Innovations in Content

Coronavirus Radio Ideas: How a Facebook Group Inspires Innovation

July 30, 2020
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The pandemic increased the need for access to accurate information. A recently created Facebook group binds radio stations, listeners and markets together during lockdowns.

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New Podcast: Three Ways How Academics and Journalists Can Work Together

July 28, 2020
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In the third episode of the Journalism Breakthroughs podcast series, Ian Cook and Dumitrita Holdis take a look at three different innovations that bridge academia and journalism: how students can become journalists, how journalists can build on academics’ research, and how scholars and journalists can work together.

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Corona Capsule: A Nepali Radio’s Quest to Fight Covid-19

July 22, 2020
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The creators of Corona Capsule radio show in Nepal are committed to provide important information and advice in an easy-to-listen format. The audience reacted positively. The shows have reached millions of people.

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African Radio Stations Forced to Navigate Domestic Politics to Remain Sustainable

July 14, 2020
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Managing political correctness and manipulation for survival while remaining editorially credible are the key parts of the sustainability strategy for many radio stations in Africa, be they government-controlled or commercial. Those who choose to be defiant usually land themselves into trouble or face closure.

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How Salud con Lupa Has Raised the Standard of Health Reporting in Latin America

June 30, 2020
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Started as a Facebook group, it has grown into a digital platform covering public health issues. It is the only Spanish-language project selected by the Poynter Institute’s Checking Fact Innovation Challenge in the United States and the Facebook Journalism Project. For its founder, Fabiola Torres, to think about public health is to think about collective wellbeing. In a middle of a pandemic, that is more than a theoretical statement.

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