERTNET DEBATE: Children, crises and the media

12 Jul 2006

Source: AlertNet

 

LONDON (AlertNet) - What does a photographer pack for an assignment in a war zone? Along with their cameras, lenses and flak jackets some used to carry a teddy bear.

The idea was that if there were no starving or orphaned children around you could always toss the teddy bear in a burnt out ruin and, bingo, you had your front page picture.

The story was told by British tabloid reporter Ann Leslie at a lively debate on children, humanitarian crises and the media, hosted by Reuters AlertNet in London. Journalists and humanitarian workers on the panel swapped ideas on why newspapers and television channels cover some stories and neglect others.

 

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EVENTS: Neglected Voices: Children, Crises and the Media (July 11 2006)

Neglected Voices: Children, Crises and the Media (July 11 2006)

Start Date: July 11, 2006

Location: London, United Kingdom

Event Details: Reuters AlertNet, the humanitarian news service run by Reuters news agency, is hosting a panel discussion on media responsibility for reporting on "forgotten crises" and the children caught up in them. Why do some emergencies receive more coverage? And do children in risky situations get fair representation in the media? The debate will be held at the Foreign Press Association (FPA) in central London on Tuesday July 11, from 15:00-16:30. It will feature the findings of an AlertNet poll of public figures, aid workers and journalists on the world's most dangerous places to be a child. Panellists include: Sarah Montague, BBC Radio 4 'Today' Programme Presenter (Chair) Leonard Doyle, Foreign Editor, The Independent Gordon Weiss, 'Countries in Crisis', UNICEF Toby Porter, Emergencies Director, Save the Children Terry Morel, Children's Section, U.N. Refugee Agency The debate is the first in a series organised by AlertNet MediaBridge - a project helping journalists cover humanitarian crises around the world. Places are limited, and if you'd like to join and discuss these important themes, please register for the event right away by emailing Nina Brenjo at nina.brenjo@reuters.com or call +44 207 542 5791. If you are unable to attend, but would like to submit a question for the panellists, please send it in by email. A report of the event will be published on the AlertNet website. For directions to the Foreign Press Association (the nearest tube stations are Charing Cross and Piccadilly Circus), please visit the FPA's website by clicking here. The full address is: The Foreign Press Association, 11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AJ

Source: Email from Ruth Gidley to the Communication Initiative, June 28 2006.

 

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NEWS: Kazakh mass media reps discuss child's rights

Kazakh mass media reps discuss child?s rights

ALMATY. July 6, 2006. KAZINFORM /Yekaterina Panchenko/ - Two-day seminar for mass media Communication system on protection of child?s rights in Kazakhstan has started its work today in Almaty. It is organized by the UN Children?s Fund UNICEF under the auspices of Kazakh Ministry of Culture and Information and Administration of the Commissioner for Human Rights of Kazakhstan. The meeting is being held within the framework of UNICEF and European Commission?s project Establishment of a commissioner for child?s rights in Kazakhstan. Main purposes of the seminar are to sum up results of work of National Information Network Children of Kazakhstan, define the priorities in the sphere of protection of children?s rights and interests, work out conception and basic provisions of Communication strategy and prepare its working plan for the next year.

National Information Network Children of Kazakhstan was created previous year and represents a coalition of mass media organizations and Kazakhstan?s citizens involved into the work on coverage of themes connected with protection of childhood. There are about 200 professional and young journalists, students and teachers from a number of national universities in the network.

In May 2005 UNICEF and Children of Kazakhstan announced about a republican competition among the journalists for the best material devoted to children. More than 500 works were presented to the jury of the competition. At the prize-giving ceremony UNICEF Representative in Kazakhstan Alexander Zuyev thanked all the participants and called mass media to continue joint fruitful work on provision of promotion and observation of the rights of the child in the country.

 

SOURCE: http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=143219

 

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ADVERTISING: Ad ban 'threat' to children's TV (UK)

Ad ban 'threat' to children's TV

A ban on advertising junk food before 9pm could wipe out the production of children's programmes, says a report. Commercial channels could lose £114m from such a ban, which is over double the amount they spend on children's TV, says producers' trade body Pact. Media watchdog Ofcom is looking at ways to curb food adverts aimed at children, although it says a pre-watershed ban would be "disproportionate".

