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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 »

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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, Communicating disasters, Disasters, Documentary Film, Film makers, Film Making, Media-activism

Half the sky, most of the suffering...and seeking everyone's attention! — 1 comment

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 4 months ago: What’s one of the biggest reasons for suffering from violence? Is it War? Racism? Extremism? … more »

Tags: Burma, Campaigns, Documentary Film, Global South, Human Rights, Humanitarian emergencies, ict, Internet, majority world

Communicating Disasters book launched among communicators

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 5 months ago: TVE Asia Pacific’s latest publication, Communicating Disasters: An Asia Pacific Resource Book, … more »

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

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 disasters, Communicating research, Community Media, Disasters, Education for sustainable development, Good Governance, Humanitarian emergencies

Can Rambo take on the Burmese junta? Not quite in 90 minutes... — 2 comments

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 5 months ago: Hollywood’s attempts to support progressive causes in movies continue with Rambo 4, starring … more »

Tags: Asia, Burma, Documentary Film, Film makers, Film Making, Human Rights, Humanitarian emergencies, Media-activism, Movies

***URGENT call for action from Lombok*** — 3 comments

Jessie Taylor wrote 6 months ago: Regular readers of this blog will be fully aware that there has been a group of Afghan Hazara refuge … more »

Tags: Current Affairs, Politics, Refugees

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: Communicating disasters, Digital Media, Disasters, Humanitarian emergencies, ict, media, New Media, News, Video

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

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 7 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, Communicating disasters, Disasters, Humanitarian emergencies, Internet, New Media, News, Sri Lanka, Story telling

A boat off Christmas Island... Coincidence, or something more?! ;)

Jessie Taylor wrote 8 months ago: Wow! So we’re 3 days out, and so far John’s failed to come up with the magic Tampa re-ru … more »

Tags: Campaigns, Current Affairs, Politics, Refugees

Can somebody update 'The Development Set' please? — 3 comments

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 9 months ago: At the UN European Headquarters in Geneva this week, while attending a conference of humanitarian ai … more »

Tags: Africa, corruption, ethics, Good Governance, Humanitarian emergencies, majority world, poverty, Social Justice, United Nations

New media anarchy is good for you! — 1 comment

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 9 months ago: “You people are too well mannered! I’ve never been to a conference where people are so … more »

Tags: Tsunami, Asia, War, Media Freedom, United Nations, New Media, Social Justice, nepal, India

'Embedded' or aloof: Media's choice in covering emergencies — 2 comments

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 9 months ago: In many disaster and conflict hot spots of the world, journalists and relief aid providers work clo … more »

Tags: Journalism, Tsunami, War, Media Freedom, United Nations, Television, media, News, Good Governance

New media tsunami hits global humanitarian sector; rescue operations now on... — 2 comments

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 9 months ago: Geneva, 25 October 2007 (MovingNews): The global humanitarian sector has been hit by a ‘new m … more »

Tags: Communicating disasters, Disasters, Humanitarian emergencies, ict, Internet, MDG, media, New Media, Telecommunications

Message to aid workers: Go mobile -- or get lost! — 5 comments

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 9 months ago: “MY NAME is Mohammed Sokor, writing to you from Dagahaley refugee camp in Dadaab. Dear Sir, there … more »

Tags: Africa, Citizen Media, Communicating disasters, Digital Divide, Digital Media, Disasters, Humanitarian emergencies, ict, Internet

Share (information) if you really care: Challenge to humanitarian community — 3 comments

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 9 months ago: Why can’t we humanitarian workers talk to each other in the field? Why must we, instead, badg … more »

Tags: Communicating development, Communicating disasters, Disasters, Humanitarian emergencies, ict, Malaysia, Social Justice, Tsunami

The many lives of PI: Crisis communication and spin doctors

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 9 months ago: Where does public information (PI) work end and public communication (PC) work begin? And how can w … more »

Tags: Communicating development, United Nations, poverty, media, Disasters, Communicating disasters, Humanitarian emergencies

The Neutrality Doctrine — 3 comments

Jessie Taylor wrote 1 year ago: Been having an interesting email conversation with Jack, about the frustrations / benefits / drawbac … more »

Tags: Refugees, study, Current Affairs, Politics, Thoughts


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