Media Development

The Internews Information Saves Lives Rapid Response Fund is accepting applications from media outlets, organizations and individuals who are working to provide local language journalism and other forms of public information related to the coronavirus pandemic and its impacts. Read more: https://internews.org/information-saves-lives-rapid-response-fund-application-guidelines-and-form?fbclid=IwAR0cT3KLBspKz9OKr0RzlVaBZPR_6L_qrx9S6pLx8_hG6ibnPAqJm-ZCsgI See here for guidelines and applications in Arabic, French, Spanish and Russian ...
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The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is pleased to partner with Facebook Journalism Project on a training program that allows journalists across the Middle East and North Africa to produce high-quality and engaging stories that shine a light on life in refugee camps at this time of the coronavirus pandemic. The program equips journalists with the skills, resources, and technical support needed to produce compelling reports that surface underreported stories from refugee camps across countries with large refugee communities such as Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq. With an emphasis on the direct and indirect consequences of COVID-19 on an already struggling community. The goal is to ensure that this vulnerable community is not forgotten during the global pandemic. Read more: https://www.icfj.org/our-work/icfj-facebook-training-reporting-grants-program-reporting-refugee-communities-amidst?fbclid=IwAR1xTF0gUI2CwUgqZYw0_u-twABsoWP3UmA9ItKxzLTiwcCiz0SHdEE05ok#.Xr_GPZvDPPs.facebook ...
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Picturing Health is working in partnership with leading research organisations, as well as UNICEF and NGOs to produce films and public health messages to get the right information to the people who need it. They have a few movies related to COVID-19. View here: https://www.picturinghealth.org/coronavirus-films/ ...
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The International Center for Journalists have been hosting an ongoing webinar series as part of their Global Health Crisis Reporting Forum. These webinars gather journalists and health experts and focus on everything from health disinformation to newsroom leadership to the latest research on the disease. Listen here: https://www.icfj.org/covering-covid-19-webinars-experts?utm_source=MediaDev+Insider+newsletter&utm_campaign=6db2bdc591-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_05_15_11_42_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_642f35c243-6db2bdc591-349598857 ...
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Medical Aid Films have created two films that address hand washing best practices. They are available in multiple languages and aimed at both communities and health workers: Mr Tembo Comes Clean! Hand Washing in Communities is designed to teach the importance of hand washing in communities. Available in English, Yoruba, Hausa and Bemba. Hand Washing In Hospitals covers hand-washing best practice for hospital staff and health workers. Available in English, Yoruba and Hausa.  ...
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This fact sheet addresses the question of ‘What happens when people have too much information about a problem that makes it difficult to identify a solution?’  During an epidemic, there are often confusion and rumours. People get a lot of different information from media, friends, family, social media, organizations or other sources. Some of these sources may give conflicting information. This fact sheet provides discussion points for community workers, volunteers and community networks. Read more here: https://www.thecompassforsbc.org/sites/default/files/strengthening_tools/COVID19%20Community%20guidance%20for%20social%20mobilizers%20volunteers%201902%20final.pdf ...
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COVID-19 has been declared a global health emergency. Trusted, clear and effective communication and engagement approaches are critical to ensure that fear, panic and rumours do not undermine response efforts and lead to COVID-19 to spread even more quickly. You can use the tools and resources in this section to incorporate community engagement and accountability into your COVID-19 operations. Read more here: https://www.communityengagementhub.org/what-we-do/novel-coronavirus/ ...
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Community-centred media is HCR’s primary tool for equipping communities to overcome crisis or disadvantage. This remains the case in the COVID19 crisis. Please use the link below to access resources we have prepared for organisations and community groups responding to COVID19, and to read how our partners are using community-centred media methods at this time. Read more here:  https://www.h-c-r.org/supporting-communities-facing-covid-19 ...
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This guide provides advice on responsible reporting, information sources, FAQs and a searchable database of virus mistruths. Read more here: https://firstdraftnews.org/long-form-article/coronavirus-resources-for-reporters/ ...
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This story offers tips and advice about covering the pandemic from reporters in the Philippines. Read more here: https://earthjournalism.net/stories/reporting-the-unknown-how-reporters-in-the-philippines-cover-covid-19 ...
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This link provides many useful resources and tips for journalists covering COVID-19 as well as questions investigative reporters should be asking about the virus. Read more here: https://gijn.org/2020/03/10/tips-for-journalists-covering-covid-19/ ...
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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Health Organization, BBC Media Action, and Internews participated in a webinar to advise journalists on how to convey and help their audiences understand response efforts such as self-isolation and quarantine during the current COVID-19 outbreak, and how to prevent transmission. A total of 170 journalists from around the world attended the webinar and asked questions about how to avoid creating fear or stigmatizing affected people, dealing with rumours and disinformation, and communicating prevention measures. Listen here: https://internews.org/updates/webinar-role-media-covering-covid-19-outbreak ...
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