 

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EDITORIALS: Revitalising children's TV programmes (MALTA)

Revitalising children's TV programmes

It is disheartening that a study on children's programmes commissioned by the Broadcasting Authority in 2000 concluded that productions in Malta were consistently of a low quality and were mainly used as fillers while private stations used them as a source of revenue through never-ending advertisements and sponsorships.

Children's programmes once again got another drubbing in the latest report by Ernst and Young for the Media Desk within the EU Affairs Directorate of the Culture Ministry.

This negative portrayal of locally produced TV programmes for children and the concerns expressed by the Council of Children comes as no surprise. Yet, one cannot help asking: Why should it be so?

TV should be a marvellous and effective tool to entertain, promote culture and raise educational standards. Its importance in influencing the upcoming generation cannot be underrated.

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Junior 8 article from Canada

Media Advisory - World's children to be given voice at G8 summit

    Russian government hosting first-ever Junior 8 Summit in partnership with     UNICEF      TORONTO, July 5 /CNW/ -      What: For the first time in the history of the G8, children and young     people will get the chance to share their views directly with the world's     leaders and influence the outcome of their deliberations. Young people     from G8 member countries, including eight delegates from Canada, will     attend an official working meeting of this year's G8 summit, hosted by     the Russian Federation. The Junior 8 delegates will discuss HIV/AIDS,     education, tolerance and energy security, and will also consider other     issues they think should be prioritized. They will present their     recommendations to the G8 leaders.      Where: The Management Training Center, Academy of Additional Professional     Training in Pushkin, near St. Petersburg, Russia.      When: Friday, July 7 to Tuesday, July 18, 2006.     Gathering before the world leaders convene their meeting, the Junior 8     will continue through the G8 summit, allowing children to exchange ideas     before they issue their final communiqué to the G8 leaders on July 16.     The delegates will be available for media interviews throughout the     event. Key media events will include:      <<         -   Monday, July 10: Opening news conference. Delegates will have an             opportunity to speak.         -   Sunday, July 16: A meeting between the G8 leaders and eight             children representing the Junior 8.         -   Monday, July 17: Closing news conference summarizing the results             of the Junior 8 meeting. Delegates will have an opportunity to             speak.     >>      Who: The participants include children aged 13 to 17 from each of the G8     countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, UK, and USA).     Delegates from G7 countries (not including Russia) were selected in a     process conducted by the Morgan Stanley International Foundation, with     additional children selected by UNICEF. Russia's participants secured     their places through a televised competition. Children from non-G8     countries will also participate via video link. Canada's delegates hail     from Toronto, Kingston and Ottawa.      Why: The decisions concerning global issues taken by the leaders of the     world's major industrialized nations will have a huge impact on     children's lives throughout the world. Children have a unique perspective     on all the issues under consideration and will have to live with the     decisions made by today's leaders, so it is vital that those leaders take     the views of children into account.    

For further information: and accreditation please contact: Oliver Phillips, UNICEF NY, (917) 861-0331, ophillips@unicef.org; John Brittain, UNICEF Russia, +7495 937 4812, jbrittain@unicef.org; For information and to arrange interviews with the Canadian delegates, please contact: Debra Douglass, UNICEF Canada, (416) 482-4444 ext. 869, ddouglass@unicef.ca 

SOURCE: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2006/05/c7893.html

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AWARDS: Youth achievement: Making waves

Youth achievement: Making waves

By - 05/07/06

The Wavemakers Awards celebrate young people's achievements. Ayub Shah looks at three of this year's winners. A web site devised by young people for young people and a talent show run by an 18-year-old are just two of this year's Wavemakers Award winners. Set up in 2005, the awards scheme recognises the achievements of young people within the areas of social care, education and health and is split into three categories: under-12s, 13 to 19s and organisation-led initiatives. Projects that were awarded prizes covered issues such as antisocial behaviour, disability, sexual abuse, self-harm and young people in care. The 24 winners will each receive a certificate at an awards ceremony on 6 July at the Sound nightclub in London's Leicester Square. An overall winner will also receive £500. Erica De'Ath, former chief executive of the National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations and chair of the judging panel, was impressed with the high calibre of the entries. "Some of the winners this year are breaking new ground and it's great to see young people making such a difference," she says. Details about all 24 winners can be found on the Wavemakers web site. l www.wavemakers.org.uk FULL ARTICLE AT http://www.ypnmagazine.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=full_news&ID=10895

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PRESS RELEASE: Workshop to launch children's newspaper

Workshop to launch children?s newspaper

TEHRAN: 5^th July 2006 - Around 14 aspiring young reporters will attend a UNICEF supported workshop with the weekly newspaper Hamshahri Mahalle this week and learn new skills on writing, interviewing, taking photographs and design. They will also learn about the Convention on the Rights of the Child and how children can exercise their own right to freedom of expression.

