4. Recommended
Videos
Online resources
Publications on Communication for Development
Publications on Media and Development
Publications on Development Journalism
Publications on Africa
Videos:
- Tostan - Empowering Communities to Abandon Female Genital Cutting
- "L'Appel de Diégoune"
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Approaches to Development Communication (The video is part of the UNESCO/UNFPA orientation and resource kit "Approaches to Development Communication". The following three projects have been selected for an audio visual presentation: 1) Expanded Programme on Immunisation in Bangladesh. 2) Mahaweli Community Radio in Sri Lanka. 3) Proderith, rural Communication System for Development in Mexico's Tropical Wetlands).
Online resources:
- The Communication Initiative Network
- Communication for Social Change Consortium
- Tostan Community led Development
- Sustainable Development Communications Network
- The International Institute for Communication and Development
- The portal of Communication for Development
- Ideas for Development Blog
- Center for Global Development
- The International Development Research Centre
- Overseas Development Institute
- Development in a Changing Climate World bank Blog
- Media and Development
- New Media and Development Communication
- CNN Inside Africa
- AFRICA.no
- Richard M Kavuma senior staff writer on the Weekly Observer newspaper in Kampala, Uganda, is spending two weeks every month reporting on the Katine project for the Guardian. Last year, he won the CNN Multichoice African journalist of the year award.
Publications on Communication for Development
- Development Communication Sourcebook, Paolo Mefalopulos, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, 2008
- “World Congress on Communication for Development. Lessons, Challenges, and the Way Forward”, The Communication Initiative/Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)/The World Bank, 2007
- Communication for development programmes in the United Nations system, 2007
- “A compendium of Regional Perspectives in Communication for Development”, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007
- “Communication for Development: Demonstrating Impact and Positioning Institutionally”, Report of the 11th United Nations Inter-Agency Round Table on Communication for Development, 2009
- “Communication for Social Change: An Integrated Model for Measuring the Process and Its Outcomes”, The Communication for Social Change Working Paper Series: No.1, The Rockefeller Foundation/Johns Hopkins, 2002
- “Development Communication: Reframing The Role Of The Media”, Thomas L. Mcphail, 2009
- “Communication for Development in the Third World. Theory and Practice for Empowerment”, S.R. Melkote and H. L. Steeves, 2001
- “International and Development Communication. A 21st-Century Perspective”, Editor Bella Mody, 2003
- “Information and communication technologies for development in Africa. Opportunities and Challenges for Community Development”, Volume 1, Editor Ramata Malo Thioune, International Development Research Centre, 2003
- “Involving the Community. A Guide to Participatory Development Communication”, Guy Bessette, International Development Research Centre, 2004
- “Measuring the impact of information on development”, Editor Michel J. Menou, International Development Research Centre, 1993
- “Participatory communication for social change”, Jan Servaes, Thomas L. Jacobson, Shirley A. White,
- “Information and Communications for Development 2009: Extending Reach and Increasing Impact”, The International Bank for Reconstruction and development/The World Bank, 2009
- “Development and communication in Africa”, Charles Okigbo, Festus Eribo, 2004
- “Participatory Communication. A Practical Guide”, Thomas Tufte, Paolo Mefalopulos, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, 2009
- “Strategic Communication for Community-Driven Development. A practical guide for project managers and communication practitioners”, Masud Mozammel, Galia Schechter, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, 2005
- “Empowerment for Communication, The Case of Community Radio in Ecuador”, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, 2004
- “Communicating the Impact of Communication for Development. Recent Trends in Empirical Research”, Nobuya Inagaki, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, 2007
Publications on Media and Development
- “The media and Development. What’s the story?”, Gareth Locksley, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, 2009
- “Global media and the development story. An introduction”, G. Pascal Zachary, International Food Policy Research Institute, 2007
- “The African Media Development Initiative” (AMDI) was the most extensive independent survey of the state of the media ever conducted across 17 sub-Saharan countries. The study reveals a widespread consensus with respect to the media's enormous potential to contribute significantly to development and governance in Africa.
- Development journalism out of date? An analysis of its significance in journalism education at African universities by Jeffrey Wimmer, Susanne Wolf
- An Appraisal of the Applicability of Development Journalism in the Context of Public Service Broadcasting by Fackson Banda
- “Journalism, Media and the Challenge of Human Rights Reporting”, International Council on Human Rights Policy, 2002
- “Traditional Approaches to Improve Reporting of Development Issues Have Little Impact”, Paulo Lyra, The Drum Beat 234, 2004
- Development Journalism/Communication: The status of the concept
- Development communication: The fifth theory of the press
- Development Journalism in Africa: Capitulation of the Fourth Estate?
- Development Journalism Talk
- Highway Africa Network
Publications on Development Journalism
- Development journalism out of date? An analysis of its significance in journalism education at African universities by Jeffrey Wimmer, Susanne Wolf
- An Appraisal of the Applicability of Development Journalism in the Context of Public Service Broadcasting by Fackson Banda
- Development Journalism/Communication: The status of the concept
- Development communication: The fifth theory of the press
- Development Journalism in Africa: Capitulation of the Fourth Estate?
- Development Journalism Talk
- Highway Africa Network
Publications on Africa
- “Contemporary issues in South Africa: A toolkit for journalists”, Tanya Farber, Open Society Foundation for South Africa, 2009
- “Making poverty the story. Time to involve the media in poverty reduction”, Angela Wood and Jon Barnes, Panos London, 2007
- “At the heart of change. The role of communication in sustainable development”, Mark Wilson, Kitty Warnock, Panos London, 2007
- “The Africa you need to know”, Gbemisola Olujobi, 2006
- “Africa in the Western Media”, Rod Chavis, 1998
- “Out Of Africa. What The Western World Doesn’t Understand About The Continent”, Michael Ledeen, National Review Online, 2005
- The Soul Beat 61 - Media and Development in Africa
- “Africa Policy Research Series: Ghana Communicating with Policymakers About Development Issues”, Hannah Bowen, AudienceScapes, 2010
- “Africa Policy Research Series: Kenya Communicating with Policymakers About Development Issues”, David Montez, AudienceScapes, 2010
- “Print Media Reporting of Male Circumcision for Preventing HIV Infection in sub-Saharan Africa”, Alberta L Wang, William Duke & George P Schmid, 2009
- “The Development of Sustainable Media in Africa”, IREX, 2008
- ”Reporting gender based violence. A handbook for journalists”, Inter Press Service Africa, 2009
