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Lakshani: A child of the sea travels beyond the seas...

“Our teacher said our country is small and is surrounded by the sea….she showed it on the globe.” With these words, young Lakshani Fernando (photo, above) begins telling us the comp… more »

Moving Images, Moving People!

Shooting in public - Citizen journalism under threat in Sri Lanka — 1 comment

Sanjana Hattotuwa wrote 5 months ago: In recent months, pedestrians who filmed public bomb attacks on their mobile phones have been confro … more »

Tags: ICT4Peace, censorship, Citizen Journalism, CJ, FMM, Groundviews, Media Freedom, Sri Lanka, User Generated content

Geography lesson that saved many lives: The story of Tilly Smith — 1 comment

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 9 months ago: Today, 10 October, is the International Day for Disaster Reduction. The theme this year is “Disas … more »

Tags: Disasters, Documentary Film, Education for sustainable development, Film Making, media, New Media, Science Communication, Story telling, United Nations

Lakshani: A child of the sea travels beyond the seas... — 2 comments

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 1 month ago: “Our teacher said our country is small and is surrounded by the sea….she showed it on t … more »

Tags: Broadcasting, Children, Communicating development, Disasters, Documentary Film, Film makers, Film Making, Humanitarian Action, Media-activism

Amitav Ghosh on Cyclone Nargis: High tech alone can't save us!

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 2 months ago: Whenever Burma hits the international news headlines, I think of author Amitav Ghosh. His 2002 his … more »

Tags: Asia, Humanitarian emergencies, India, Indonesia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Tsunami, United Nations, Disaster Preparedness

Burmese television: Meet Asia's model public broadcaster! — 2 comments

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 2 months ago: In the wake of Cyclone Nargis that wreaked havoc in Burma, the world has once again realised the br … more »

Tags: Al Jazeera, Asia, BBC, Broadcasting, Burma, common property resources, Humanitarian emergencies, Journalism, media

Nargis hits Burma: Army-run country not armed by Nature!

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 2 months ago: “As the memories of the Asian Tsunami fade, there’s a danger that its important environment … more »

Tags: Burma, Documentary Film, eco-friendly living, Education for sustainable development, Environment, environmental journalism, Film Making, Humanitarian emergencies, mangroves

Communicating Disasters book launched among communicators

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 4 months ago: TVE Asia Pacific’s latest publication, Communicating Disasters: An Asia Pacific Resource Book, … more »

Tags: Asia, Disasters, Humanitarian Action, Humanitarian emergencies, Journalism, media, Sri Lanka, Tsunami

Governments, disasters and communication: Lead, follow or get out of the way! — 1 comment

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 5 months ago: The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) has just published a good review of the book I … more »

Tags: Asia, Communicating development, Communicating research, Community Media, Disasters, Education for sustainable development, Good Governance, Humanitarian Action, Humanitarian emergencies

Engaging new media: prepare to lose control! — 2 comments

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 5 months ago: The development community never tires of talking about the value of participatory, two-way communica … more »

Tags: Asia, Citizen Media, Communicating development, Digital Divide, Digital Media, Documentary Film, Education for sustainable development, Grassroots video, ict

Release Ozzy Ozone held prisoner by brand guardians! — 3 comments

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 5 months ago: In September 2007, I wrote about Ozzy Ozone, an energetic, cheerful little ozone molecule - part o … more »

Tags: Animation, BBC, Broadcasting, cartoons, Children, Communicating development, Copyright, Education for sustainable development, Environment

Race to Save the Sky...by 2010

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 6 months ago: This is the opening segment of an Asian film that we at TVE Asia Pacific produced in 2006 for the UN … more »

Tags: Asia, Communicating development, Documentary Film, eco-friendly living, Education for sustainable development, Environment, environmental journalism, Film Making, Online Video

Little voices from the waves: Maldives too young to die! — 4 comments

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 6 months ago: My post last week on the Maldives on the frontline of climate change reminds me that I have been co … more »

Tags: climate change, Communicating development, Education for sustainable development, Environment, environmental journalism, fossil fuels, Science Communication, Science journalism, Story telling

AlertNet for Journalists: Rough guide to disasters and 'alms bazaar'

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 6 months ago: Journalists are among the first responders to disasters and conflicts that break out without notice. … more »

Tags: Digital Media, Disasters, Humanitarian Action, Humanitarian emergencies, ict, media, New Media, News, Video

Covering disasters in the globalised media: Beyond what happened...

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 6 months ago: “In a global information society where there is a constant race for who delivers the news firs … more »

Tags: Asia, Communicating development, Disasters, Global South, Humanitarian emergencies, Journalism, majority world, media, Tsunami

Asian Tsunami: A moving moment frozen in time — 1 comment

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 6 months ago: An Indian woman mourns the death of a relative killed in the Asian tsunami. The picture was taken i … more »

Tags: Asia, Disasters, Humanitarian emergencies, India, Journalism, media, News, Photography, Photojournalism

Sri Lanka: What killer waves united, killer humans divided again... — 1 comment

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 6 months ago: Today is the third anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, which left a trail of destruction in man … more »

Tags: Asia, Children, Citizen Media, Disasters, Documentary Film, Film makers, Film Making, Human Rights, Humanitarian emergencies

When the Waves Came - the story behind the verse — 1 comment

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 6 months ago: I am a word-smith. Trained as a journalist and writer, I play with words (and occasionally make an h … more »

Tags: Asia, Disasters, Humanitarian Action, Humanitarian emergencies, Internet, New Media, News, Sri Lanka, Story telling

Communicating Disasters: Lessons From Titanic to Asian Tsunami by Arthur C Clarke — 2 comments

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 6 months ago: What do the RMS Titanic, which sank on her maiden voyage in April 1912, and the Asian Tsunami of Dec … more »

Tags: arthur c. clarke, Asia, Broadcasting, Citizen Media, Digital Media, Disasters, Humanitarian emergencies, ict, Internet

After the Tsunami: Going the Long Last Mile in Sri Lanka

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 7 months ago: This is J A Malani. She’s an ordinary Sri Lankan woman living in Hambantota, on the island … more »

Tags: Asia, Communicating development, Communicating research, Digital Media, Disasters, Documentary Film, Film Making, Humanitarian emergencies, ict


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