 The aim is to produce a monthly insert into the newspaper, written by and for children.

 Two journalists from the UK with extensive experience in working in youth media will spend 6 days with the children and staff at Hamshahri Mahaleh, training them on various techniques. Maisha Frost and Arjumand Wajid both work for MediaWise, an organization that employs working journalists to conduct training all over the world on subjects such as ethics, children?s rights and journalists? codes of conduct.

 The children will also each spend a day with a local journalist so that they can see the professionals in action.

 Staff at Hamshahri Mahaleh will learn about mentoring and guidance, how to produce a children?s page and how to get the most out of young people.

 ?Too often, children?s views on important issues are ignored,? said Miranda Eeles, UNICEF?s Communication Officer in Tehran. ?This space will give young people the opportunity to speak out on issues that affect them, and it will be their chance to get their opinions heard.?

 Hamshahri Mahaleh weekly has a circulation of around 300,000 and is one of Tehran?s most popular newspapers. Each district of Tehran has a different version - in this way the paper reflects the issues relevant to that area of the capital.

 ?Preparing the grounds for youth participation in city journalism is one of our main priorities,? said Naser Mousavi Jazayeri, Editor in Chief of Hamshahri Mahaleh. ?We believe that a good city life comes when everyone especially young people, have an interest in what?s going on in their district.?

 The 14 children taking part in the workshop have been selected by Hamshahri Mahaleh after they advertised for volunteers for the project. They come from different districts of Tehran and some of them have already had their work published in children?s publications and Hamshahri Mahaleh.

 

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Miranda Eeles, UNICEF Communication Officer: 2259 4994 meeles@unicef.org

Bahareh Yeganehfar, UNICEF Communication Assistant: 2259 4994 byeganehfar@unicef.org

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ARTICLES: Kids' programming has outgrown TV

Kids' programming has outgrown TV

By Stephanie Dunnewind - THE SEATTLE TIMES

As boomer experts continue to debate the effects of watching television, many preschoolers yawned and moved on: Linear TV is so last millennium.

Instead, tots can watch Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! cartoon podcasts on an iPod, check out streaming video of Blue's Clues on the computer, view clips of Playhouse Disney on a cell phone or insist on Barney and Friends at any hour from video on demand.

Remember when having cable TV was cool? Now, kids as young as 2 interact "across platforms" in this new era of a "changing digital children's media landscape."

"Children are platform agnostic," said Alice Cahn, vice president of development for the Cartoon Network. "If you want to look foolish with a preschooler, say, 'Sorry, you can't watch that. It's not on.' It's TiVo'd, it's online, it's on video on demand. 'Appointment viewing' is not part of their lexicon and never will be. There's not a sense that television has any primacy with them."

Kids will follow beloved characters "all around the multiplatform world," said Pete Danielsen, senior vice president for production and programming at Nickelodeon, which targets kids on 15 platforms. "Watching TV on small screens is just normal to them. It's portable, and it's fun."

Many younger parents who grew up with TV and computers are enthusiastic media consumers. "Parents go into new platforms and bring their children right in with them," Danielsen said.

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TRAINING: Young people get early lessons in journalism (ARMENIA)

Young people get early lessons in journalism

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Topic :Young Journalists, Print Journalism

29/06/2006

Young people in Armenia are getting some new journalism skills, as they start up newspapers and Web sites in their communities with help from local trainers.

Three Armenian journalists are instructing youth clubs and students in various cities, as part of their own training in educating fellow journalists. The training is part of an effort ? led by the Knight International Press Fellowships at the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) ? to develop more qualified journalism trainers in Armenia.  

Suren Deheryan, a reporter for the ArmeniaNow online newspaper, talked to students in the village of Lchashen about the ?5-Ws.? Yerevan State University journalism student Siranouish Gevorgyan discussed reporting techniques with youth leaders in the village of Vahagni. Finally, fellow YSU student Sara Khojoyan led a discussion with the youth club in Dilijan, which publishes its own newspaper and plans to start a community radio station.

Timothy Spence, a Knight fellow working with journalists and trainers in Armenia, organized the sessions with help from the Academy for Educational Development (AED). The academy sponsors youth clubs throughout the country.

For more information on the training, contact Spence at tspencemail@gmail.com.

ICFJ organizes the Knight Fellowships with support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The program sends veteran journalists abroad to train their colleagues around the world. For more information: http://www.knight-international.org/.

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PROJECTS: Radio Station Targets Slum Residents (KENYA)

Kenya: Radio Station Targets Slum Residents

The East African Standard (Nairobi)

July 3, 2006 - Posted to the web July 3, 2006

Allan Kisia - Nairobi

From outside, it looks like any other transit goods container, or storage for the popular mitumba (second-hand) clothes.

But inside the nondescript structure is the studio of the country's first slum radio station. The container houses equipment and machines of newly launched 101.5 Koch FM, a private radio station owned by youth from the Korogocho slum in Nairobi.

With a range of only 5 kilometres, the station has been successfully tested and is expected to go on air in two weeks' time once the Communications Commissions of Kenya (CCK) gives the go- ahead. The station, launched on June 24, will broadcast in Kiswahili and English in Korogocho and the surrounding areas.

Currently, it has nine male and female presenters who all grew up in the slum. The youth will run the station on voluntary basis.

Raphael Obonyo, a manager with Koch Youth Club, came up with the radio station idea to caution young people against crime and to provide entertainment.

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OPPORTUNITIES: Uni offers free journalism training to under-19s (UK & EU)

Uni offers free journalism training to under-19s
By HoldtheFrontPage staff

Teenagers looking at a career in journalism, but worried about university fees, can now study magazine journalism free of charge at Harlow College.

The training centre has launched a one-year journalism programme, which is free to under-19s.

The new programme is fully accredited by the National Council for the Training of Journalists and gives students a firm grounding in essential skills to begin a career in magazine journalism.

Candidates under 19 years of age and are UK or EU citizens, will have fees paid by the Learning and Skills Council.

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NEWS: First youth newspaper published in Sudan

First youth newspaper published in Sudan

Sunday 2 July 2006 00:52.

July 1, 2006 (KHARTOUM) ? Minbar al-Shabab, the first youth newspaper in Sudan, was published on Saturday thanks to efforts ofthe United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

Addressing a ceremony celebrating the publication of the newspaper, Sudanese Minister of State for Information Farah Ibrahim Agar expressed the government?s support to the press.

"We support every effort that strengthens the capacities of media and press professionals. It is the media and the press that echo the pulse of the nation and reflect its feelings, aspirations, custom and traditions," Agar said.

In order to promote principles of good governance in Sudan, theUNDP launched a media training program for Sudanese youth.

Minbar al-Shabab is a monthly newspaper published by 50 Sudanese students who received a six-month UNDP training program.

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NEWS: Thumbs up Observer - UNICEF (SWAZILAND)

Thumbs up Observer - UNICEF
By Njabulo Dlamini

THE United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has applauded this newspaper for giving children a voice through the messages that appeared in the mast head throughout the month of June.

This month was dedicated to promoting non-violence against children and saw a number of them writing messages through this newspaper where they expressed their feelings and wishes.

Nonhlanhla Hleta-Nkambule, UNICEF?s Information Officer, stated that their plea was for the continuation of such. ?For once, through The Swazi Observer, children?s voices were heard and they were able to speak out on issues affecting them. Our belief is that a platform of this nature is desired where they could voice out their feelings, be it once a week or twice. This motivates and encourages them to look forward to the next edition of the newspaper because they are aware a forum where their story is told exists. We appreciate very much the good work done by the newspaper,? Hleta-Nkambule stated. She said despite being children, they were able to communicate in an elaborate manner through powerful messages. ?It made them feel good as it was against the norm where issues they cannot relate to are published on a daily basis. Besides morality issues and the like, what message are we sending to our children through publishing certain photographs and stories? We appeal to the nation to take forward the issue of non-violence against children and not end it this month. We need to stand up and not only condemn but fight violence against children throughout the year because it is simply not on,? she added. Below are some of the messages;

She also called for targeting of other sectors by the media because non-violence had to be embraced by everyone and not a ?selected few? as it were. Again, the officer said the messages should be written by the children themselves and published as is, not typed in, such as a separate full page dedicated for them.

Some of the messages written by the children include: ?Please do not give me HIV?, ?Jesus loves children? , ?don?t rape me, raise me? and ?listen to us children?.

SOURCE: http://www.observer.org.sz/main.asp?id=23544&Section=main

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